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Justifying retirement clauses to avoid age discrimination

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 10 2009

The Judgment delivered by the European Court of Justice last week in a case known as the "Heydey challenge" to the UK's mandatory retirement age of 65, may provide some clarification for Irish employers on the legality of compulsory retirement clauses in this jurisdiction

Gender diversity on boards features in European Commission Q&A on gender equality

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The European Commission recently published a Q&A document on 50 years of EU action on Gender Equality. Launching the Q&A, Vice-President Viviane

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

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • 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

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

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • September 29 2009

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

A shutdown proposal by a parent company does not trigger consultation requirements - opinion of ECJ Advocate General

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 2 2009

A recent opinion of the ECJ's Advocate General Mengozzi gives guidance on the proper interpretation of the expression "contemplating collective redundancies" when dealing with a proposal of a parent company to shut down a subsidiary

Revised Parental Leave Directive

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 26 2010

The EU Council has agreed the terms of a revised Parental Leave Directive

Age discrimination and setting age limits

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • 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

CEIOPS publishes advice on remuneration issues

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 31 2009

On 21 July 2009, CEIOPS (the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors) published advice regarding principles of remuneration applicable to the insurance sector

European consultation on corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 30 2010

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on reforming corporate governance of financial institutions as well as two reports on implementation of recommendations relating to remuneration policies in the financial sector

Commission report on remuneration

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 30 2010

The Commission has published two reports on how Member States have put into practice the Commission's two recommendations of 2009 on remuneration policies in the financial services sector and for directors of listed companies