Gender equality. The legislative proposal aforementioned provides, first, for the amendment of some of the principles of the Labor Code, which the ECJ ruled didn’t comply with Directive 2002/73 on equal treatment for men and women at work. For instance, it amends the provision containing the obligation to “give women working conditions respecting their physiological conditions and taking account of their social function of maternity,” replacing it by a provision that grants a high level of protection to pregnant women and mothers up to 9 months after the birth, as well as those who are breastfeeding. According to the European Commission, special protection of women after the period directly following the birth isn’t justified.
islative proposal aforementioned provides, first, for the amendment of some of the principles of the Labor Code, which the ECJ ruled didn’t comply with Directive 2002/73 on equal treatment for men and women at work. For instance, it amends the provision containing the obligation to “give women working conditions respecting their physiological conditions and taking account of their social function of maternity,” replacing it by a provision that grants a high level of protection to pregnant women
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