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Tribunals and the Court of Justice of the European Union consider whether sick workers can carry over statutory holiday andor holiday pay

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 3 2012

In Adams and another v Harwich International Port Ltd, an employment tribunal held that sick workers may carry over their statutory annual leave entitlement until the next leave year (but not necessarily beyond) if unable or unwilling to take it due to sickness or if so required by the employer

EU and UK health and safety calendar

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 10 2011

This calendar covers some of the key dates for proposed and existing health & safety legislation in the EU and UK (colour-coded accordingly

Accrual of vacation days during sickness - continued

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
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  • August 12 2010

In our newsletter of February 2010 we referred to a recent decision of the European Court of Justice on the accrual of holiday days during sickness

Europe-wide concern about workplace stress

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union
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  • June 14 2010

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has published a document entitled the 'European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks' which reveals that although four out of five European managers are concerned about work-related stress issues, less than a third of employers have procedures in place to deal with stress

Justification of difference of treatment on the grounds of age

  • Cobbetts LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 23 2010

A maximum age can be justifiable but is dependant on the particular facts and circumstances of the case

Employment highlights

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 17 2010

In the July 2009 edition of Employment Highlights, we considered the House of Lords' decision in Stringer and others v HMRC (previously Commissioners of IR v Ainsworth) (case C-52006) on claims for holiday pay of those on long-term sick leave

Maximum age for doctors and dentists could be justified

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 11 2010

The ECJ has considered the legality of legislation introducing a maximum age of 68 for doctors and dentists in the German NHS

Justifying age discrimination

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • January 20 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the protection of patients from declining performance of dentists due to their age may be a legitimate aim justifying difference in treatment on the grounds of age

Sick of holidays: recent rulings by the European Court of Justice and House of Lords on the Working Time Directive have implications for Ireland

  • Matheson
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  • European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • January 13 2010

In Ireland, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 links an employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave with hours worked

Employees can claim holidays lost due to illness

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • November 3 2009

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has ruled that, where a worker’s pre-arranged annual leave coincides with a period of sick leave, the worker is entitled to take that period of annual leave at a later date