Court of Justice of the EUApr 8

50 years of Defrenne v SABENA (43/75) 📣

The #CJEU ruled that the principle of equal pay for men and women has direct effect – individuals can rely on it before national courts, including in disputes with their employers.

A milestone for both #equaltreatment and #directeffect 💡

🎥 Watch our episode of La Cour des Citoyens to learn more – subtitles available in all official EU languages 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/1533511_EmbedVideo/en/

#Defrenne #GenderEquality #EqualPay

Defrenne: The landmark case for equal pay for men and women

First part – We retrace the legal battle of Belgian flight attendant Gabrielle Defrenne, which led the Court of Justice to lay the foundations for equal pay for men and women in the EU Second part – With our expert Ioana Gheorghe Badescu, we explore the evolution of case-law on equal pay, from the p...

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Court of Justice of the EUFeb 26

40 years of Marshall (C-152/84)! 💼

⚖️The #CJEU ruled that dismissing a woman for reaching pension age, which is different for men, is sex discrimination under #EULaw – and that the Equal Treatment Directive can be relied upon against a state authority acting as employer.

A key ruling on #genderequality and #directeffect 🇪🇺

Click here to learn more 👉 https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/tout?publishedId=C-152/84

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Show threadSimon McGarrDec 6, 2022
Belated hashtag thread intro- The #Irish State has been passing #legislation it has been told breaches #EULaw including the #GDPR and #CharterOfFundamentalRights and has also been denying state bodies can give #directEffect to EU law or #Disapply incompatible Irish Laws.