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981. Lithuania - Amendments and the Recast of the Equal Opportunities Act for Women and Men (PDF 163 kB): The Parliament amended and afterwards adopted the new version (recast) of the Equal Opportunities Act for Women and Men; Publication date: 24 April 2017
982. Germany - Prosecution of non-consensual sexual acts (PDF 142 kB): Amendments to the Penal Code to implement the Istanbul Convention concerning non-consensual sexual acts; Publication date: 24 April 2017
983. Germany - Damages for loss of earnings due to the lack of public childcare (PDF 140 kB): The Federal Court of Justice decided upon damages for loss of earnings due to the inability of the responsible local authority to offer sufficient and appropriate public childcare; Publication date: 24 April 2017
984. Belgium - The CJEU rendered its judgment in the Belgian Achbita case concerning the ban of religious symbols at work (PDF 137 kB): May a private employer ban the wearing of religious symbols at work; Publication date: 19 April 2017
985. United Kingdom - Indirect discrimination on grounds of age; Harrod and others v Chief Constable Of West Midlands Police And Others (PDF 137 kB): Justification of indirect age discrimination; Publication date: 19 April 2017
986. Greece - Ombudsman’ s Annual Report 2016 (PDF 111 kB): Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body; Publication date: 29 March 2017
987. France - CJEU, 14 March 2017, C-188/15, Asma Bougnaoui, ADDH v. Micropole SA. (PDF 146 kB): Whether the request of a client that an IT engineer intervening on site dress in a neutral manner and remove an Islamic veil can be held to be a genuine and determining occupational requirement; Publication date: 29 March 2017
988. Romania - The Senate rejects draft bill aiming to abrogate Anti-discrimination Law (PDF 276 kB): Attempt to abrogate Romanian Anti-discrimination Law; Publication date: 29 March 2017
989. France - Court of Cassation, Social Chamber, 12 December 2017, n° 16-25793 (PDF 109 kB): The main French trade unions have challenged the admissibility of the candidacy to the professional elections of the National Corsican Trade Union because it promotes the ‘corsicanisation’ of hiring in ...; Publication date: 22 March 2017
990. Cyprus - Ombudsman report on legislation precluding persons with intellectual disability from acquiring Cypriot citizenship (PDF 166 kB): The Ombudsman in her capacity as independent mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the CRPD found that a legislative provision requiring ‘full capacity’ as a precondition for naturalization violates ...; Publication date: 22 March 2017
991. Ireland - State recognises Traveller ethnicity (PDF 131 kB): Ireland’s indigenous Travelling community has been recognised by the government as an ethnic minority; Publication date: 15 March 2017
992. Italy - Scandal involving UNAR (PDF 133 kB): UNAR’s Financing activities and Responsibilities of its Director; Publication date: 15 March 2017
993. Romania - Draft bill aiming to abrogate Anti-discrimination Law is adopted by the Chamber of Deputies tacitly (PDF 135 kB): Attempt to abrogate Romanian Anti-discrimination Law; Publication date: 15 March 2017
994. Norway - Conference on the labour market and equality (PDF 137 kB): Conference on Equality and the future employment market; Publication date: 7 March 2017
995. Norway - General medical practitioner not allowed freedom of religion when refusing to insert IUDs or refer to abortion (PDF 142 kB): Freedom of religion in employment; Publication date: 7 March 2017
996. Norway - Discrimination of pregnant employee (PDF 127 kB): Employment; Publication date: 7 March 2017
997. Spain - Discrimination on the ground of religion due to religious clothing at work (PDF 133 kB): Company must accept that a Muslim woman use the hijab in positions of attention to the public; Publication date: 7 March 2017
998. Sweden -No legislative proposal regarding gender balance on company boards (PDF 98 kB): Increase in the number of women on company boards; Publication date: 7 March 2017
999. Spain - Temporary incapacity for work as disability (PDF 252 kB): Temporary incapacity for work can be considered as disability, as a ‘long-term’ limitation at the time of the allegedly discriminatory act; Publication date: 7 March 2017
1000. Sweden - Government White Paper, restriction of parental leave benefit for parents coming to Sweden with older children (PDF 105 kB): Legislative changes to reduce the period of parental leave for parents coming to Sweden with older children; Publication date: 7 March 2017