Magorrian and Cunningham v Eastern Health and Social Services Board and Department of Health and Social Services: ECJ 11 Dec 1997

Pension entitlements for part time workers discriminated against were to be re-calculated to allow for wrongful treatment since 1976
Europa Reference for a preliminary ruling: Office of the Industrial Tribunal and the Fair Employment Tribunal, Belfast – United Kingdom. Equal pay for men and women – Article 119 of the EC Treaty – Protocol No 2 annexed to the Treaty on European Union – Occupational social security schemes – Exclusion of part-time workers from status conferring entitlement to certain additional retirement pension benefits – Date from which such benefits are payable – National procedural time-limits.

Citations:

Times 22-Dec-1997, C-246/96, [1997] EUECJ C-246/96

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

EC Treaty Art 177

Jurisdiction:

European

Citing:

CitedSteenhorst-Neerings v Bestuur van de Bedrijfsvereniging voor Detailhandel, Ambachten en Huisvrouwen ECJ 27-Oct-1993
Europa Community law does not preclude the application of a national rule of law according to which benefits for incapacity for work are payable no more than one year before the date of claim, in the case where . .

Cited by:

CitedPreston and Others v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS and Others; Fletcher and Others v Midland Bank Plc HL 26-Feb-1998
‘Employment’ in context of a sex discrimination claim referred to a current employment contract even in context of there having been a series of repeated contracts of employment. The question was referred to the European Court of Justice. . .
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Discrimination

Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.161915