SOCIAL CLEAVAGE. GENDER EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AT EUROPEAN LEVEL
SOCIAL CLEAVAGE. GENDER EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: One perspective for the analysis of the principle of equality is equality of opportunity and treatment between the two main genders, female and male, the concept around which this article was developed. At present, both the notion of equal treatment in employment and that of non-discrimination in employment relations are in a relationship of equality. The literature, as well as informal sources such as the media, social networks, etc., convey the concept of discrimination as the opposite of fairness. European Union legislation on non-discrimination has undergone many changes over the last two decades. In this way, the concept of gender equality has undergone a dynamic development both in legislation and in case law, and has become one of the twenty fundamental principles that define the European Pillar of Social Rights, the driving force behind the Europe 2030 agenda. The implications of this concept can be seen both in the economic sphere, particularly in the labour market: equal access and non-discrimination in employment relations, and in the social sphere.

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