Krüger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg [1999] IRLR 808 ECJ
Reports relating to this case:
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Equal pay: Exclusion of part-timers from benefit of collective agreement was indirect discrimination
- Date:
- 15 October 1999
The exclusion by a collective agreement of low-paid, part-time workers from entitlement to an end-of-year bonus provided for by that agreement constituted indirect discrimination based on sex, where that exclusion applied independently of the sex of the worker but actually affected a considerably higher percentage of women than men, rules the ECJ in Krüger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg.
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Part-timers excluded from bonus
- Date:
- 1 September 1999
In Kruger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg the European Court of Justice has ruled that a collective agreement which excluded employees working less than 15 hours from bonus payments is indirectly discriminatory.