Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/20/2019

Subject: The Court affirmed that Directive 2006/54/EC, on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, precludes national legislation under which, in a situation where a person who believes to be discriminated against on grounds of sex has lodged a complaint, an employee who has supported that person in that context is protected from retaliatory measures taken by the employer solely if that employee has intervened as a witness in the context of the investigation of that complaint and that that employee’s witness statement satisfies formal requirements laid down by that legislation

Parties: Hakelbracht e a.

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Art. 23 Equality between men and women

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