Source: IRS Employment Review Date: 16-03-2011 Publisher: IRS

Sex discrimination: No ability to bring claim of associative pregnancy discrimination

TOPICS:
equal opportunities pregnancy and maternity discrimination

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Kulikaoskas v Macduff Shellfish and another EATS/0062/09 & EATS/0063/09 (2 reports)


In Kulikaoskas v Macduff Shellfish and another EATS/0062/09 & EATS/0063/09, the EAT held that an employee who claimed that he was dismissed because of his partner’s pregnancy was unable to bring a claim of associative discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.

Key points

  • In the area of pregnancy and maternity discrimination, European Directives and case law have identified "a feature that is unique to women ...
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