Constitutional developments |
European Court of Justice: Broadening the scope of European nondiscrimination law
* Research assistant and Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Law, Free University of Berlin. Email: Andrea.Eriksson{at}web.de
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Social policy—Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation—Directive 1999/70/EC on fixed-term work—clauses 2, 5, and 8 of the Framework Agreement—Directive 2000/78/EC Article 6––age discrimination—definition of "pay"—denial of survivors’ benefits because couple not married—same-sex partners—discrimination based on sexual orientation—Directive 2000/43/EC—discriminatory criteria for hiring—burden of proof—Directive 2000/78/EC articles 1, 2(1), (2)(a), (3), 3(1)(c)—direct discrimination on grounds of disability—harassment related to disability—discrimination against family of disabled person—dismissal of employee whose child is disabled