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The cabin crew case - a victory for common sense

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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November 30 2009

Over two years after the introduction of the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance ("EAO") employers and employees are still locked in battle over the calculation of statutory holiday pay and annual leave pay under the statutory regime that existed prior to the EAO

Advocate General concludes that qualifying periods can restrict freedom of movement

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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December 3 2010

Employers who transfer employees between member states may need to consider how to ensure that members' benefits are not adversely affected by the transfer in light of a decision of the Advocate General in Maurits Casteels v British Airways plc (C-37909

Balancing act: compulsory retirement vs reason

MacRoberts LLP
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European Union
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October 7 2011

The European Court of Justice has recently issued its Judgment in the case of Prigge and Others -v- Deutsche Lufthansa AG-C-44709

Age discrimination

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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European Union
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July 1 2011

A collective bargaining agreement providing for the expected termination of the employment contracts of 60-year-old airline pilots is not a valid difference of treatment based on age (advocate-general's conclusion in Prigge and Others, Case C-44709

ECJ rejects retirement at 60 for airline pilots

Nabarro LLP
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European Union, Germany
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September 28 2011

Since the abolition of the default retirement age of 65 from April 2011, employees can only be required to retire on the grounds of age where it can be objectively justified

Justifying age limits

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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European Union, Germany
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October 14 2011

A recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision that it is age discrimination to prohibit airline pilots from working after age 60 may also effect other sectors where collective agreements provide for age limits below the statutory age limit (eg air traffic controllers

EU political update 11 - 15 July 2011

Clifford Chance LLP
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European Union
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July 11 2011

On 6 July 2011, the Commission presented a proposal aiming to provide a longterm solution to the cost associated with using mobile devices while travelling throughout the EU