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R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] IRLR 253 ECJ

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XpertHR has 5 case reports relating to the case: R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] IRLR 253 ECJ.
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Sex discrimination: Legality of two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection still unclear
Source: Industrial Relations Law Bulletin  Date: 01-03-1999
A judicial award of compensation for breach of the right not to be unfairly dismissed constitutes "pay" within the meaning of Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, rules the European Court of Justice in R v Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez.

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ECJ sends mixed signal
Source: Equal Opportunities Review  Date: 01-03-1999
In R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez (9 February 1998) EOR84A, the European Court of Justice sets out principles for determining whether a Member State has indirectly discriminated contrary to EU law.

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Sex and race discrimination: EC sex discrimination law
Source: Discrimination Case Law Guide  Date: 01-02-2006
This section of the Discrimination Case Law Guide looks at remedies for sex discrimination under EC and UK law.

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Equal pay: Scope of EC law
Source: Discrimination Case Law Guide  Date: 01-02-2006
This section of the Discrimination Case Law Guide looks at the scope of EC laws on equal pay.

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Qualifying period remains uncertain
Source: Discrimination Case Law Digest  Date: 01-03-1999
The European Court of Justice's long-awaited ruling in R v Secretary of State ex parte Seymour-Smith leaves it for the House of Lords to decide whether the increase in the qualifying period in 1985 for bringing a complaint of unfair dismissal from one to two years indirectly discriminated against women contrary to European Community law.

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