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Woman who used surrogate has no right to maternity leave

The European Court of Justice has found that a teacher in Ireland who had a child through a surrogac...
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2:15 PM - 26 Sep 2013



Woman who used surrogate has n...

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Woman who used surrogate has no right to maternity leave

TodayFM
TodayFM

2:15 PM - 26 Sep 2013



The European Court of Justice has found that a teacher in Ireland who had a child through a surrogacy arrangement does not have a right to maternity or adoptive leave.

In an opinion issued this morning, the court says that the woman, referred to as Ms Z, was not discriminated against when she was refused paid leave after her child was born to a surrogate mother in California.

Our Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:



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