Employment law cases

Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAVTS) v Thibault [1998] IRLR 399 ECJ

Reports relating to this case:

Sex discrimination: Maternity leave counts towards qualifying period for performance assessment

Date:

1 August 1998

A woman who was deprived of the right to an annual performance assessment - and, consequently, of the possibility of qualifying for promotion - because she was on maternity leave was discriminated against on grounds of sex within the meaning of the EC Equal Treatment Directive, holds the European Court of Justice in Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés v Thibault.

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