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Sex Discrimination: No protection for post-natal depression
Mark Kaye discusses a recent EAT decision on the dismissal of an employee who continued to take sickness absence after her maternity leave ended ‘The EAT found that although she had been treated unfavourably because of an illness which was related to her pregnancy, such treatment took place outside the protected period.’ It is not …
Cases Referenced
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- Brown v Rentokil Ltd [1998] Case C-394/96
- Lyons v DWP Jobcentre Plus [2014] UKEAT 0348/13/1401
- Polkey v AE Dayton Services Ltd [1987] UKHL 8