Gillespie and others v Northern Health and Social Services Board and others (No.2) [1997] IRLR 410 NICA

Equal pay: Amount of maternity pay was adequate

Date:

15 July 1997

In Gillespie and others v Northern Health and Social Services Board and others (No.2) and Todd v Eastern Health and Social Services Board and another, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal rules that contractual maternity pay is adequate in terms of European Community equal pay law, and does not "jeopardise the purpose of maternity leave", if it is at least equivalent to statutory sickness benefit.