Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-527/13. Lourdes Cachaldora Fernández v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS)

According to Advocate General Bot, a provision of the Spanish law on the calculation of permanent invalidity pensions is contrary to EU law.

The provision in question, which reduces the permanent invalidity pension payable to some parttime workers, introduces indirect discrimination on the grounds of gender.

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