Handels-og Kontorfunktionærernes Forbund i Danmark v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (acting on behalf of Danfoss A/S)

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Equal pay — Employees paid additional supplements based on criteria known only to employer — Evidence that female employees paid less on average than male employees — Whether burden of proof on employer to show that criteria not discriminatory — Whether criteria capable of justification if shown to systematically work to detriment of female employees — Council Directive (75/117/EEC), art 1

[1991] ICR 74