Legal developments
The network of national and local equality advisers
Compulsory paternity leave, sustain of gender equality in sports
The extension of quota system
Segregation in education of Roma children under the colours of proximity concerns
Nullification of Article 52(d) of the Workers’ Statute that had been qualified by the CJEU as contrary to Directive 2000/78/EC
Newly elected Mayor unblocks access to LBGTQI-themed websites for employees
NCCD sanctions the mayor of Baia Mare for the failure to demolish the segregation wall previously found as amounting to discrimination
Paternity and co-parent childbirth leave
Non-renewal of the fixed term contract of a female employee due to childbirth
Exclusion of male lawyers, who are insured with the social security scheme for the lawyers of Athens, from the allowance covering the nursery fees of children aged one to five years provided only for female lawyers
Non equal treatment on the ground of racial or ethnic origin in regard with the reception of social allowances
Segregation in education
Prime minister and other prominent politicians conduct concerted campaign questioning the justification of awarding damages to Roma pupils for decade-long segregation
Denial of tort compensation for unjustified loss of a social service
System of employment quotas
Ethnicity-based preferential treatment for Roma in school
Equal opportunities for disabled women
The president of the new Spanish government (January 2020) announces in the Parliament legal projects in the field of equal treatment and non-discrimination
New action plan to implement the National Strategy for People with Disabilities
The Spanish Constitutional Court 91/2019, applies in a judgement of 3 July 2019, the ruling issued by the CJEU in the Villar Laiz case but limits its application only to future matters
The Supreme Court of Spain has ruled in favour of an affirmative action by a university to grant senior professor positions to departments that have a lower percentage of women in these positions
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
The bill contains the necessary legislative adjustments due to the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on barrier-free access to the websites and mobile applications of public authorities
New government action plan for persons with disabilities is now made public
Institutionalisation, Segregation
Disability discrimination of pupils with dyslexia by schools (local governments)
Use of religious symbols in schools
Perception of discrimination in Serbia
Termination of a pro-life advertising campaign on a city bus
Age discrimination by a private association challenged before a civil court
Discrimination on the ground of religion (Islamic Headscarf)
Reasonable accommodation at a municipal job centre
Equal opportunity
The rights of Norwegian residents to export three types of social benefits i.e. sickness benefit, work assessment allowance and care allowance to other EEA countries has been wrongfully applied in Norway since 2012, when the Regulation 883/2004 was implemented into Norwegian law, possibly since the entry into the EEC agreement in 1994
Gender violence
The Constitutional Court has established that children with sufficient maturity and who are in a stable situation of transsexuality can request their change of sex and name in the civil registry.
Parental leave
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
Integrative education policy
Unia will not remain the Inter-federal Centre for Equal Opportunities in the years to come
School principal asks a student to remove her headscarf or go home, causing an uproar in the community
Gender Pay Gap
National Action Plan for preventing intimate partner violence
National Action Plan for preventing intimate partner violence
Whether damages are payable to individual victims of educational segregation to compensate for the disadvantages they suffered as a result of the segregation
Ombudsman for the elderly for all sectors of society
Network of CSOs working on discrimination published a comprehensive report on the work of the equality body since it was founded
Transitional provisions between old and new law left the country without an equality body in operation
Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public and private sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body
