R v Secretary of State for Employment, ex p Seymour-Smith
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r-v-secretary-of-state-for-employment-ex-p-seymour-smith-297-18176861
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R v Secretary of State for Employment, ex p Seymour-Smith
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R (Seymour-Smith) v Secretary of State for Employment [2000] UKHL 12 and (1999) C-167/97 is a landmark case in United Kingdom labour law and European labour law on the qualifying period of work before an employee accrues unfair dismissal rights. It was held by the House of Lords and the European Court of Justice that a two-year qualifying period had a disparate impact on women given that significantly fewer women worked long enough to be protected by the unfair dismissal law, but that the govern
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2000 House of Lords employment law case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Employment,_ex_p_Seymour-Smith
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2023-04-08T13:45:04Z
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