All items: Effect of EC law

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  Attridge Law and another v Coleman [2007] IRLR 88 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination by association

    Date:

    1 February 2007

    The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal's decision to refer the question of whether or not disability discrimination laws cover discrimination against a person on the ground of their association with a disabled person to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

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  Breakell v Shropshire Army Cadet Force EAT/0372/10 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Paid volunteer is not an employee under DDA where no mutuality of obligation exists

    Date:

    18 April 2011

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a paid volunteer is not an employee for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 where there is no mutuality of obligation between the parties. 

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  Chacón Navas v Eurest Colectividades SA [2006] IRLR 706 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: European community law and the definition of 'disability'

    Date:

    22 September 2006

    In Navas v Eurest Colectividades SA Case C-13/05, first case to come before it on the issue, the ECJ finds that "disability" within the Framework Directive is not to be equated with "sickness" and that discrimination solely on the grounds of sickness does not fall within the scope of the Directive.

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  Coleman v Attridge Law and another [2008] IRLR 722 ECJ (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: Associative discrimination prohibited

    Date:

    29 September 2008

    In Coleman v Attridge Law and another [2008] IRLR 722, the ECJ held that the protection afforded against direct discrimination and harassment on grounds of disability under the Equal Treatment Framework Directive is not limited to those who are themselves disabled.

  • Coleman v Attridge Law and another

    Date:

    17 July 2008

    The European Court of Justice has held that the Framework Employment Directive (2000/78/EC) does cover direct discrimination and harassment against an employee on the ground of his or her association with a disabled person.

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  Coleman v Attridge Law ET/2303745/2005 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Coleman v Attridge Law

    Date:

    2 December 2008

    An employment tribunal has held that it does have jurisdiction to hear a claim under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on the ground of an association with a disabled person.

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  Daouidi v Bootes Plus SL and others [2017] IRLR 151 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • ECJ case law round-up: recent discrimination decisions

    Date:

    7 December 2016

    We round up three recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgments about discrimination. The ECJ has recently considered: temporary incapacity caused by a workplace accident in Barcelona; the recruitment age limit for Basque police officers; and survivors' pensions for same-sex partners in Ireland.

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  EBR Attridge Law LLP and another v Coleman (No.2) [2010] IRLR 10 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: EAT construes Disability Discrimination Act so as to prohibit associative discrimination

    Date:

    12 January 2010

    In EBR Attridge Law LLP and another v Coleman (No.2) [2010] IRLR 10 EAT, the EAT held that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 should be construed so as to prohibit associative discrimination - that is, discrimination against a person who is not disabled on the grounds of his or her association with a disabled person.

  • EBR Attridge Law LLP v Coleman

    Date:

    2 November 2009

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that employment tribunals can hear claims under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to association with a disabled person.

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  IB v Greece 3 October 2013 ECHR (1 report relating to this case)

  • HIV/AIDS: Greek employer breached human rights of worker dismissed after testing HIV positive

    Date:

    7 October 2013

    The European Court of Human Rights has held that a Greek employer breached the human rights of an HIV-positive employee who was dismissed as a result of pressure from colleagues.

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  Ring v Dansk Almennyttigt Boligselskab; HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Werge v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, acting on behalf of Pro Display A/S [2013] IRLR 571 ECJ (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: Reduction in working hours can be reasonable adjustment for disabled workers

    Date:

    11 October 2013

    In Ring v Dansk Almennyttigt Boligselskab; HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Werge v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, acting on behalf of Pro Display A/S [2013] IRLR 571 ECJ, the ECJ defined "disability", and held that reducing a disabled person's working hours may be a reasonable adjustment to enable him or her to continue working.

  • Disability: ECJ guidance on reduction in working hours as an adjustment for disabled workers

    Date:

    12 April 2013

    The European Court of Justice has confirmed that a reduction in working hours can be regarded as reasonable accommodation for disabled workers where the reduction makes it possible for the worker to continue in employment and does not represent a disproportionate burden on the employer.

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  X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and another [2010] IRLR 101 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • X v Mid Sussex Citizens' Advice Bureau and another

    Date:

    10 November 2009

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal decision that a volunteer was unable to bring a claim of disability discrimination against the organisation for which she volunteered when it ended the arrangement.