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Draehmpaehl v Urania Immobilienservice ohG [1997] IRLR 538 ECJ

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Sex discrimination: Compensation limits contravened Equal Treatment Directive

Date:

1 December 1997

In Draehmpaehl v Urania Immobilienservice ohG, the European Court of Justice holds that German legislation on compensation for sex discrimination contravened the EC Equal Treatment Directive in setting a limit of three months' salary and a ceiling on aggregate compensation, where there were no such limitations under other provisions of domestic civil and labour law.

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