Equal treatment for men and women – Part-time work - Workers of one sex are at a particular disadvantage compared to workers of the other sex
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Equal treatment for men and women – Part-time work - Workers of one sex are at a particular disadvantage compared to workers of the other sex
Disciplinary dismissal for carrying out acts unequivocally likely to cause the termination of his partner’s pregnancy
Social policy, Directive (EU) 2019/1158, balance between working life and private life of parents – Single-parent family, equal treatment with two-parent families – Extension of maternity leave
Judge Rapporteur: A. Prechal
Equal treatment for men and women – Part-time work - Workers of one sex are at a particular disadvantage compared to workers of the other sex
Female workers - Women workers - Direct discrimination on grounds of sex - Dismissal of an employee because of her pregnancy
Indirect discrimination not to employ a woman for reasons of physical unfitness due to short stature – Recruitment requirements in contrast to the principle of equality not taking into account the existence of the height difference generally found between men and women
Law enforcement - Winners absent from work for maternity leave - Violation of equal treatment between women and men and of the special protection of mothers and children
Harassment in the workplace - Harassment is unwanted conduct on grounds of sex with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of an employee and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment
The utterance of improper and offensive sentences aloud, in the presence of several users, towards a colleague - Sexually offensive sentences towards a colleague and just cause for dismissal
Equal treatment in employment and occupation, conditions for access to self-employment, employment and working conditions – Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation – Self-employed person working on the basis of a contract for specific work, termination and non-renewal of contract, freedom to choose a contracting party
Judge Rapporteur: M.L. Arastey Sahún
Necessary gender parity in electoral lists - Violation of the principles of gender equality and substantive equality
Prohibition of any discrimination on grounds of sex – Domestic workers – Particular disadvantage to female workers
Judge Rapporteur: L.S. Rossi
Equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation – Directive 2006/54/EC, Article 5(c) and Article 12, prohibition of indirect discrimination on grounds of sex –National legislation providing for an annual adjustment of retirement pensions – Adjustment on a reducing scale depending on the amount of the retirement pension, with no adjustment at all above a certain amount
Judge Rapporteur: T. von Danwitz
Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security – Directive 79/7/EEC – Article 4(1) – Indirect discrimination on ground of sex – National legislation providing that two or more total occupational invalidity pensions acquired under the same statutory social security scheme are incompatible – Finding of indirect discrimination on the basis of statistical data, determination of the affected groups to be compared
Judge Rapporteur: A. Prechal
Revocation of the certification to teach Catholicism after having entered a same-sex relationship in violation of Catholic canon law - Violation of the right to equality and non-discrimination, the right to privacy, and the right to work - Court's order to institute a concrete judicial review procedure to allow state officials to carry out a control of the religious authorities’ assessment of suitability of religious teachers serving in public schools
Dissenting / Concurring: Sierra Porto
Distinction between male and female educational staff - Alleged unreasonable violation of the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of gender
Verification of indirect gender discrimination by the employer in the selection process for economic development - Actual disadvantage to female workers
Family abuse - Repeated acts of physical or moral harassment – Family abuse criminal offence also applies to working relationships in which, due to the small number of people and the limited space, the environment is comparable to a family
Discrimination in the workplace on grounds of sexual orientation – Inability for religious educational institutions to discriminate against candidate teachers on grounds of their sexual orientation
Discrimination on grounds of pregnancy or maternity constitutes a special example of gender-based discrimination - Non-renewal of the fixed-term contract of a pregnant worker - Refusal to appoint a pregnant woman or firing her because of her pregnancy or maternity status constitute a direct discrimination on grounds of sex