The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has maintained since 1984, in its well-established Hofmann case law, that maternity leave is a legitimate exception to the principle of equal treatment between men and women to protect both a woman’s biological condition during and after pregnancy and the special relationship between a woman and her child over the period which follows childbirth. This case law has been giving Member States carte blanche to grant maternity leave, whatever its duration, to women only (to the exclusion of men)...until recently. The judgement of the CJEU in the Syndicat CFTC case¹ has revised for the first time in 36 years the Hofmann case law by setting some objective...

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霍夫曼判例法第一次修订关于产假与歧视父亲：以照顾为支点？

自 1984 年以来，欧盟法院 (CJEU) 在其完善的霍夫曼判例法中坚持认为，产假是男女平等待遇原则的合法例外，以保护妇女在生育期间和生育期间的生理状况。怀孕后以及分娩后妇女与孩子之间的特殊关系。直到最近，该判例法一直允许会员国全权授予女性（不包括男性）产假，无论其持续多久。欧洲法院对Syndicat CFTC案的判决¹通过设定一些目标，36 年来首次修订了霍夫曼判例法......