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Separate sleeping rooms and sanitary facilities for women
Constitutionality of the ban of political, philosophical or religious symbols in a school of higher education in order to create a neutral environment
Additional parental leave to support parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Paternity and co-parent childbirth leave
Unia will not remain the Inter-federal Centre for Equal Opportunities in the years to come
Is the fact that the law provides that there is no difference in the lump sum damages for direct and indirect discrimination, constitutional?
Protection against retaliation for witness of discrimination based on sex
New legislative Act creating a Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Fundamental Rights
Cooperation between the equality bodies
New Regulations fixing conditions to adopt positive actions to remedy inequalities based on all grounds covered by the federal anti-discrimination legislation
Denial of reasonable accommodation in nursery school for a pupil with Down's Syndrome
Different levels of benefit for maternity and adoption leave
Direct discrimination in recruitment
Burkini ban in swimming pools is unlawful according to two first instance judgments of the Tribunal of Gent
No conviction possible when the intent of incitation to racial hatred is not proven
Occupational social security / Gender reassignment
Sexism in public space
Judgment of the Labour Court which recognises for the first time that the consequences of a cancer can, in certain circumstances, be constitutive of a disability which compels the employer to provide for reasonable accommodation
New powers of enforcement for the Labour Inspectorate in employment matters
On 16 February, UNIA published its Diversity Barometer on Education
The Brussels’ Ordinance setting up new anti-discrimination tools on the job market has been published
Maternity protection
The Expert Commission for the assessment of the 2007 Anti-discrimination Federal Acts delivered its first annual report
The Belgian Court of Cassation rendered its judgment in the Achbita case following the ruling of the Court of Justice concerning the ban of wearing religious symbols at work
Maximum age as an occupational requirement not discriminatory according to the Belgian Council of State
Country reports
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2020
State of affairs 1 January 2019
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2013
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