Processed complaints
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work) and 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between women and men with respect to remuneration) in the light of the non-discrimination principle contained in the preamble of the European Social Charter (“the 1961 Charter”) and to Article 1 (Right to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the grounds of sex) of the Additional Protocol of 1988 to the 1961 Charter. The organisation complains that Croatia fails to observe the principle of equal pay for women and men for equal, similar or comparable work in breach of the above-mentioned provisions.
Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 24 August 2016
Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility
Case-document no. 5, Submissions by the Governement on the merits
Case-document no. 6, Observations by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Case-document no. 8, Observations by EQUINET
Case-document no. 9, Further response from the Government on the merits
Case-document no.10, Observations by the European Commission
Case-document no. 11, Additional observations by the Government
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 4 July 2017.
Decision on admissibility of Complaint 126/2016
Decision on the merits of Complaint 126/2016
Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)3 of the Committee of Ministers of 17 March 2021
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