What Have We Learnt from the CJEU’s Case Law on Disability Discrimination Over the Past Five Years? (8/8)
The Court of Justice’s case law on disability discrimination and the Employment Equality Directive over the past five has helped to clarify a number of issues. We now have a...
Can Disability Protection Change the Limits on the Termination of Employment Contracts? (7/8)
Disability discrimination cases experienced an exponential growth in recent years due to the the Court of Justice of the EU (“the Court”)’s relevant role on its protection. In this regard,...
‘Hiring now: Personal Assistant Aged 18-30’: CJEU Proves Mild for Age Discrimination by Persons with Disabilities (6/8)
Persons with disabilities enjoy the right to live independently and be included in the community (Article 19 UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)). For that purpose,...
When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)
What happens when an employee with a disability is unable to return to their original job and no type of adjustment will make this possible? This was the dilemma facing...
Accommodating Disability in the Justice System: TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (4/8)
The decision of the Court of Justice in TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (TC and UB) can be considered a milestone in the line of case...
Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)
In Tartu Vangla the Court of Justice of the EU (”the Court”) reiterated that employers must conduct an individualised assessment to determine if an employee with a disability can perform...
Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU
In OP v Commune d’Ans the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) returned to religious discrimination and headscarves, this time in the public sector workplace. Although the CJEU...
‘A Victory for Underpaid Workers’: Chief Constable of Northern Ireland v Agnew
The recent Agnew case deals with a technical but practically very important point: if a worker is underpaid by their employer when they take annual leave, how far back in...
Case C-673/20 EP v Préfet du Gers: The Stripping of the Right to Vote
Image description: the Court of Justice of the European Union Ruling of the CJEU After the request for a preliminary ruling from the French tribunal lodged in 2020, the Court...
Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territories: Assessing ‘Continuing Crimes’ Against the Principle of Legality Before the ICC
Image description: Protesters march beneath a banner saying “Freedom for Palestine” On 8 July 2021, a report of the Special Rapporteur on the state of human rights in Palestinian territories...
EU Headscarf Bans: The CJEU’s missed opportunity for reflection on neutrality in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels v MJ
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been widely criticised for their decisions in the popular ‘headscarf cases’, Achbita and Bougnaoui. The Court in Achbita permitted private...
Religious Discrimination and Headscarves – Take Two
In IX v WABE eV (C‑804/18) and MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ (C‑341/19), the CJEU returned to the vexed question of religious discrimination and headscarves, last considered in the...
