2024/2 A gender-related pay disadvantage cannot be justified by better negotiating skills (GE)

2024/2 A gender-related pay disadvantage cannot be justified by better negotiating skills (GE) The German Federal Labour Court has ruled that pay discrimination on the grounds of gender is presumed if an employee receives less pay for the same work than comparable colleagues of the opposite gender. This presumption cannot be disproved by the fact that the favoured employee had negotiated better.