ABSTRACT
The purpose of this essay is to consider the recent and possible future development of employment equality principles at the level of the European Community. First, a brief review will be made of the range of equality principles and some overriding policy themes will be addressed. In particular, the possibilities of an ‘equality ethos’ model will be explored. Each of the major equality principles will then be examined from a European perspective and conclusions will be made upon the challenges ahead for the Community gender equality law regime.
