Publication of the “equal treatment” directive

The directive on "the implementation of the equal treatment principle and that of equal opportunities between men and women at work (recasting)", is published in the OJEU. The text must now be transposed by the Member States by 15 August 2008. (Réf. 06763)
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This text aims at overhauling the various Community texts on this topic in order to simplify, modernize and improve this legislation. Indeed, it gathers all the application directives of the principle of equal pay between genders, especially that on equal treatment as regards social security systems, and the directives on the access to employment, training and professional promotion, working conditions and the reversal of the burden of proof. The aim is also to integrate the jurisprudence of th

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