Foster v British Gas Plc

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different age for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

[1987] ICR 52, IT

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Public authority's discrimination against female employees — National legislation not conforming to Directive — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 6(4) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

[1987] ICR 52, IT

DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different ages for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

[1987] ICR 52, IT

(Case C-188/89); EU:C:1990:313; [1991] 1 QB 405; [1991] 2 WLR 258; [1991] ICR 84; [1990] 3 All ER 897; The Times, 13 July 1990, ECJ

[1991] 2 AC 306; [1991] 2 WLR 1075; [1991] ICR 463; [1991] 2 All ER 705; [1991] IRLR 268; (1991) 135 SJ 506; The Times, 19 April 1991; The Independent, 19 April 1991, HL(E)

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

(Case C-188/89); EU:C:1990:313; [1991] 1 QB 405; [1991] 2 WLR 258; [1991] ICR 84; [1990] 3 All ER 897; The Times, 13 July 1990, ECJ

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