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New round of consultation on review of EU Working Time Directive

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Ireland
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February 8 2011

A review of the controversial Working Time Directive has been in the pipeline for a number of years

CJEU referral when does an employer's obligation to consult in a collective redundancy arise?

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
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January 28 2011

The Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom recently referred the vexed question of the timing of the obligation to consult in a collective redundancy to the CJEU

Age discrimination and setting age limits

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Germany, Ireland
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February 16 2010

The topic of age discrimination and justification of discrimination on the grounds of age has come into the spotlight again with the release of two recent European Court of Justice decisions

Headaches for employers deferring annual leave because of illness

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Ireland
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November 17 2009

The ECJ recently held in the case of Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA that an employee who falls sick during a period of pre-arranged holiday leave must be able to take this leave during a different period, even if it means carrying it forward to the next year

ECJ rules that employees can defer their holiday entitlement until after sick leave

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Ireland
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September 29 2009

A recent ECJ ruling has brought the issue of annual leave and sick leave entitlements into sharp focus again

ECJ rules that employees on long-term sick leave accrue holiday entitlements

A&L Goodbody
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European Union, Ireland
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January 28 2009

The European Court of Justice has ruled that employees on long-term sick leave continue to accrue their statutory entitlement to four weeks' paid annual leave