Maternity pay to include all pay rises during maternity leave

This report relates to 1 case(s)

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  Alabaster v Woolwich plc and Secretary of State for Social Security [2004] IRLR 486 ECJ (3 other reports)

  • Equal pay: SMP must include pay rise effective after reference period

    Date:

    18 June 2004

    In Alabaster v Woolwich plc, the European Court of Justice holds that article 119 (now 141) of the EC Treaty of Rome requires that earnings-related maternity pay must reflect any pay rise awarded between the start of the reference period (upon which the level of the earnings-related maternity pay is based) and the end of the employee's maternity leave.

  • Maternity rights: gap in the law highlighted

    Date:

    1 May 2004

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a woman who receives a pay rise at any time before the end of her maternity leave must receive the benefit of this in the earnings-related part of her maternity pay.

  • Case round up: incorporated contract terms; and calculating statutory maternity pay

    Date:

    20 April 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: incorporated contract terms; and calculating statutory maternity pay.