A payment of a lump sum to female workers taking maternity leave so as to offset occupational disadvantage from the taking of that leave was not an infringement of equal pay provisions. The claim was that the payment went beyond making allowance for physical differences accompanying maternity to recompense for social disadvantage was equally felt by both men and women. The payment was proper since it did reflect real differences arising from the absence from work.
Citations:
Times 20-Oct-1999, C-218/98, [1999] EUECJ C-218/98
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Discrimination, European
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.77607
