Legal developments
Annual report of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality for 2018
New Regulations fixing conditions to adopt positive actions to remedy inequalities based on all grounds covered by the federal anti-discrimination legislation
Class actions, burden of proof
Discrimination in public sector recruitments on grounds of (national) origin
New rights-based legislation governing social services provision
Permissibility of wearing Islamic headscarf in courtroom
Segregation of Roma children in education / Obligation of public prosecution offices in assessing discriminatory impact of binding municipal regulations
Segregation of Roma children in education
Maternity and paternity leaves – conciliation measures
Displaying a swastika flag in a window-opening was found to be harassment on grounds of religion and prohibited in the Non-Discrimination Act
First decisions by the Board of Equal Treatment to conclude discriminatory dismissals because of religion or belief
A discriminatory practice of dismissal of an employee who suffered from multiple sclerosis
Education ministry’s responsibility for segregation in state-run school system
Constitutionality of a law extending the entitlement of survivors’ (widower) pensions to men
Paternity Leave, Work-Life-Balance for Parents and Carers
Establishment of a Ministry for Gender Equality (Ministère de l’égalité entre femmes et hommes)
Spain´s Government approves a Decree on gender equality between women and men in employment and occupation
Women’s rights, Gender equality discrimination, Optional Protocol Cedaw Convention
Legislative improvements regarding gender equality Persons with Disabilities Act
The Constitutional Court, on 18 July 2018 decided that the disciplinary penalties against, and dismissal of, a civil servant for wearing a headscarf at a public institution in Ankara was a violation of the freedom of religion and conscience. It also ordered the applicant to be paid a sum of 20 000 Turkish liras (around EUR 3 200) in damages.
Law proposal to introduce measures to reduce the gender pay gap
Law proposal accepted by both chambers of Parliament
Indicators to fill in gender wage gap
Liability of employer for harassment by volunteers
The dissolution of Parliament and the announcement of early elections implies the withdrawal of the bill which contained a general reform of anti-discrimination legislation and the creation of an independent "Authority for equal treatment and non-discrimination"
Instruction (incitement) to discrimination
Religious ethos and legal grounds for dismissal
Conditions of enforcement emergency order of evacuation of land occupied by Roma families
Annual survey released by the NCCD on attitudes and perceptions of discrimination
Implementation of policies and measures on integration of persons living in marginalized Roma communities
District Court the Hague grants compensation for pregnancy discrimination; District Court East-Brabant (‘Oost-Brabant’) rejects discrimination claim
Whether student loan repayment alleviations provided by the government for mothers of at least two children qualifies as discrimination based on sex
Curia ruled in a case on the right to equal pay for equal work that it shall be considered under the anti-discrimination legislative framework, and that the shift of the burden of proof in discrimination cases requires the respondent to prove the absence of causality between the protected characteristic and the suffered disadvantage
Whether harassing municipal practices targeting the Roma population amount to a violation of the Roma victims’ human dignity
Application of rules shifting the burden of proof in employment discrimination cases, especially in situations taking place during probationary period
Report to the UNCRPD Committee from the Danish Institute for Human Rights describing that persons with disabilities generally are in a disadvantageous position when compared to the rest of the population in Denmark
Cuts in budget for the Commissioner for Human Rights
Whether a faith-based nursery can dismiss teacher for cohabitation
Repeal of the fiscal law provision obliging the spouses to submit a joint income tax return
Stop and search by the police found to be ethnic profiling and direct discrimination prohibited in the Non-discrimination Act
Recognition of non-paid parental leave as working time
Discriminatory treatment for convicted or detained persons due to their social status, in the field of employment
Application of the shift of burden of proof in discrimination cases related to employment, especially in situations during probationary period
Whether damages are payable to individual victims of educational segregation to compensate for the disadvantages they suffered as a result of the segregation
Gender equality in access to goods and services
Access of public employees to programmes of post graduate education
New amendment to the Gender Equality Law introduces the professions of equal opportunities expert and equal opportunities specialist and revises the structure of local institutions dealing with gender equality
Responsibility for Discrimination in access to services
New amendment of the Gender Equality Law sanctions harassment while lowering the administrative fines for discrimination and harassment on the ground of sex.
