- 1221. Greece - The modification of a town plan so as to allow the building of a communal nursery and kindergarten in a space of common use is compatible with the Greek Constitution, as it serves family and maternity ...
- Reconciling of family and professional responsibilities
- Publication date: 4 April 2016
- 1222. Greece - Judgment 13/2015 of the Greek Council of the State (the Supreme Administrative Court): a pregnant woman must be allowed to take the athletic tests for admission to the Fire Corps after her pregnancy ...
- The Head of the Fire Corps rejected the request of a pregnant candidate to take the athletic tests for admission to the Fire Corps after her pregnancy
- Publication date: 4 April 2016
- 1223. The Netherlands - Court upholds dismissal of marriage registrar for refusal to conclude same-sex marriages (PDF 84 kB)
- Discrimination and dismissal
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1224. Cyprus - Supreme Court finds that age restriction in a disability benefit amounts to age discrimination that cannot be justified on the basis of the poor state of public finances (PDF 87 kB)
- The Court accepted an application from a disabled claimant aged 65+ for the judicial review of an administrative decision which rejected his application for a disability benefit on account of an age restriction ...
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1225. Romania - Proposal of a Bill imposing Romanian as the only official language of the Romanian state (PDF 78 kB)
- Use of Romanian language only in public services
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1226. The Netherlands - Government criticised for lack of progress in addressing labour market discrimination (PDF 75 kB)
- Parliament debates progress regarding action plan against labour market discrimination
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1227. The Netherlands - NIHR: rejecting internship applicant on the basis of his sexual orientation is a forbidden distinction; Public Prosecution Service prosecutes firm’s manager (PDF 77 kB)
- Discriminatory rejection of an internship applicant
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1228. FYR Macedonia - Study on Problems and Needs of LGBTI Persons in the Fields of Social Protection, Legal Services and Police Conduct (PDF 82 kB)
- The LGBT Centre publishes first wider study on problems and needs of LGBTI persons in the country
- Publication date: 29 March 2016
- 1229. Turkey - The dismissal from the profession of a referee on ground of his sexual orientation (PDF 82 kB)
- Lower court, which on 29 December 2015 had ordered the Turkish Football Federation to pay civil damages to a gay referee banned from his profession on the ground of his sexual orientation, publishes its ...
- Publication date: 23 March 2016
- 1230. Macedonia - Appointment of new members of the equality body (PDF 123 kB)
- The appointment of new members of the equality body by Parliament raises worry over politization and independence
- Publication date: 23 March 2016
- 1231. Finland - Discrimination by public employment authorities not providing reasonable accommodation to a disabled student (PDF 89 kB)
- Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal prohibited the Public employment and business authorities to continue discriminating a student who had applied for the unemployment benefit to finance her studies. ...
- Publication date: 23 March 2016
- 1232. Finland - Design school convicted for discrimination of a deaf student (PDF 83 kB)
- A design school was convicted for discrimination prohibited in the Penal Code for the discrimination of a deaf student and awarded compensation according to the Non-Discrimination
- Publication date: 23 March 2016
- 1233. Finland - Discrimination by a bank not providing reasonable accommodation to a blind customer (PDF 87 kB)
- Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal prohibited a bank to discriminate a blind customer by denying her the entry passwords needed to use the bank account electronically. The Tribunal imposed a conditional ...
- Publication date: 23 March 2016
- 1234. Poland - Gender quotas and parliamentary candidates (PDF 82 kB)
- New family benefit law discriminatory for families with one child, in particular single mothers
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1235. Ireland - Mohan v Ireland and The Attorney General [2016] IEHC 35 (PDF 78 kB)
- Gender quotas and parliamentary candidates
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1236. Italy - The protection of motherhood and fatherhood (PDF 70 kB)
- The funding of care expenses, paternity leave, and the remuneration of compulsory maternity leave
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1237. Austria - Final Act of Parliament for extensive amendments to maternity leave and parental leave regulations (PDF 79 kB)
- Parental leave and maternity leave, and work life balance
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1238. Spain - The decline in unemployment in 2015 higher for men than for women (PDF 61 kB)
- The active population survey shows that the decline in unemployment has been much higher for men than for women
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1239. Ireland - Workplace Relations Act 2015 (PDF 64 kB)
- Access to justice
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
- 1240. Latvia - Discriminatory conditions for the access to occupational social security pensions (PDF 80 kB)
- Conditions for the access to occupational social security pensions; periods spent on pregnancy, maternity and child-care leaves
- Publication date: 21 March 2016
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