ECJ 26 September 2013, case C-546/11 (Dansk Jurist-og Økonomforbund acting on behalf of Erik Toftgaard - v - Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet with five intervening parties), Age discrimination

Mr Toftgaard was a civil servant. He was dismissed on the ground that his post had ceased to...

ECJ 26 September 2013, case C-476/11 (HK Danmark on behalf of Glennie Kristensen - v - Experian A/S with Beskaeftigelsesministeriet intervening), Age discrimination

Ms Kristensen was employed by Experian in 2007 at age 29. Her fixed salary was DK 21,500 per...

ECJ 26 September 2013, case C-476/11 (HK Danmark on behalf of Glennie Kristensen - v - Experian A/S with Beskaeftigelsesministeriet intervening), Age discrimination

Ms Kristensen was employed by Experian in 2007 at age 29. Her fixed salary was DK 21,500 per...

ECJ 19 September 2013, case C-5/12 (Marc Betriu Montull - v - INSS), Gender discrimination

The Spanish Workers’ Statute grants maternity leave lasting 16 weeks. Of these, six must be...

ECJ 19 September 2013, case C-5/12 (Marc Betriu Montull - v - INSS), Gender discrimination

The Spanish Workers’ Statute grants maternity leave lasting 16 weeks. Of these, six must be...

ECJ 12 September 2013, case C-64/12 (Anton Schlecker - v - Melitta Josefa Boedeker), Private international law, Applicable law

The plaintiff in this case, Ms Boedeker, was a German national. She was employed in Germany by...

ECJ 12 September 2013, case C-64/12 (Anton Schlecker - v - Melitta Josefa Boedeker), Private international law, Applicable law

The plaintiff in this case, Ms Boedeker, was a German national. She was employed in Germany by...

ECJ 12 September 2013, case C-614/11 (Niederösterreichische Landes-Landwirtschaftskammer - v - Anneliese Kuso), Gender discrimination

Ms Kuso was employed on the basis of a permanent employment contract that provided that it would...

ECJ 12 September 2013, case C-614/11 (Niederösterreichische Landes-Landwirtschaftskammer - v - Anneliese Kuso), Gender discrimination

Ms Kuso was employed on the basis of a permanent employment contract that provided that it would...

2013/52 Dismissal discriminatory even if HR department was unaware of real reason for dismissal (AT)

An Austrian woman with a Polish background was dismissed following taunts about her ethnicity, even though the HR department was given a different reason to dismiss her (sickness absence) and said it would not have dismissed her had it known the real reason. The Court found against the employer, demonstrating that it was responsible for the employee’s discrimination by her manager despite the manager having deceived the employer into dismissing the employee.