- 1141. Slovakia - New government postponed ratification of the Istanbul Convention and adoption of the Act on Prevention and Elimination of Gender Based Violence and Domestic Violence (PDF 139 kB)
- Postponement of the ratification of Istanbul Convention
- Publication date: 27 September 2016
- 1142. Norway - Court case penalising the refusal of a hairdressers’ services to a client wearing hijab (PDF 134 kB)
- First court case penalising refusal of services because of religion (hijab)
- Publication date: 27 September 2016
- 1143. Malta - Maternity leave fund claims forms for reimbursement of maternity leave (PDF 127 kB)
- Discrimination in employment
- Publication date: 27 September 2016
- 1144. Malta - Equal Pay (PDF 124 kB)
- Discrimination in Employment
- Publication date: 27 September 2016
- 1145. FYR of Macedonia - Constitutional Court decision on discrimination due to different retirement age of women and men (PDF 127 kB)
- Equalizing years of retirement for men and women
- Publication date: 27 September 2016
- 1146. Poland - Modification of Labour Code provisions dealing with jobs prohibited for women (PDF 102 kB)
- Limitation of the scope of general prohibition to employ women for works particularly burdensome and detrimental for their health, to the pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
- Publication date: 21 September 2016
- 1147. Ireland - Paternity Leave (PDF 234 kB)
- Paternity leave
- Publication date: 21 September 2016
- 1148. Croatia - Proposed Amendments to the Gender Equality Act (PDF 123 kB)
- Definition of victimisation
- Publication date: 21 September 2016
- 1149. Montenegro - Amending the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination (LPD) (PDF 132 kB)
- The Montenegrin Ministry for Human and Minority Rights initiated the procedure of amending the existing LPD in order to improve the prohibition against discrimination and additionally harmonize this law ...
- Publication date: 21 September 2016
- 1150. Austria - New legislation introducing paternity leave and connected benefit and systematic changes to the Small Children’s Benefit (PDF 142 kB)
- Parental leave and maternity leave, work life balance
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1151. Spain - Judgement of the Supreme Court of 18 May 2016 confirms that collective agreements can improve legislation on reduction of working hours for parental reasons (PDF 142 kB)
- Collective agreements can improve legislation on reduction of working hours for parental reasons, even if the improvement was established in the collective agreement before the legislative reform of 2012 ...
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1152. Croatia - Register of Business Women (PDF 122 kB)
- Position of women in company boards
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1153. France - Conseil d’Etat, 26 August 2016, Nos 402742, 402777 (PDF 143 kB)
- Legality of Municipal bylaws forbidding Islamic swimwear on the beach
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1154. Czech Republic - Government proposes faster drawing of parental allowance (PDF 99 kB)
- Government – proposal for amendment of the State Social Support Act
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1155. France - Law n° 2016-1088 of 8 August 2016 relating to employment, modernization of social dialogue and securing professional life (Law El Khomri) (PDF 138 kB)
- Introduction of the possibility to limit expression of religious freedom by way of the employer’s in-house regulation
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1156. Germany - Prevention of and fight against sexual harassment in the workplace (PDF 120 kB)
- Federal Antidiscrimination Body publishes guidelines on preventing and tackling sexual harassment in the workplace
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1157. Sweden - Changed rules on active duties (PDF 133 kB)
- Active duties
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1158. Germany - Draft law on pay equity (PDF 128 kB)
- Federal Ministry for Family and Senior Citizens, Women and Youth insists on the implementation of its draft law on pay equity including pay transparency
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1159. The Netherlands - Scope of Discrimination Disability Act extended to goods and services (PDF 141 kB)
- Dutch parliament passes bill extending the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act to the area of goods and services
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
- 1160. Germany - Prohibition of indirect sex discrimination by regulations on parental leave (PDF 125 kB)
- Disadvantages caused by parental leave constitute a prohibited indirect sex discrimination
- Publication date: 20 September 2016
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