July, 2012 | LabourBlawg - Part 2

July 2012

Workers who are sick on annual leave are entitled to extra time off

July 2, 2012

Below is a guest UK employment law blog post regarding a recent ECJ decision which held that employees who are sick on annual leave are entitled to extra time off. The Law on Annual Leave Employees are legally entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks / 28 days paid annual leave (if they are working […]

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Overview of disability discrimination law

July 1, 2012

Definition of Disability Whilst s.4 of the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) sets out that disability is a protected characteristic, the main definition of ‘disability’ is taken from case law and has been enshrined in s.6(1) EA 2010. The case of Goodwin v Patent Office provides 4 necessary elements for disability :- physical or mental […]

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