DW v Nobel Plastiques Iberica SA [2019]
Decision Number: C-397/18 Legal Body: Court of Justice of the European Union
Published on: 12/11/2019
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Kevin McVeigh Partner, Head of Corporate Department, Elliott Duffy Garrett
Kevin McVeigh Partner, Head of Corporate Department, Elliott Duffy Garrett
Kevin mcveigh

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.

Background

On 1 July 2004, DW was employed by Nobel Plastiques Ibérica.  Assigned to the processes of assembly and shaping of plastics pipes, she was granted a reduction in working hours on the basis that she had custody of young children. DW worked a 35-hour week and worked the morning and night shifts.

DW suffered from epicondylitis, which was diagnosed on 12 September 2011 and for which she had surgery on 18 January 2012. That injury was classified as an ‘occupational disease’ and DW was temporarily unable to work for several periods between September 2011 and April 2014, and, because she had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, from 4 September 2015 to 31 March

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