A recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gives primary carers of disabled children the right to reasonable accommodations at work, as well as protection from “associative” indirect disability discrimination. This will expand these carers’ current rights in the EU Member States, although the precise impact and timescales will vary from state to state. In this article, we summarise the EU position and the practical implications in Italy (where the dispute arose), France and Germany. We also explain how this decision marks a divergence with the UK’s approach and highlight potential further expansions of EU equalities law in this space.

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Fuente: Baker Mckenzie