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Abstract
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a man seeking to establish that, if he died, his husband should be entitled to the same survivor’s pension as a female spouse would receive in the same circumstances. The Court unanimously held that an exemption in the Equality Act 2010 allowing employers to exclude same-sex partners from pension benefits accruing before December 2005, was incompatible with EU law and should be disapplied.
European Employment Law Cases |
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Case Reports | 2017/46 Supreme Court upholds right to equal survivors’ pensions for same-sex partners (UK) |
Keywords | Sexual orientation discrimination |
Authors | Anna Bond |
DOI | 10.5553/EELC/187791072017002004009 |
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