Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/16/2016

Subject: The Court affirmed that Directive 2000/78/EC, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, does not preclude national legislation which excludes the taking into account of periods of apprenticeship and of employment completed by a civil servant before reaching the age of 18 for the purpose of granting a pension entitlement and the calculation of the amount of his retirement pension, in so far as that legislation seeks to guarantee, within a civil service retirement scheme, a uniform age for admission to that scheme and a uniform age for entitlement to the retirement benefits provided under that scheme

Parties: Franz Lesar

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Solidarity - Art. 34 Social security

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