BDB Pitmans LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 17 Oct 2008
The Advocate General has finally delivered his Opinion in the case brought by the trustees of the National Council for Ageing (otherwise known as Heyday) which sought to establish that Regulation 30 of the Age Regulations (which provides that employees over the age of 65 who are compulsorily retired cannot claim age discrimination) was counter to the intention of the Equal Treatment Framework......
BDB Pitmans LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 29 Feb 2008
The Advocate General has disagreed with the Court of Appeal’s finding in Stringer v HMRC that the right to statutory (not contractual) paid holiday does not accrue to an employee absent on long term sickness.