MATERNITY PAY CASE
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLPAY rises awarded to pregnant workers must be taken into account when working out their maternity leave pay, even if the increase took place just before they stop work to have a baby, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It has intervened in a case brought by one Michelle Alabaster against her employer the Woolwich building society, which has dragged on since 1996, in UK and EU courts. She had complained that a pay rise just before her maternity leave had not been reflected in her maternity pay, claiming the Woolwich had therefore ...
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