Equal pay and equal treatment at work (Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Recast Directive 2006/54)

AuthorPanagiota Petroglou
Pages50-62
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4Equal pay and equal treatment at work (Article 157 of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Recast Directive 2006/54)
4.1General (legal) context
4.1.1Surveys on the gender pay gap and the difficulties of realising to equal pay
A rare but encouraging signal of the awareness of social partners of the gender-related
equal pay issue was the publication of a research document entitled Addressing the gender
pay gap. The EU action plan 2017-2019 and the role of the social partners and social
dialoguefor the Institute of Small Enterprises of the Hellenic Confederation of
Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (IME GSEVEE), written by Ioanna Profyri in March
2018.200 The research took place in the framework of the ΡInstitutional, operational and
research Empowerment of GSEVEEΣ project, co-funded by Greece and the European Union
(European Social Fund) through the Operational Project ΡDevelopment of Human
Resources, Education and On-going training 2014-2020Σ, which makes it an interesting
example of mainstreaming gender equality through the European funding programmes.
4.1.2Surveys on the difficulties of realising equal treatment at work
An interesting survey on the Greek case law which led to the CJEU Kalliricase was
published in 2018 by a judge of the First Instance Administrative Court.201 The author
criticises the Kalliri judgment, arguing that it is not clear enough and does not show the
way forward concerning access for women to the police force. However, the author agrees
with the CJEUΣs finding that the aim pursued by the law at issue could be achieved by
measures that are less disadvantageous to women, such as a pre-selection of candidates
to the competition for entry into Schools for Police Officers and Policemen based on specific
tests allowing their physical ability to be assessed; even in this case, very strict judicial
control is needed as to whether such measures are justified by genuine occupational
requirements.
In another paper published in 2018 by an academic202the issue of common athletic
requirement as a form of indirect gender discrimination was raised, inter alia. A strong
criticism is made ofCS 26/2016 which by a very vague reasoning found this discrimination
to be objectively justified by the nature of the duties of the municipal police. However, the
paper praises the dissenting opinion of a judge, who found that these requirements are
neither necessary nor appropriate for the duties of the municipal police. It is proposed that
the issue should be dealt with by the CS 7-member section or that a preliminary reference
should be submitted to the CJEU.
200 Profyri, . (2018), Ρ     .     2017-2019
        Σ (Addressing the gender pay gap. The EU
action plan 2017-2019 and the role of the social partners and of the social dialogue), Research documents
of the Institute of Small Enterprises of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants
(IME GSEVEE), 3/2018, available at:
https://imegsevee.gr/%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b5%cf%8d%cf%83%ce%
b5%ce%b9%cf%82/%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8
c-%ce%ba%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bc%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%bf-%ce%b7-
%ce%b1%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%cf%8e%cf%80%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b7-
%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%ad%ce%bc%cf%86%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%85-
%ce%bc%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b8%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%cf%8d-
%cf%87%ce%ac%cf%83%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%82/.
201 Kofinis, S. (2018), Ρ   :       
 Σ (τn the bed of Procrustes: The height of candidates for police academies under review),
     () (Theory and practice of administrative law) 2018, pp. 475
et s.
202 Goulas, D. (2018), Ρ
Σ (εinimum height of candidates irrespective of sex for participation in the
contest for access to the police academy),  () (European Law
Review), 1:2018, pp. 104-112.

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