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In the context of a possible liability it is necessary to have a close look at the Directives on redundancy and sex discrimination.
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On the 4th of February Megahard dismissed 20 female employees for the reason that their services 'were no longer required'. It has to be examined whether this event caused liability for the company out of European Employment Law. This law is applied since it is not clear in which country the dismissals actually take place. In the context of a possible liability it is necessary to have a close look at the Directives on redundancy and sex discrimination. The 1975 Directive on collective redundancies was amended by the 1992 Council Directive No. 92/56/EEC. Collective redundancies are defined under Article 1(1)(a) as "dismissals effected by an employer for one or more reasons not related to the individual workers concerned"1. This term is among other things used when the dismissal is of a period of 30 days of2:> at least 10 employees in an establishment with between 20 an 100 employees> at least 10%...
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