Brussels, 16/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - By denying male civil servants whose wives do not work the right to take parental leave, Greek legislation runs counter to Union law, according to a judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU, which is returned on Thursday 17 July (case C-222/14). It is therefore confirmed that parental leave is a stand-alone right which cannot depend on the situation of the spouse.
Greek law states that male civil servants are not entitled to paid parental leave if...