Legal developments
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.
Headscarf and employment
Pregnancy discrimination in employment
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
Comparison in equal pay cases
Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Protection
The provision of the ’4 Plus’ retirement benefits only to mothers under the new Act on Parental Supplementary Benefit of 31 January 2019, discriminates men and strengthens the stereotypical division of social gender roles.
Current situation regarding exclusion and discrimination of persons living in marginalized Roma communities
“Good Friday” as a public paid holiday only for members of certain religious groups constitutes discrimination
New rights-based legislation replaces the Integration of Persons with Disabilities Act
Proposed law on anti-discrimination is blocked in Parliament by both MPs from parties in power and from opposition MPs
The Supreme Court reverses trial Court decision about the legality of an age restriction in a disability welfare scheme
Draft amendments to the law on family violence of 2005, do not comply to the Istanbul Convention
Hate speech/ harassment
New laws to prevent and dismantle ghettos and parallel societies in Denmark
Evidence of racial profiling in identity controls by police
The ruling of the Constitutional Court in the field of migration lays the foundation for the recognition of the rights of same-sex couples and explicitly adds the grounds of sexual orientation as an integral part of the Constitutional Equality clause
Higher roof for payments during maternity/paternity leave
Sexual harassment
New Danish Act requires individuals to shake hands with a Danish official to obtain citizenship
