The payment of differing amounts by way of an earnings allowance to men and women was not discriminatory, where the reason for the difference lay in the differing statutory retirement ages for men and women. The regime for equal treatment for statutory benefits must allow for arrangements to come into effect after the legislation came into effect to reflect historically different treatments.
Times 30-May-2000, C-196/98, [2000] EUECJ C-196/98
Bailii
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
European
Updated: 23 August 2021; Ref: scu.162402
