Greece
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Repeal of the fiscal law provision obliging the spouses to submit a joint income tax return
Recognition of non-paid parental leave as working time
Access of public employees to programmes of post graduate education
Exclusion of female cleaners from the possibility to be transferred to another branch of a private bank resulted in the termination of their employment contract
Discriminatory treatment against a person by reason of his/ her origin on behalf of the Greek Manpower Organisation for Employment
Access to the profession of doctor in the National Health System without discriminatory treatment on ground of age
The fiscal legislation provides that the spouses are obliged to submit a joint income tax return
Sanctioning by Greece of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Legal recognition of gender identity
Discriminatory treatment of candidate employees of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Discriminatory treatment of family members of third country national in the field of social protection
Specification of the implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Discrimination in the field of social protection against legal resident third-country workers, who pay the same contributions to insurance agencies as Greek citizens
The Judges Code provides that a judge whose spouse does not work is not entitled to parental leave unless the spouse is unable to look after the child due to illness or injury
Enforcement of equal treatment on the ground of age in the field of employment in the public sector
Extension of the scope of the equal treatment principle: addition of grounds and fields; extension of the Ombudsman`s powers; procedural provisions not improved nor incorporated into procedural codes; inadequate transposition of Directive 2014/54/EU
Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body
Improvement of the legal framework on anti-discrimination
Prohibition of dismissal during pregnancy and thereafter
Equal access to educational institution regardless of ethnic origin
Common minimum height requirement for men and women for access to the Police Academy
The gender identity of a transsexual who had not undergone gender reassignment surgery was recognised by court decision
Recognition of the consequences of gender reassignment
Employment of a woman returning from maternity leave in the same or an equivalent job
Greek legislation creates no rights for life partners and limited rights for spouses of the self-employed in matters of employment and social security
