Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/17/2015

Subject: The Court affirmed that Article 18 of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that, in order for the loss and damage sustained as a result of discrimination on grounds of sex to be the subject of genuine and effective compensation or reparation in a way which is dissuasive and proportionate, that article requires Member States which choose the financial form of compensation to introduce in their national legal systems, in accordance with detailed arrangements which they determine, measures providing for payment to the person injured of compensation which covers in full the loss and damage sustained

Parties: Arjona Camacho

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

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