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 article, Kevin McVeigh, Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department in EDG Solicitors, considers the CJEU case of Cresco Investigation v Markus Achatzi C-193/17. In this case the CJEU had to consider whether a provision of Austrian National Law known as the ARG, which provides that Good Friday is a paid public holiday for members of certain Christian Churches only, constituted discrimination against other employees on the basis of their (differing) religious affiliation or lack thereof.
Cresco Investigation v Markus Achatzi ⚓︎
Key Issues: Equal Treatment – Religious Discrimination
Case: Cresco Investigation v Markus Achatzi
Reference: Case C-193/17, CJEU (Grand Chamber), 22 January 2019
Legislation: Directive 2000/78/EC
Under a provision of Austrian national law
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