article_snippet.sent: The gender equality rules, laid down by the EU Court of Justice, came into effect from December 2012.
article_snippet.sent: EU law bans their from giving more generous annuities to men, who don’t usually live as long as women.
article_snippet.sent: But EU law does not prevent their from paying rates based on the jobs pensioners used to do.
article_snippet.sent: The gender equality rules, laid down by the EU Court of Justice, came into effect from December 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Dr McDonald said: ‘The ruling has been effective at stopping discrimination by gender.