EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: Winter fuel payment in UK mumust be made under same conditions to men and women.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 1999-EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: The winter fuel payment in the United Kingdom must be made under the same conditions to men and women (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:161299 * Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-382/98 * The Queen v Secretary of State for Social Security ex parte John Henry Taylor The Court of Justice has held that United Kingdom legislation cannot derogate from the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security in respect of the grant of a fuel payment John Taylor was employed by the Post Office in the United Kingdom until he retired.

He paid social security contributions throughout his working life. In 1998, aged 62 and in retirement, he was in receipt of a Post...