01/04/2004
Opinion in case C-19/02 - Viktor Hlozek v Roche Austria Gesellschaft mbH
References for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof - Austria
Social policy - Male and female workers - Equal pay - Pay - Concept - Bridging allowance ("Überbrückungsgeld') provided for by a works agreement - Social plan drawn up as part of an operation to restructure an undertaking - Benefit granted to workers having reached a certain age at the time of their dismissal - Benefit granted from a different age according to the sex of the dismissed workers - Account taken of national statutory retirement age, different according to sex
author(s): Court of Justice of the EU / Advocate General Kokott