EU Anti-Discrimination Law provides a critical analysis of the current body of EU law prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sex, part-time and temporary working, racial and ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation. Ellis begins by examining the objectives underpinning the notions of non-discrimination and equality and by setting out the essential characteristics of EU law. The book then moves opn to examine key concepts including direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, positive action and mainstreaming. Ellis analyses in depth the principle of equal pay (including its application to pensions) and the principle of equal treatment (including its application to pregnancy and maternity), and examines the law prohibiting discrimination in relation to social security. The scope and enforcement of the Race Directive and the Framework Directive (Council Directive of 27th November 2000 establishing a General Framework for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation), and the contribution of the European Convention on Human Rights to the law forbidding discrimination are examined, as is the part played by other instruments for the protection of human rights and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights contained within the draft Constitution of the European Union. Provides comprehensive coverage of recently enacted anti-discrimination directives and of the law relating to sex-discrimination Critical analysis is accompanied by theoretical and philosophical background Provides sythesis of the law relating to key Directives, the ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Contents:Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Essential Characteristics of EU Law Chapter Three Key Concepts in EU Anti-Discrimination Law Chapter Four Equal Pay Chapter Five The Scope and Enforcement of the Anti-Discrimination Provisions Chapter Six Exceptions to the Non-Discrimination Principle Chapter Seven General Principles and Equal Treatment Chapter Eight Equality in Social Security