K.B. v. National Health Service Pensions Agency (Interpretation of Article 141 EC and of Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women (OJ 1975 L 45, p. 19))
K.B. v. National Health Service Pensions Agency (Interpretation of Article 141 EC and of Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women (OJ 1975 L 45, p. 19))
The case of "K.B. v. National Health Service Pensions Agency" involved a legal dispute regarding the denial of a widower's pension to K.B.'s transsexual partner, R. The case was referred to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division). The central issue revolved around the interpretation of Article 141 EC and Council Directive 75/117/EEC, which pertain to equal pay for men and women. K.B., a member of the National Health Service (NHS) Pension Scheme, argued that the refusal to award a widower's pension to R. constituted sex discrimination, as it was based on R.'s gender reassignment.
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