Legal developments
Political representation of women
Amendments have been introduced to the Sickness Insurance Act introducing paternity and long-term care leave
Same-sex marriage
The Act is intended to regulate cohabitants by introducing rights and duties depending on the status of the cohabitants. It introduces three different forms of cohabitation, that is, de facto cohabitation, cohabitation by means of a contract between the parties and cohabitation by means of a unilateral declaration.
Ban on face-covering clothes in public
Opening of hotline for pregnancy discrimination
The motive of prejudice becomes an aggravating factor in determining sentences for any crime
A Potential Tenant v A Letting Agent
Adjudication Officer Decision ADJ-00004060
Discriminatory dismissal
A report of the Netherlands’ Ombudsman of 17 May 2017 on the treatment of Roma, Sinti and Travellers by the public authorities in respect of housing
With its judgement of 4 April 2017, the Supreme Court has recognized the right of a female worker to be reinstated in her job after being unfairly dismissed while she was undergoing fertility treatment, even though she was not yet pregnant. This Supreme Court case resembles the judgment of the CJEU of 26 February 2008 (Mayr Case).
The addition of an article on sexual harassment to the Penal Code (PC)
Does it constitute discrimination that a vocational school has prohibited the exercise of religious rituals at the school?
Discriminatory dismissal
One year after introducing the so-called ‘Family 500 Plus’ law has confirmed objections regarding its discriminatory character towards families with one child, in particular single mothers.
The conviction was issued in a prescriptive judgment sentencing the lowest possible fine of PLN 20 (approx. EUR 4). The court did not take into account the possibility of sex-related discrimination in access to services.
Reports on activities undertaken in previous years by the two institutions holding competences in relation to equality and non-discrimination
The Commissioner for children’s rights slams the decision of a school to lower the grades of a disabled student who had benefited from facilitation measures so as to be at par with other students who did not benefit from any such measures
In May 2017, the Liechtenstein parliament asked the government to review the criteria and procedures for people with disabilities requesting access to vocational training
A preliminary ruling by the CJEU regarding the meaning of “ethnic origin” in the Race Directive. Requested by the Western High Court of Denmark
Whether a refusal to hire a gardener because he was deaf amounted to disability discrimination
Activity report and statistical data
The UN Committee criticizes the failure of Cyprus to take adequate measures to implement the CERD
The new Advocate of the Principle of Equality issues its first annual report
Equalizing retirement age for men and women
The UN Committee criticizes the legislative and policy framework for failing to adequately implement the CRPD
Police Roma Registration regarded as discrimination
Direct discrimination in access to employment
Time spent on maternity/parental leave or sick leave does not count as time spent in service for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations of resident physicians towards the hospital
Plans for ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2017
Definition of victimisation
Time use of people
Government initiative to create a public authority for gender equality
The Supreme Court's judgment of 24 January 2017, has recognized the right to full remuneration for an employee in the medical field, who, due to her pregnancy, could not perform night shifts. In a judgment of 10 January 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the right to receive full remuneration (including bonuses) from the first day of work after maternity leave.
Protection against discrimination beyond employment and occupation
Ban on face-covering clothes in public
Dismissal related to maternity and health
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
The Spanish Government withdrew subsidies for university education in gender equality and subsidies to small businesses to promote equality between men and women
Gender pay gap
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities
Discrimination of Roma children in education
Implementation of policies and measures on integration of socially excluded members of Roma minority
Application of the rules of proof in a situation when the victim of discrimination is alone
Whether a municipal decree banning religious clothing and on expressing support for homosexual marriage is constitutional in Hungary
Establishing indirect discrimination
Adapting a workplace to accommodate religious belief
No implicit derogations apply to contracts agreed with workers with disability
The Parliament amended and afterwards adopted the new version (recast) of the Equal Opportunities Act for Women and Men
Amendments to the Penal Code to implement the Istanbul Convention concerning non-consensual sexual acts
