Boyle and Others v Equal Opportunities Commission: ECJ 27 Oct 1998

It was not discriminatory to offer additional pay over and above statutory entitlements to workers taking maternity leave on condition that they return to work for at least a month after the birth or repay the additional sums allowed

Citations:

Times 29-Oct-1998, C-411/96, [1998] EUECJ C-411/96

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

ECTreaty Art 177, Council Directive 75/117/EC

Citing:

Reference from – Regina v Secretary of State Employment, ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission and Another HL 4-Mar-1994
The Equal Opportunities Commission sought judicial review to test whether English employment law was in breach of EC law where threshold conditionsions for part time workers to make unfair dismissal and redundancy law claims were discriminatory.

Cited by:

Referred to – Regina v Secretary of State Employment, ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission and Another HL 4-Mar-1994
The Equal Opportunities Commission sought judicial review to test whether English employment law was in breach of EC law where threshold conditionsions for part time workers to make unfair dismissal and redundancy law claims were discriminatory.
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Discrimination, European

Updated: 03 June 2022; Ref: scu.162016