Mayr v Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG [2008] EUECJ C-506/06

Pregnancy discrimination: Fertility treatment: an issue ripe for legal challenges

Michelle Last advises on employers’ obligations when an employee is undergoing fertility treatment ‘An employee who is off sick as a result of fertility treatment should be treated in the same way as an employee on sickness absence.’ The number of people undergoing fertility treatment in the UK increases steadily each year. The vast majority …

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Staff procedures: Create or update a special leave policy

Michelle Last continues our series with advice on drawing up a policy to manage leave requests if there is no statutory right to time off – for example if the employee is undergoing gender reassignment or elective surgery ‘If an employer treats an employee less favourably in relation to absence for gender reassignment than it …

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