Legal developments
Gender equality, gender pay gap, parental leave, labour market participation
Meaning of ‘provision, criterion or practice’ in disability discrimination
Victims of gender based violence, protection of victims of harassment and sexual harassment, maternity, support for family caregivers
Statutory discrimination on the ground of nationality, i.e. indirect discrimination on the ground of origin, throughout the claimants’ career
Improvement of parental benefits
Criminal liability of a Mayor for refusal to register Roma children in elementary school
Government policies concerning women and gender related issues.
Persons with disability are hampered in their access to vote based on obsolete legislation
Since 2013 the Government has promised to take radical steps in order to eliminate the gender pay gap. This has resulted in a tool to measure the gap which has been made publicly accessible to all employers
Unsuccessful application for employment, despite relevant and applicable positive action measures for Roma
The Court of Appeals in Gdańsk has ordered the owner of a restaurant to pay 2.000,- PLZ (EUR 250) in damages, for discriminating a breastfeeding mother.
On 16 February, UNIA published its Diversity Barometer on Education
Federal Constitutional Court decision on gender identity
Newly elected state parliament of North Rhine-Westfalia withdraws innovative quota regulation for the civil service
Estonia ratified the Istanbul Convention on 20 September 2017
Gender-based violence
Court decision on equal opportunity commissioners
New Act on Protection against Domestic Violence adopted and entered into force
Violence against women, domestic violence
Access to education of persons with disability in Turkey
Whether the subsidiary of the municipality discriminated against the LGBTQ Sport Club on the basis of its members’ sexual orientation and gender identity
Social housing criteria deemed as discriminatory following ex officio NCCD investigation
Promotion of measures for a better work-life balance
Judgment by the Administrative High Court on less favourable treatment of an employee because of parental leave
Multiple discrimination against Romani women in public discourse.
Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
Political representation of women
Ban on covering the face in educational institutions without providing for a religious exemption
New proposed law on anti-discrimination put up for public debate
The Brussels’ Ordinance setting up new anti-discrimination tools on the job market has been published
