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- Date:
- 24 January 1989
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A woman can claim equal pay with a man working in a different establishment even if her own terms and conditions of employment are not "broadly similar" to his, provided that common terms and conditions are observed at their establishments, either generally or for employees of their respective classes.
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- Date:
- 19 July 1988
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Two recent appellate decisions have confirmed that evidence of the employers' past discriminatory actions or attitudes may be relevant in determining whether they have discriminated in the case under consideration.
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- Date:
- 1 June 1988
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Hayward v Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Limited, the House of Lords rules that a successful equal pay claimant is entitled to have each distinct term in her contract of employment modified so that it is no less favourable than the corresponding term In her comparator's contract.
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- Date:
- 31 March 1987
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In RummIer v Dato-Druck GmbH, the European Court of Justice rules that a job evaluation scheme which falls to take into account criteria for which workers of each sex may show particular aptitude may be in breach of EEC sex discrimination law.
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- Date:
- 1 August 1986
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bilka-Kaufhaus GmbH v Weber von Hartz [1986] IRLR 317 ECJ, the European Court of Justice held that the exclusion of part-time workers from occupational pension schemes contravenes Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome if this exclusion affects significantly more women than men, unless the employer can show that the exclusion is based on objectively justified factors unrelated to any discrimination on grounds of sex.
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- Date:
- 1 May 1986
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (26.2.86) EOR7E, the European Court of Justice rules that compulsory retirement of men and women at different ages contravenes the EEC Equal Treatment Directive.
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- Date:
- 10 September 1985
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal in R v Commission for Racial Equality (ex parte Westminster City Council) upholds the High Court's finding that employers are guilty of discriminatory conduct if they give into workforce pressure which is itself based on discrimination.
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- Date:
- 7 August 1984
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In The Home Office v Holmes, the EAT holds that a ban on part-time work can amount to unlawful sex discrimination.
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- Date:
- 10 May 1983
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In upholding a Sikh's complaint of indirect discrimination under the education provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976, the House of Lords in Mandla and another v Lee and others adopts a broad interpretation of the definition of ethnic origins.
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- Date:
- 31 December 1982
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Ahmad v UK [1982] 4 EHRR 126 ECHR, the European Commission of Human Rights held that a local authority's refusal to allow Mr Ahmad time off work on Fridays to attend prayers at a mosque did not infringe his freedom of religion or his right to enjoy rights and freedoms without discrimination.