Considerations on the Contribution of the UE Court of Justice related to the Uniform Application of the Community Regulations on the Principle of Equal Remuneration for Equal Work Irrespective of Sex

• Author: Alina Livia Nicu
• Position: Senior Lecturer, PhD, Craiova University, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences
• Pages: 5-14

Abstract:

The Court of Justice

jurisprudence, has formulated pr

member states of the Union conc

determining modifications in the

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formulated by

the Court and con

for equal work of employees, irre

Keywords:

equal pay; equal wor

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Senior Lecturer, PhD, Craiova U

Street, Craiova 200585,

nicu1940ion@gmail.com.

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Considerations on the Contribution of t

UE Court of Justice

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related to the Unifo

Application of the Community Regulati

on the Principle of Equal Remuneration

Equal Work Irrespective of Sex

Alina Livia NICU

2

ce of the European Union is the community institution that, throu

principles that have dir ectly influenced the social relations betwe

oncerning the transposition into

practice of community regulations

the national legislation or in the co mmunity legislation. This pape

ders a systematization of the main opinions with law principle

onsecrated as a fact in its decisions regarding the principle of equ

irrespective of sex

ork; jurisprudence; the Court of Justice of the European Union

onsiderations on the Lisbon Treaty

s a pattern of social organization which is experime

point, the materialization of the ideal that each citizen

uropean Union has the possibility to make use of

tunities in every aspect of the social life. The entering

aty on December 1

st

2009, after a long and sinuous

the signature o

f the Treaty and the moment of its appr

urrent denomination of the institution, even i f in the text it is men

t in the period when it was called the Court of Justice of the Eur

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rsity, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, 13 A.I.

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