Case round up

This report relates to 5 case(s)

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  Bartholomew v LK Group Ltd [2003] All ER (D) 340 (Feb) HC (1 other report)

  • Case round-up: unconventional working patterns and express provisions in service agreements leading to automatic termination

    Date:

    3 June 2003

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: unconventional working patterns; and express provisions in service agreements leading to automatic termination.

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  Busch v Klinikum Neustadt GmbH & Co Betriebs-KG [2003] IRLR 625 ECJ (2 other reports)

  • ECJ case law round-up

    Date:

    1 December 2003

    In our latest round-up of cases from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), we look at cases on the application of the principle of equal treatment in a variety of contexts - pregnancy-related sex discrimination, the exclusion of women from compulsory national service in Germany, the requirements laid down by the EC on the training of general medical practitioners and the alleged discriminatory effects of a scheme for part-time working aimed at older public sector workers.

  • Pregnancy discrimination: No requirement on employee to inform employer of pregnancy

    Date:

    6 June 2003

    In Wiebke Busch v Klinikum Neustadt GmbH & Co Betriebs-KG, the European Court of Justice holds that article 2(1) of the Equal Treatment Directive precludes a requirement that an employee wishing to return to work before the end of her agreed period of parental leave must inform her employer that she is pregnant again, even in circumstances where she will be unable to carry out all of her duties due to legislative prohibitions.

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  J Tomlinson Ltd v Beecroft and others [2002] All ER (D) 85 (Oct) EAT (0 other reports)
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  Jowitt v Pioneer Technology (UK) Ltd [2003] IRLR 356 CA (2 other reports)

  • On appeal

    Date:

    24 June 2003

    Continuing our series on the implications of recent significant cases, Anthony Korn, a barrister at 199 Strand Chambers, looks at the issues surrounding some employment-related disputes.

  • Contracts of employment: Employer was under freestanding contractual obligation to make disability payments

    Date:

    20 June 2003

    In Pioneer Technology (UK) Ltd v Jowitt, the Court of Appeal holds that a contractual clause that, independently of the employer's insurance policy, provided for long-term disability payments to be made to employees no longer able to work due to illness or injury, amounted to a freestanding obligation on the employer to provide such payments to a qualifying employee in circumstances where cover was excluded by the insurance policy.

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  Stephenson v Delphi Diesel Systems Ltd [2003] All ER (D) 84 (Mar) EAT (0 other reports)