Processed complaints
The complaint registered on 22 April 2014, relates to Article 10 (right to vocational training) of the Revised European Social Charter, read alone or in conjunction with the non-discrimination clause set forth in Article E. The complainant organisation alleges that teaching staff in a certain category is prevented from undertaking or continuing specialised studies in view of the increasing burden of workload imposed on it, in violation of the above mentioned provisions.
- Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered on 22 April 2014 (Original in italian)
- Case Document no. 2, Observations of the Government on admissibility (French only)
- Case Document no. 3, Submissions from the Government on the merits (French only)
- Case Document no. 4, Response from the Organisation to the Government's submissions on the merits (Original in italian)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 17 March 2015.
The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on merits on 18 October 2016.
In its decision on merits, the Committee concluded:
- unanimously that there is a violation of Article E in conjunction with Article 10§3 a) and b) of the Charter on the ground that there is a situation of indirect discrimination with regard to access to specialist training in support teaching against teachers of the third category on aptitude lists.
Department of Social Rights
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