Kevin McVeigh is Head of Elliott Duffy Garrett’s Corporate & Banking practice. Kevin advises clients on corporate transactions in Northern Ireland and on international deals with a Northern Ireland connection. He specialises in the sale and purchase of businesses. Kevin also advises on commercial contracts including investment and shareholder agreements and corporate governance.
In this month’s ‘Commercial Law for Employers’ article, Kevin McVeigh, Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department in EDG Solicitors, considers the CJEU case of Isabel González Castro v Mutua Umivale regarding the health and safety at work ofpregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth and workers who are breastfeeding.
Key Issues: Health & Safety of Workers – Breastfeeding Mother – Meaning of “Night Work” - Discrimination – Preliminary Ruling
Case: Isabel González Castro v Mutua Umivale
Reference: Case C-41/17, CJEU (Fifth Chamber), 19 September 2018
Legislation: Directive 92/85/EEC and Directive 2006/54/EC
Ms González Castro works as a security guard for Prosegur. On 8 November 2014, she gave birth to a boy who was then breastfed.
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