Monthly Archives: January 2010
ECJ finds age-related notice periods age discriminatory
In Kucukdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co the ECJ has held that a German law providing that employment before the age of 25 is disregarded when calculating service-related notice periods breached the EU Equal Treatment Directive (2000/78). The Court also … Continue reading
Fathers to be entitled to 6 months’ paternity leave
Government to announce plans to allow new dads to take more time off while their baby’s mother returns to work Fathers will be able to take up to six months’ paternity leave while their child’s mother returns to work, under … Continue reading
Separating Partner Maintenance: Perfect Storm Gathers
The Government should consider an urgent change in maintenance legislation to prevent a collapse of the financial support system for separating unmarried couples. Family lawyer Shelley Hesford of law firm SAS Daniels LLP says marriage rates are plummeting as more people … Continue reading
Posted in Insight & opinion, Private Client
Tagged Child Maintenance, Co-habiting, Divorce, Family, Shelley Hesford
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Weather related absence – to pay or not to pay? That is the question
With the current weather conditions, we are seeing an increasing number of enquiries and news reports with regards to whether or not employers are obliged to pay their employees who are unable to make it into work as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Insight & opinion
Tagged Employee, Employee Absence, employer, pay, snow, weather, work
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