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Council of State does not find minimum athletic requirements common for male and female candidates for the Police Schools to be indirectly discriminatory against female candidates

Publication date: 26 April 2021. Topics

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

Publication date: 26 April 2021. Topics

A survivor’s pension granted to unmarried daughters of deceased civil servants under more favourable conditions than those provided for unmarried sons

In response to the Greek #MeToo movement, the City of Athens unanimously adopted an action programme on the prevention and elimination of sexual harassment, including a public commitment to zero-tolerance

On 25 January 2021, the Constitutional Court resolved an appeal filed by a Roma woman who considered she had been discriminated against on grounds of ethnicity due to the fact she had been denied a widow’s pension on the death of her husband

Czechia adopted two new strategies regarding gender equality

Publication date: 26 April 2021. Topics

Minister of Education and Culture appeals district court judgment to invalidate ruling of Gender Equality Complaints Committee

Publication date: 26 April 2021. Topics

Annual report of the national equality body for 2020

How should courts distinguish between self-employed and employed status for the purposes of the coverage of the Equality Act 2010?

Whether requirements of face masks due to COVID-19 constitute discrimination

Following the adoption of a new Anti-discrimination Law, a new equality body is being set up

Following the adoption of a new Anti-discrimination Law, a new equality body is being set up

Access to counsel and redress for victims of discrimination

A new Article 22ter of the Constitution enshrines a right to full inclusion for people with disabilities 

Publication date: 1 April 2021. Topics

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