Social partners were quick to react to the Cadman ruling made by the CJEC on October 3rd, 2006 (see our article n ° 06974). Employers are relieved for now, but labour unions are ready to challenge the criteria of seniority in the systems of remuneration. Especially because the ruling somewhat contradicts a provision of the recent law on age discriminations (see our article n°06982), which obliges employers to justify the advantages granted to employees who have over five years of seniority. (Ref 06991)
Employers are relieved. The Court of justice released a decision, on October 3rd, 2006 (see our article n°06974), which allows the employer to put forward a criterion of seniority in the system of remuneration, likely to create wage gaps between men and women, without having to justify himself, as long as no serious doubts exist on the real purposes of the use of this criterion. This was a relief for British employers. According to the main employers’ confederation, CBI : « the Court made a dec
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