European Union Directives prohibit discrimination and promote gender equality in employment and occupation, in self-employment, in the access to and supply of goods and services and in social security, and lay down rights related to maternity and parental leave.
Direktivama Europske unije zabranjuje se diskriminacija i promiče ravnopravnost spolova u pitanjima zapošljavanja i rada, u području samozapošljavanja, u pristupu robi i uslugama te isporuci robe i usluga i u socijalnoj sigurnosti te se utvrđuju prava povezana s rodiljnim i roditeljskim dopustom.