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.
Key Issues: Social Policy – Equal Treatment – Age Discrimination
Case: Ligebehandlingsnævnet, acting on behalf of A v HK/Danmark
Reference: Case C-587/20, CJEU (Second Chamber), 2 June 2022
Legislation: Directive 2000/78/EC
Background ⚓︎
A, who was born in 1948, was recruited in 1978 as a union representative in a local branch of the HK organisation of workers. In 1980, she was transferred to the national confederation. The congress of HK/Service, now HK/Privat, elected her as deputy convenor in 1992, then convenor in 1993. She was subsequently re-elected every four years and held the post of sector convenor of that body until 8 November 2011, when she reached the age of 63 and had exceeded the age limit laid down
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