C‑356/21, CJEU, 12/01/2023

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

C-405/20, CJEU, 05/05/2022

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

C-625/20, CJEU, 30/06/2022

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

Pavez Pavez v. Chile, IACtHR, Series C No. 449, 4/2/2022

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

C-843/19, CJEU, 21/01/2021

Social policy, equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security – Directive 79/7/EEC – Article 4(1), Voluntary early retirement, Early retirement pension, Requirement for the pension amount to be received to be at least as much as the legal minimum amount – Proportion of workers of each sex excluded from the benefit of early retirement, justification of a potential particular disadvantage to female workers

Judge Rapporteur: F. Biltgen