Cases within A

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  Advocate General's opinion in Seda Kücükdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co KG C-555/07 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Germany: Age-based notice periods may be incompatible with EU law

    Date:

    13 August 2009

    In an opinion published on 7 July 2009, an Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) indicated that a German provision - that does not count service before the age of 25 when calculating service-related notice periods - is incompatible with EU law.

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  Advocate General's opinion in United States of America v Nolan Case C-583/10 (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 June 2012

    Sinead Jones is an associate, and Phil Dupres and Beckie Howlett are trainee solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Advocate General delivers opinion on trigger point for obligation to consult on collective redundancies

    Date:

    23 March 2012

    The Advocate General has taken the view that the obligation on an employer to consult on collective redundancies is triggered when it makes a strategic or commercial decision that compels it to contemplate or plan for collective redundancies.

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  Advocate General's opinion in Usdaw v Ethel Austin Ltd (in administration); Lyttle and others v Bluebird UK Bidco 2 Ltd; Rabal Cañas v Nexea Gestión Documental SA, Fondo de Garantía Salarial Cases C-80/14, C-182/13 & C-392/13 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Collective redundancy consultation: Advocate General casts doubt on EAT interpretation of 20-employee threshold

    Date:

    5 February 2015

    The Advocate General has taken the view that, when deciding whether or not collective redundancy consultation obligations are triggered, the number of proposed redundancies should be measured in the "local employment unit" to which the potentially redundant employees are assigned to carry out their duties, rather than the whole organisation.

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  Advocate General’s opinion in Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd Case C-426/11 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  The conclusion of this case was that the European Court of Justice decided in Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd Case C-426/11 ECJ that a transferee is not bound by "dynamic" clauses in contracts of employment referring to collective agreements negotiated after the transfer, where that transferee cannot participate in the negotiation process.

  • Advocate General suggests that TUPE law can allow transferor's pay agreement to survive transfer

    Date:

    25 February 2013

    The Advocate General has taken the view that the TUPE Regulations can be given a "dynamic" interpretation, suggesting that UK law can permit the survival after transfer of a pay increase negotiated under a collective agreement signed by the transferor before the transfer. 

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  Advocate General’s opinion in The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King Case C-214/16 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Annual leave: Advocate General suggests that workers can carry over holiday entitlement until paid holiday offered

    Date:

    8 June 2017

    The Advocate General has taken the view that where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the worker's right to paid leave carries over until he or she has the opportunity to exercise it and, on termination of the engagement, the worker has the right to payment in lieu of any leave that is outstanding.

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  AEEU and GMB v Clydesdale Group plc (in receivership) [1995] IRLR 527 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Consultation on redundancies: Winding-up order did not curtail "protected period"

    Date:

    1 December 1995

    In AEEU and GMB v Clydesdale Group plc (in receivership), the EAT holds that the making of a winding-up order does not bring the calculation period of a protective award - the "protected period" - to an end.

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  AEEU v Scottish Courage Brewing Ltd Award no. 96/1 CAC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Collective bargaining: Employer required to disclose information on overtime working

    Date:

    1 November 1996

    In AEEU v Scottish Courage Brewing Ltd, the Central Arbitration Committee declares that an employer should disclose to representatives of a recognised trade union the names of union members who worked overtime and the number of hours each of them actually worked.

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  Aegon UK Corp Services Ltd v Roberts [2009] IRLR 1042 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case of the week: Unfair dismissal and pension loss

    Date:

    16 October 2009

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers unfair dismissal and pension loss.

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  AEI Cables Ltd v GMB and others EAT/0375/12 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case of the week: Failure to inform and consult on redundancies while insolvent

    Date:

    29 August 2013

    In DLA Piper's case of the week, AEI Cables Ltd v GMB and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employment tribunal, when setting a protective award for failure to inform and consult on redundancies, should have taken account of the period during which the company was insolvent.

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  Affleck and others v Newcastle Mind and others [1999] IRLR 405 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Continuity of employment: Changes in composition of charity's management committee did not break continuity

    Date:

    1 July 1999

    The employees of an unincorporated association which was a registered charity were employed by the members of the executive committee for the time being in whom the management function of the charity was vested and not, as two employment tribunals had found, by the members of the charity who paid subscriptions and made contributions to it, holds the EAT in subscriptions and made contributions to it, holds the EAT in Affleck and others v Newcastle Mind and others.