Legal developments
Job accessibility
Substantive equality
Constitutional complaint against implementation of CJEU, Egenberger
Changes in adoption leave regulations
Burden of proof of claimants challenging the legality of differential treatment between employees resulting from collective and negotiated agreements
Shared parental leave (SPL) – is it sex discrimination to pay men less on SPL than women are paid on maternity leave?
The ultra-right party "Vox" adopts as one of its first measures in the Andalusian Parliament the inquiry about the qualification of specialists in gender violence contracted by the Andalusian Government
Positive action; Adoption of a quota of 40 % in favour of the underrepresented sex for candidates at the European Elections and the Parliamentary, Regional and Municipal Elections in Greece
A man of South Asian origin complained that he was verbally abused and discriminated on grounds of racial origin by a security guard, and supermarket personnel. He complained to the Ombudsman
Competent court – civil as opposed to administrative
New legislative Act creating a Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Fundamental Rights
Limits to the dismissal of female employees in collective redundancy procedures and the respective remedies
New Law on Free Legal Aid, relevant for discrimination cases, adopted
Annual reports by the two national human rights institutions with an equality and non-discrimination mandate
New Law on Social Protection
New Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination adopted
A consultation document “Gender Balance in Parliament: Reform” was launched in order to receive proposals to challenge the under-representation of women in Parliament.
Access to interpretation in sign language of deaf persons before the Court
Parliament adopts ban on headscarves in primary schools
Cooperation between the equality bodies
Sanctions against a private company for the dismissal of a HIV positive employee
Supreme Court ruling on dismissal of office worker in flex-job and possible discrimination based on age and disability
Activity report and statistical data
Discrimination in the field of access to medical services
Law 99/2019 implementing Directive 79/7
