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: Current AwarenessCarers win right to flexible working after Sharon Coleman wins discrimination case - The Times
By sally
“Britain?s six million carers won a landmark victory today when the European Court of Justice upheld the right of a woman who was denied time off work to look after her disabled son.”
The Times, 17th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).
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