Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Donaldson EAT/0249/15
Reports relating to this case:
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Maternity discrimination: No discrimination where employer offering childcare vouchers as part of salary-sacrifice scheme did not offer vouchers during maternity leave
- Date:
- 25 April 2016
In Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Donaldson EAT/0249/15, the EAT held that childcare vouchers under a salary-sacrifice scheme constitute "remuneration", with the result that there is no legal obligation to continue their provision during maternity leave.
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No requirement to offer childcare vouchers via salary sacrifice during maternity leave
- Date:
- 10 March 2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that it is not discriminatory for an employer that offers childcare vouchers in return for a deduction from pay to cease to offer the vouchers during maternity leave.
