It was discriminatory to refuse payment of maternity benefits where a worker suffered a pathological illness connected to a pregnancy with an allowance of benefits where someone ordinarily sick would receive full pay.
Citations:
Times 01-Dec-1998, C-66/96, [1998] EUECJ C-66/96
Links:
Statutes:
Council Directive 75/117/EEC on Equal Pay for Men and Women
Discrimination, European
Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.81215