Employee in vitro fertilization treatment firing ruling [ECJ]

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Employee in vitro fertilization treatment firing ruling [ECJ]

February 26, 2008 09:34:00 pm

Sabine Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG, European Court of Justice, February 26, 2008 [ruling that a female employee's dismissal over in vitro fertilization treatment violates the principal of equal treatment for men and women]. Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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