Practical Law

In IX v WABE eV (Cases C‑804/18 and C‑341/19) EU:C:2021:594, the ECJ recently ruled that a ban on all visible signs of political, philosophical and religious belief could be justified by a policy of political, philosophical and religious neutrality in a particular workplace (a non-denominational school in Hamburg). It was made clear that a “neutrality” … Continue reading Are corporations becoming too ideological? →

It ought to feel like good news, that the number of jobs being advertised in the online gig economy is on the increase. But somehow it just feels sinister, that there is a growing trend to engage remote workers for piecemeal, short-term or project-based work delivered over the internet (for example, see Amazon Mechanical Turk). … Continue reading The changing world of work →

The non-renewal of a French hospital social worker’s contract for her refusal to stop wearing a headscarf was found to be a legitimate interference with her Article 9 rights in the ECtHR case of Ebrahimian v France. The basis of the decision, that it was necessary to protect the neutrality of public services, also has … Continue reading Leaving religion at the door of the workplace in the name of neutrality →

What is it about contract law, that when a case like Geys comes long, people are left wondering why a seemingly fundamental point has either never been challenged before or else has lain dormant for so long? Is it possible that the label ‘freedom of contract’ acts as a kind of dead weight, deterring employment lawyers … Continue reading Contract law and terminating employment →