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Employers may need to accommodate an individual’s religious belief, even if it is not held by others

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

The European Court of Human Rights has this morning given its judgment in the widely-reported Christian belief cases: Eweida and Chaplin (who were

Pay in lieu of holiday: EU law allows calculation using pay rate applicable when accrued

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 18 2012

Employers may be able to pay in lieu of accrued but unused annual leave on termination only at the rate of pay applicable during the period the leave was accrued, rather than the rate applicable at the date of termination

Round-up of UK employment law developments in November 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 11 2012

UK law may need to be amended to protect employees from dismissal because of their political beliefs or affiliation

Fixed-term employees: claims based on former fixed-term status permitted

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 7 2012

Employers should not disadvantage an employee due to their former fixed term status

Round-up of UK employment law developments October 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 6 2012

Employers could face a substantial increase in historic equal pay claims

EU directive regarding women on boards postponed

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 23 2012

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, has announced today that the European Commission’s vote on her proposal to introduce a mandatory quota for women on the boards of listed companies in member states has been postponed

Legislative proposals: draft EU redundancy proposals

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • September 28 2012

In mid-August the Telegraph reported the publication of draft proposals by the European Parliament on restructuring and redundancies, including a requirement for employers to measure the “psycho-social health” of employees and, where there is a significant deterioration in an employee’s mental health, the provision of training and other assistance

Female quotas on corporate boards: draft EU legislative proposal to require Europe's listed companies to have at least 40 female non-executive directors

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • September 6 2012

Europe's listed companies could be forced to ensure that at least 40 of non-executive board positions are held by women by 2020 or face fines or other sanctions under a legislative proposal being drafted by the European Commission, according to recent press reports

TUPE: level of post-transfer pay

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 27 2011

The Supreme Court has referred to the ECJ the issue of employees’ rights following a TUPE transfer where their contracts provide for pay to be set by a collective agreement negotiated by the transferor and union

New rights for agency workers

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 14 2011

The landscape for agency workers is about to change