Luxemburg, 07/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Court of Justice has ruled that remuneration of overtime worked by part-time workers can constitute discrimination against women.
Ursula Voß, employed by Land Berlin as a part-time teacher, worked a large amount of overtime, for which she was paid at a markedly lower rate than her full-time colleagues for their normal work. Ms Voß found this discriminatory, given that her overtime was worked at the same time as the “normal” work of the...