Cotter v. Minister for Social Welfare [10 June 1988


Annual Review of Population Law 16: 150

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417
PMID: 12344160
Document Number: 339793
The Irish court ruled that legal provisions granting a married woman smaller unemployment benefits than those granted to a married man violated Article 4 of European Economic Communities Directive No. 79/7. This Directive forbids discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital and family status with respect to social security matters and requires member states to take measures to abolish legal provisions that are discriminatory.

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