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Home / Posts tagged "EU Gender Directive"

EU Gender Directive

Equality and Fairness are not the same thing (European Court of Justice gender ruling)


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date-icon 25 Sep 2012  author-icon Posted by Miriam O'Neill

If you listen to a lot of media chattering in Ireland you would think that Equality and Fairness mean the same thing. The two words are used interchangeably by occupants of that very crowded space they call the High Moral Ground. But in fact the words have very different meanings. This is about to be demonstrated...

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Tell us what you think about the ECJ gender ruling


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date-icon 04 Sep 2012  author-icon Posted by Miriam O'Neill

From December 21st 2012 the use of gender as a risk factor when calculating motor insurance premiums will be illegal.  This is as a result of a ruling by the European Court of Justice and despite statistical evidence that claims paid out to male drivers, particularly young males, are significantly more...

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