Gay Civil Partners and Pension Rights
by Philip
The ECJ has ruled that a pension scheme’s refusal to grant a survivor’s pension to a civil partner of a gay employee amounts to direct discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The practical implications of this is that employment benefits awarded to spouses of employees should also be awarded to civil partners.
Those who are in a long term relationship who are not married or in a civil partnership are now the odd ones out. The lack of a piece of paper from a registrar means that they are disenfranchised from benefits-this does not seem equitable.
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