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Can cost justify age discrimination?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 28 2012

The Court of Appeal in Woodcock v. Cumbria Primary Care Trust 2012 has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a redundant chief executive, dismissed without proper consultation which coincided with the avoidance of an enhanced pension entitlement, did not suffer unlawful age discrimination

ECJ rules on sickness during annual leave: can employees get their holiday back if an illness arises when their holiday period has already started?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • June 26 2012

The ECJ ruled last week that, if a worker is sick during paid annual leave, he is able to interrupt the annual leave and take it at a later date, regardless of at what point the incapacity arose

Religious discrimination: landmark decision in the case of Eweida & others v. UK

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 17 2013

After seven years of court action and numerous appeals, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that British Airways check-in operator

Endeavouring to get it right - how far do employers have to go?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 27 2011

In the context of the employment relationship, and particularly when agreeing termination arrangements, employers often promise to use best or reasonable endeavours to obtain a certain outcome

Statutory holiday while on sick leave: use it or lose it?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 1 2012

In NHS Leeds v. Larner the Court of Appeal has provided useful guidance for employers about whether workers who have been absent on long-term sick leave are able to carry over their unused annual leave entitlement