The ban on discrimination in the Dutch Constitution is implemented in six specific Acts of Parliament the Equal treatment Act, the Equal treatment (Men and Women) Act, the Equal treatment (Working Hours) Act, the Equal treatment (Temporary and Permanent Contracts) Act, the Equal treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act, and the Act on Equal treatment of Disabled and Chronically Ill People.

The Netherlands adopted the Act on Equal Treatment of Disabled and Chronically Ill Persons.

Equal treatment of full time and part time employees is guaranteed by the 1996 Equal treatment (Full time and Part time Workers) Act (WOA) which was evaluated in 2003.

On 1 December 2002 the Equal Treatment (Temporary and Permanent Contracts) Act came into effect.

Both the international developments outlined above and the evaluation of the Equal treatment Act make these improvements necessary.

The Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of age in employment, the professions and vocational training.

Equal Treatment Commission (CGB)

Equal treatment of signature technologies

Equal treatment and small employers

The Gender Equality Act sets out the prohibition of discrimination based on sex and the obligation to promote equal treatment for men and women.

The text of the Equal treatment (Full time and Part time Workers) Act deliberately avoids any reference to full time or part time employees.

The Gender Equality Act is the first of its kind in Estonia and clarifies terms such as gender equality, equal treatment for men and women, direct and indirect discrimination based on sex and it also stipulates grounds for the promotion of equal treatment for men and women.

Achieving equal treatment and combating discrimination

i. Equal treatment in the workplace

The Act recognizes the consumer's right to equal treatment, information and non discrimination on grounds of sex, and its provisions also address sexual and reproductive health.

Three Bills were introduced in Parliament to facilitate the implementation of these directives. These were the Equal Treatment Bill, Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Bill and the Equal Treatment of Disabled and Chronically Ill People Bill.

It is empowered to investigate both on written request and on its own initiative whether unlawful discrimination has taken place in contravention of the Equal Treatment Act.

For instance, a special rule for the distribution of the burden of proof was incorporated into the Equal Treatment (Men and Women) Act as of 1 January 2001.

9.1.4 The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value

The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work.

(d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work

(d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work

(d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work

(d) To right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work

Therefore, equal treatment cannot be forced on unequal partners.

Obligation to promote equal treatment of men and women

Equal treatment equal pay at the place of work (developments in national and community law jurisprudence)

The relevant pieces of legislation are the Anti Discrimination Act 1977 (New South Wales) the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 (Victoria) the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 (Queensland) the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (Western Australia) the Equal Opportunity Act 1994 (South Australia) the Anti Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania) the Discrimination Act 1991 (Australian Capital Territory) the Human Rights Bill (Australian Capital Territory) and the Anti Discrimination Act (Northern Territory).

Further to the formulation of two European directives in the area of emancipation, a legislative proposal to include a ban on harassment in the Equal Treatment Act was submitted to Parliament.

Discrimination against women is defined through the requirement of equal treatment, according to which equal treatment of men and women means that there is no direct or indirect discrimination.

However, this limitation has in practice proven to be unnecessarily strict, and will be abolished following the evaluation of the Equal Treatment Act, which was submitted to Parliament on 21 November 2003.

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999

The Act gives effect to Australia's obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and parts of International Labour Organization Convention 156, Convention Concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers Workers with Family Responsibilities.

It notes that the High Court of Botswana, in a decision adopted on 23 November 2001, declared that the Chieftainship Act was discriminatory and ordered that its section 2 be amended in order to give equal protection and treatment to all tribes under that Act.

The project encompasses all the grounds on which the Equal Treatment Act prohibits discrimination gender, race, nationality, religion, belief, civil status, heterosexual or homosexual orientation, and political opinion, and also includes duration of service'.

Subject matter Equal treatment in relation to compensation for expropriation of property

Women and men have equal status under the new Act.

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

The principle of equal remuneration of men and women for equal work is established in the Wages Act.

Constitutional provisions underscoring equal rights and equal treatment of all citizens including women have been given in Chapter II, para 3.

The Act to amend the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure as regards the determination of child support payments was enacted in 2004, with a view to more equal treatment for all children.

Act of 13 December 2000 on changes to the Equal treatment Act and Title 7.10 of the Civil Code with respect to the implementation of the EC directive relating to the burden of proof in cases of gender based discrimination (Parliamentary Papers, House of Representatives 1999 2000, 27 026).

The Court defined discrimination as an unequal and unjust treatment given to equal persons .

The Court defined discrimination as an unequal and unjust treatment given to equal persons.

The requirement of equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination also applies to the legislator.