Moterų teisinės garantijos darbo įstatymuose

This article discusses the relationship between gender equality and legal status of women in the labour law. Today it is not possible in most Western European countries to clearly distinguish between gender equality policies and other policies aimed at family or individual redistribution. The article emphasizes that women’s rights have long been on the European Union policy agenda not from desire to achieve equality between sexes, but as a means of ensuring fair competition between member states. The initial motivation for Community intervention in gender issues was to avoid any one member state gaining a competitive edge, in this case by paying women at lower rates than men. In accordance with the overall objectives of the EU treaty, the attention paid to women in the European Union has been primarily, and almost exclusively, in their capacity as workers.