Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security

The Court of Justice of the EU on 12 December 2019 issued a judgement in case C-450/18, WA vs Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), concerning the issue of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security. According to the Court, EU law precludes national legislation which makes provision for the right to a pension supplement for women who have had at least two biological or adopted children and who are in receipt of contributory permanent incapacity pensions under a scheme within the national social security system, while men in an identical situation do not have a right to such a pension supplement.