Employment Law

Football clubs eligible for compensation, EU Court rules by Leopold Gasteen — last modified 23 March 2010, 19:39 CET

The European Court of Justice has ruled that football clubs who have trained and prepared young players may seek compensation if that player wishes to sign their first contract with a different club within the European Union.

CASELEX:EU:2010:14 - Employment Law - Protection of employees’ representatives by Caselex — last modified 15 March 2010, 22:47 CET

This reference for a preliminary ruling has been made by the Vestre Landsret (Western Regional Court) (Denmark) in the context of a dispute between the applicant, the Danish Association of Engineers (Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark) (‘IDA’), acting on behalf of Mr Bertram Holst, a former employee of the company Babcock & Wilcox Vølund ApS (‘BWV’), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) (‘DA’), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

Social policy - Protection of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - CASELEX:EU:2009:130 by Caselex — last modified 15 March 2010, 22:35 CET

Dismissed pregnant workers must enjoy effective judicial protection of their rights under Community law, following a Judgement of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on 29 October 2009

Sexual discrimination case - Bulgaria - CASELEX:BG:2009:42 by Caselex — last modified 15 March 2010, 22:38 CET

In an action brought by a female worker claiming that she had been sexually harassed within the meaning of Article 5 in conjunction with Section 1(2) of the Protection from Discrimination Act 2003, transposing Article 2(2)(a) in conjunction with Article 1(d) of Directive 2006/54/EC, the testimony of witnesses reproducing her story was valid evidence -- not of the circumstances known only to the harasser and the victim but of the victim's behaviour, remarks and reactions to the harassment - Judgement by Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court.