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

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author(s): Court of Justice of the EU / Advocate General Kokott

keyword(s): Austria , equal pay , equality between men and women , pay , industrial restructuring , company agreement , retirement conditions