Case C-12/17. Parental leave

Must Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC 1 be interpreted as precluding a provision of national law...

2017/28 Failure to enhance parental leave pay to level of maternity pay held to be direct sex discrimination (UK)

It was direct sex discrimination for a male employee who wished to take shared parental leave (SPL) to be entitled only to the minimum statutory pay where a female employee would have been entitled to full salary during an equivalent period of maternity leave, according to a first-instance decision from the Employment Tribunal (ET).

Case C-12/17. Parental leave

Must Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC 1 be interpreted as precluding a provision of national law...

ECJ 14 July 2016, case C-335/15 (Ornano), Maternity leave

EU law does not give an employee on maternity a right to full pay while on leave.

ECJ 14 July 2016, case C-335/15 (Ornano), Maternity leave

EU law does not give an employee on maternity a right to full pay while on leave.

Case C-174/16. Parental leave and sex discrimination

Are the provisions of Council Directive 2010/18 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on...

Case C-174/16. Parental leave and sex discrimination

Are the provisions of Council Directive 2010/18 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on...

ECJ 16 June 2016, case C-351/14 (Rodríguez Sánchez), Parental leave

The questions referred to the ECJ in this particular case on the interpretation of Clause 6(1) of the Framework Agreement on parental leave (employers must “consider and respond to” employees’ requests for changes to their working patterns) are inadmissible.

ECJ 16 June 2016, case C-351/14 (Rodríguez Sánchez), Parental leave

The questions referred to the ECJ in this particular case on the interpretation of Clause 6(1) of the Framework Agreement on parental leave (employers must “consider and respond to” employees’ requests for changes to their working patterns) are inadmissible.

2016/23 Are employers obliged to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave? (UK)

An employee challenged whether her employer’s refusal to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave was discriminatory. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) determined, somewhat tentatively, that where childcare vouchers are provided through a salary sacrifice scheme, it is not discriminatory for employers to cease to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave.