Gender equality law in Europe : How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2015?

This report provides a general overview of the transposition of EU gender equality law in the 28 Member States of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA countries) and four candidate countries (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). The overview is based on the country reports written by the gender equality law experts of the European equality law network (EELN). This report explains the most important elements of the EU gender equality acquis and its implementation at the national level. The term ‘EU gender equality acquis’ refers to all the relevant Treaty and Charter provisions, legislation and the case law of the CJEU in relation to gender equality.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Timmer, Alexandra ; Senden, Linda
Institutions:	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Verbraucher (contributor) ; European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination (contributor)
Publisher:	Europäische Kommission / Amt für Veröffentlichungen
Subject:	Antidiskriminierungsgesetz \| equal rights law \| Chancengleichheit \| equal opportunity \| Diskriminierung \| discrimination \| EU \| Frau \| woman \| Gleichbehandlung \| equality of treatment \| Gleichheit \| equality \| Island \| Iceland \| Liechtenstein \| Mann \| man \| Mazedonien \| Macedonia \| Menschenrechte \| human rights \| Montenegro \| Norwegen \| Norway \| Recht \| law \| Rechtsanwendung \| legal usage \| Serbien \| Serbia \| sexuelle Belästigung \| sexual harassment \| Türkei \| Turkey \| 2015

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1 INTRODUCTION
2 GENERAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 Constitutional provisions
2.2 Equal treatment legislation
3 IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL CONCEPTS
3.1 Sex/gender/transgender
3.2 Direct sex discrimination
3.3 Indirect sex discrimination
3.4 Multiple discrimination and intersectional discrimination
3.5 Positive action
3.6 Harassment and sexual harassment
3.7 Instruction to discriminate
3.8 Other forms of discrimination
4 EQUAL PAY AND EQUAL TREATMENT AT WORK
4.1 The EU principle of equal pay
4.2 The scope given to the equal pay principle in national law
4.3 Equal treatment at work; access to work and working conditions
4.3.1 The personal and material scope
4.3.2 Exceptions
4.3.3 Particular difficulties
5 MATERNITY, PATERNITY, PARENTAL AND OTHER TYPES OF LEAVES
5.1 Pregnancy and maternity protection
5.2 Maternity leave
5.3 Adoption leave
5.4 Parental leave
5.5 Paternity leave
5.6 Time off/care leave
5.7 Leave in relation to surrogacy
5.8 Leave sharing arrangements
5.9 Flexible working-time arrangements
6 OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES (CHAPTER 2 OF DIRECTIVE 2006/54)
6.1 Direct and indirect sex discrimination in occupational social security schemes
6.2 Personal scope
6.3 Material scope
6.4 Exclusions from material scope
6.5 Case law and examples of sex discrimination
6.6 Sex as an actuarial factor
6.7 Difficulties
7 STATUTORY SCHEMES OF SOCIAL SECURITY (DIRECTIVE 79/7)
7.1 Implementation principle of equal treatment
7.2 Personal scope
7.3 Material scope
7.4 Exclusions from material scope
7.5 Sex as an actuarial factor
7.6 Difficulties
8 SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS (DIRECTIVE 2010/41/EU AND PROVISIONS OF THE RECAST DIRECTIVE)
8.1 Implementation of Directive 2010/41/EU
8.2 Personal Scope
8.3 Different categories of self-employed workers and life partners

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