Weekly issue 157

News in brief

The European Commission has announced plans to significantly reduce the pay gap between men and women in Europe over the next five years

Dental flaws

The Equal Treatment Directive has come in for more scrutiny by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Petersen v Berufungsausschuss für Zahnärzte für den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe

Fire, fire

The European Equal Treatment Directive 2000 outlawed discrimination on the grounds of age, among other things, subject to certain qualifications