France
Non-discrimination law | Sophie Latraverse | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Gender equality law | Marie Mercat-Bruns | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Legal developments
Limits to the obligation to implement reasonable accommodations in employment
Indirect discrimination upon returning from parental leave
Refusal to admit mother wearing the Islamic veil for activities in class
Systemic racial discrimination in employment against undocumented foreign workers on a construction site
Decision on the legality of a decision of local transport authorities to refuse access to special tariffs for the underprivileged to foreigners who do not hold residence permits
Enforcement of the right to property and the applicability of the Article 8 proportionality assessment in case of illegal occupation of land by Roma
Civil and criminal liability of a Mayor for refusal to register Roma children in elementary school
Burden of proof of claimants challenging the legality of differential treatment between employees resulting from collective and negotiated agreements
Access to interpretation in sign language of deaf persons before the Court
Indicators to fill in gender wage gap
Liability of employer for harassment by volunteers
Conditions of enforcement emergency order of evacuation of land occupied by Roma families
Evidence of racial profiling in identity controls by police
Legality of the decision to remove alternative meals in school on the ground of secularity of the public service
Improve regulation and repression of parking of Travellers
Non-conformity of the decision of the plenary assembly of the Court of Cassation in relation to the dismissal of a child care director for wearing the Islamic veil to the International Covenant on Civil and political right
Various legislative proposals regarding gender equality are currently being debated in parliament
Documenting the reality of discriminatory practices among law firms in France
Legality of ‘solutions of equivalent effect’ implemented in derogation to the obligation to ensure accessibility to persons with disability of newly built housing
Statutory discrimination on the ground of nationality, i.e. indirect discrimination on the ground of origin, throughout the claimants’ career
Criminal liability of a Mayor for refusal to register Roma children in elementary school
The wearing of a beard interpreted as a religious sign in the public service
Reform of Labour relations and rules relating to compensation of dismissal
Assessing the risk of discrimination in access to housing of young people throughout the national territory in combination with multiple factors