Heide, Ingeborg2019-09-252019-09-252011-02-2119991538-5264http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/176394"[...] This article aims to show how European law has helped to promote equality between women and men. It opens with an outline of the development and operation of the relevant European instruments, to set equality law in its broader, historical context of European social policy, legislation, application and law enforcement. A selection of the ECJ’s case law is then presented, with a focus on equal pay and equal treatment at the workplace. European equality law being such a vast legal field, other important areas are left aside, either because they deserve separate treatment or because they are covered by recent instruments which have not yet entered into force or not gained sufficient practical relevance. Thus, parental leave and part-time work, aiming at gender equality in a broader sense, will be addressed only briefly. Legislation and case law on occupational and statutory social security systems are touched upon only in the context of equal pay. And maternity protection is discussed only in connection with legislative procedures and direct discrimination. [...]", p. 382engWith permission of the license/copyright holderlaborgendergender ethicseconomic justicework ethicsdiscriminationEconomic ethicsCommunity ethicsLabour/professional ethicsSocial ethicsSexual orientation/genderArticle