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Indirect discrimination: protecting religious beliefs - what are employers required to do?

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 12 2013

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given its decision in the cases of four British employees who complained that UK law did not give

Amendments to the prospectus Directive

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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June 9 2011

An amending Directive has been published which will widen the exemptions for the production of a prospectus

Redundancy - consultation

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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December 9 2010

Starting date for collective consultationIn the recent case of USA v Nolan the Court of Appeal has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify the terms of the EU Directive that requires employers to consult with the workforce 'in good time' when contemplating collective redundancies

TUPE - Transferor need not be employer

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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November 11 2010

In its judgment in Albron Catering v FNV Bondgenoten the European Court of Justice appears to have widened the scope of the Directive which forms the basis of the UK TUPE Regulations

Service-related pay criteria must be justified

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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November 18 2009

In the cases of Cadman v HSE and Wilson v HSE, the English courts have with help from the European Court of Justice attempted to set out a procedure for dealing with claims relating to the way in which long service is used as one of the criteria for a pay rise

Extent of duty to consult on parent company’s strategic decisions

Bird & Bird
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European Union, Finland, United Kingdom
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October 14 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given its decision in the Finnish case of Akavan etc v Fujitsu Siemens Computers

The Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England) v Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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June 15 2009

The ECJ held that the default retirement age in the UK of 65 is covered by EU age discrimination laws, but can in theory be justified by a legitimate social policy objective

The "Heyday" challenge European Court of Justice decision

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 27 2009

The UK's Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 ("the Age Regulations") allow employers to use mandatory retirement ages and compulsorily retire employees

Age discrimination

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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October 15 2008

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has given his opinion in the UK case of Age Concern England v BERR (the Heyday case

ECJ judgment associative disability discrimination

Bird & Bird
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European Union, United Kingdom
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September 1 2008

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has followed the Advocate General’s landmark opinion in Coleman v Attridge Law (and Another) that associative discrimination, in the context of direct disability discrimination and harassment, is prohibited by the EC Equal Treatment Framework Directive