The Equal Opportunity Commission - EOC - won an important victory before the High Court of Justice, which judged, on March 12, that the government had not properly transposed into British law the EU definition on sexual harassment and the directive which forbids discrimination against pregnant women. The government has seven days to reexamine this legislation. (Ref. 070235)
The sexual harassment definition excludes acts committed by a third party. The judge gave Alistair Darling, the Minister of Trade and Industry, seven days to proceed to an amendment of the law or to appeal to his decision. He said that more “clarity” and “certainties” were necessary in British legislation. The national organization of equality control had pressed charges against the government, accusing it of not having properly transposed the 2002 European directive on equality of treatment be
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