Source: Discrimination Case Law Guide Issue: 2006 Date: 01-02-2006 Publisher: IRS

Sex and race discrimination: EC sex discrimination law

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights employment tribunals and courts
equal opportunities sex
tribunal procedures and penalties
international European Union

AUTHOR: Michael Rubenstein

CASES: below is a list of cases discussed in this article. Click the case title for more XpertHR resources on the case and related cases.

Jiménez Melgar v Ayuntamiento de los Barrios [2001] IRLR 848 ECJ (5 reports)
Grant v South-West Trains Ltd [1998] IRLR 206 ECJ (6 reports)
Krüger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg [1999] IRLR 808 ECJ (3 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez (No.2) [2000] IRLR 263 HL (4 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] IRLR 253 ECJ (5 reports)
Boyle and others v Equal Opportunities Commission [1998] IRLR 717 ECJ (5 reports)
Perceval-Price and others v Department of Economic Development and others [2000] IRLR 380 NICA (3 reports)
Nolte v Landesversicherungsanstalt Hannover [1996] IRLR 225 ECJ (4 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte Unison and others [1996] IRLR 438 HC (3 reports)
Abrahamsson and Anderson v Fogelqvist [2000] IRLR 732 ECJ (2 reports)
Application by Badeck [2000] IRLR 432 ECJ (3 reports)
Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAVTS) v Thibault [1998] IRLR 399 ECJ (3 reports)
Draehmpaehl v Urania Immobilienservice ohG [1997] IRLR 538 ECJ (2 reports)
Jørgensen v Foreningen Af Speciallæger and Sygesikringens Forhandlingsudvalg [2000] IRLR 726 ECJ (3 reports)
Mahlburg v Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [2000] IRLR 276 ECJ (3 reports)
Marschall v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [1998] IRLR 39 ECJ (4 reports)
P v S and Cornwall County Council [1996] IRLR 347 ECJ (4 reports)
Gerster v Freistaat Bayern [1997] IRLR 699 ECJ (4 reports)
Kachelmann v Bankhaus Hermann Lampe Kg [2001] IRLR 49 ECJ (3 reports)
Kording v Senator für Finanzen [1997] IRLR 710 ECJ (3 reports)
Lommers v Minister Van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij [2002] IRLR 430 ECJ (6 reports)
Kalanke v Freie Hansestadt Bremen [1995] IRLR 660 ECJ (3 reports)
Coote v Granada Hospitality Ltd [1998] IRLR 656 ECJ (3 reports)
Brown v Rentokil Ltd [1998] IRLR 445 ECJ (3 reports)
Habermann-Beltermann v Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Bezirksverband Ndb/Opf eV [1994] IRLR 364 ECJ (3 reports)
Tele Danmark A/S v Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark (HK), acting on behalf of Brandt-Nielsen [2001] IRLR 853 ECJ (9 reports)
Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1994] IRLR 482 ECJ (3 reports)
Setiya v East Yorkshire Health Authority [1995] IRLR 348 EAT (4 reports)
Jesuthasan v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [1998] IRLR 372 CA (3 reports)
EFTA Surveillance Authority v Kingdom of Norway [2003] IRLR 318 EFTA Court (3 reports)
Busch v Klinikum Neustadt GmbH & Co Betriebs-KG [2003] IRLR 625 ECJ (4 reports)
Kutz-Bauer v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg [2003] IRLR 368 ECJ (5 reports)
Dekker v Stichting Vormingscentrum voor Jonge Volwassen (VJV-Centrum) Plus [1991] IRLR 27 ECJ (3 reports)
Land Brandenburg v Sass [2005] IRLR 147 ECJ (5 reports)
Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (No.2) [1993] IRLR 445 ECJ (3 reports)
Porter v Cannon Hygiene Ltd [1993] IRLR 329 NICA (2 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1994] IRLR 176 HL (3 reports)
Blaik v The Post Office [1994] IRLR 280 ECJ (2 reports)
Johnson v Chief Adjudication Officer (No.2) [1995] IRLR 157 ECJ (2 reports)
Meyers v Adjudication Officer [1995] IRLR 498 ECJ (2 reports)
Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1993] IRLR 27 HL (4 reports)
Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority [1986] IRLR 140 ECJ (1 report)
Roberts v Tate & Lyle Industries Ltd [1986] IRLR 150 ECJ (2 reports)
Johnston v The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [1986] IRLR 263 ECJ (2 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Education, ex parte Schaffter [1987] IRLR 53 EAT (2 reports)
Duke v GEC Reliance (formerly Reliance Systems Ltd) [1988] IRLR 118 HL (3 reports)
Finnegan v Clowney Youth Training Programme Ltd [1990] IRLR 299 HL (2 reports)
Foster and others v British Gas plc [1990] IRLR 353 ECJ (2 reports)
Handels-og Kontorgunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark (acting for Hertz) v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (acting for Aldi Marked K/S) [1991] IRLR 31 ECJ (2 reports)
Foster and others v British Gas plc [1991] IRLR 268 HL (2 reports)
Secretary of State for Scotland and Greater Glasgow Health Board v Wright and Hannah [1991] IRLR 187 EAT (2 reports)
Emmott v Minister for Social Welfare and Attorney General [1991] IRLR 387 ECJ (2 reports)
Doughty v Rolls-Royce plc [1992] IRLR 126 CA (2 reports)
Livingstone v Hepworth Refractories plc [1992] IRLR 63 EAT (2 reports)
R v Secretary of State for Social Security ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1992] IRLR 376 ECJ (2 reports)
Verholen v Sociale Verzekeringsbank Amsterdam [1992] IRLR 38 ECJ (1 report)
Cotter v Minister for Social Welfare [1991] IRLR 380 ECJ (1 report)
Steenhorst-Neerings v Bestuur van de Bedrijfsvereniging voor Detailhandel, Ambachten en Huisvrouwen [1994] IRLR 244 ECJ (1 report)
R v Secretary of State for Defence ex parte Perkins (No.2) [1998] IRLR 508 HC (1 report)
Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1984] IRLR 29 ECJ (1 report)
Burton v British Railways Board [1982] IRLR 116 ECJ (1 report)


This section of the Discrimination Case Law Guide looks at remedies for sex discrimination under EC and UK law.

Remedies under EC law
     Direct enforcement
     Time limits
     Agreement precluding complaint
     Grounds of sex
          Pregnancy
          Sexual orientation
          Transsexualism
     Exclusions
          Sex as determining factor
          Pregnancy
          Positive action
     Access to jobs
          Pregnancy discrimination
     Access to training
     Working conditions and dismissal
          Discriminatory retirement ages
          Pensions
          Pregnancy
          Transsexuals
     Indirect discrimination under EC law
          Qualifying thresholds
     Sanctions
EC law and UK law
     General principles
     Specific examples

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Remedies under EC law

In order to carry out their task the Council and the Commission shall in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, make regulations, issue directives, take decisions, make recommendations or deliver opinions.

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