European Union: ECJ case law round-up

This report relates to 4 case(s)

• expand

  Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College and others [2004] IRLR 224 ECJ (7 other reports)

  • Access to occupational pension schemes for the self-employed?

    Date:

    1 March 2004

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has published its ruling in Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College.

  • Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College and others

    Date:

    1 March 2004

    In Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College and others [2004] IRLR 224 ECJ, the European Court of Justice held that a female lecturer employed via an agency could not claim equal pay in relation to a male lecturer employed directly by the college. The employment agency and the college could not be construed as being the same employer, and the differences in equal pay could not be attributed to a single source, so there was no single body responsible for the inequality.

  • Agency worker is entitled to membership of pension scheme

    Date:

    1 March 2004

    In Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College and others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules that a lecturer employed through an agency could not claim equal pay with lecturers employed directly by the college, but she could claim entitlement to join the lecturers' statutory pension scheme even though it was open only to those with a contract of employment.

  • ECJ decides on agency workers' rights

    Date:

    6 February 2004

    The ECJ has delivered its decision in the case of Allonby.

  • Case round-up: identity of the employer in a tribunal claim; and equal pay for an agency worker

    Date:

    3 February 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: the identity of the employer in a tribunal claim; and equal pay for an agency worker.

  • Part-timers, equal pay and pensions

    Date:

    1 February 2004

    There have been two recent decisions on part timers' access to pension schemes under equal pay legislation; one from the European Court (ECJ) and another from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 February 2004

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

• expand disabled

  Betriebsrat der Firma ADS Anker GmbH v ADS Anker GmbH Case C-349/01 ECJ (0 other reports)
• expand

  Land Brandenburg v Sass [2005] IRLR 147 ECJ (2 other reports)

  • Equal pay: case law update

    Date:

    3 February 2006

    We review recent significant equal pay cases and their implications. Developments of note include the application of the "single source" test to comparators within an employment unit, and a reference to the ECJ on whether use of length of service as a pay system criterion requires specific objective justification.

  • Extended maternity leave protected by Pregnant Workers Directive

    Date:

    1 March 2005

    It is the purpose of maternity leave, not its duration, that will dictate whether or not it is maternity leave for the purposes of the protections provided by the Pregnant Workers Directive, holds the ECJ in Land Brandenburg v Sass (18 November 2004).

• expand

  Pfeiffer and others v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Kreisverband Waldshut eV [2005] IRLR 137 ECJ (1 other report)

  • Working time: Direct effect of and exclusions from 48-hour week

    Date:

    11 February 2005

    In Pfeiffer and others v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Kreisverband Waldshut eV, the European Court of Justice held that the exclusion of 'road transport' from the provisions of the Working Time Directive did not cover emergency workers, even when they used a road vehicle and accompanied patients on their journeys to hospital.