Battling the hydra in EU anti-discrimination law: ECJ judgment raises more questions about discrimination against self-employed workers

KŘIČKOVÁ, Lenka a Iva FELLEROVÁ PALKOVSKÁ. Battling the hydra in EU anti-discrimination law: ECJ judgment raises more questions about discrimination against self-employed workers. Verfassungsblog. 2023. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230131-174523-0.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Battling the hydra in EU anti-discrimination law: ECJ judgment raises more questions about discrimination against self-employed workers
• Autoři: KŘIČKOVÁ, Lenka a Iva FELLEROVÁ PALKOVSKÁ.
• Vydání: Verfassungsblog, 2023.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)
• Obor: 50501 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Německo
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230131-174523-0
• Klíčová slova anglicky: discrimination; ECJ; sexual orientation; self-employment

Anotace

Can a company refuse to conclude or renew a contract with a self-employed person because he is gay? And may contractual freedom prevail over the prohibition of discrimination in such a situation? The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently tackled these questions in case C- 356/21, J.K. v. TP. A short answer stemming from the judgment would be a resounding no. Yet, a further analysis is in order because the judgment also brings a significant shift in the ECJ’s anti-discrimination case law. We argue that by interpreting the scope of the EU anti-discrimination directives as covering the conclusion of contracts by self-employed workers, the ECJ has extended the protection against discrimination to unexpected areas. That raises questions about how the directives will be applied in practice when self-employed workers claim discrimination.