PROTECTING THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTECTING THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: Both direct and indirect discrimination have developed in the field of gender equality, in particular in connection with the prohibition of unequal pay between male and female workers. Although a general model is maintained, the definitions, at least at the beginning, were nuanced depending on the case: the concept of indirect discrimination was created, at the beginning, in a factual context, resulting from the difference between full-time and part-time workers. However, regardless of the form of discrimination, gender differences are the main cause of discrimination in society, which has led to the development of the principle of gender equality and non-discrimination in European Union law. Gender equality is an area in which, for several decades, the European Union has strongly influenced national policies, in particular through labor market legislation. The European Commission and the Court of Justice of the European Union have monitored the application of European law, sometimes succeeding in forcing Member States that did not want to implement European rules on gender equality.

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