Discrimination in the Work-Life Balance. On the Subject of a Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights on February 19th, 2013 [Case law García Mateos versus Spain]

[Resumo] Este comentario faise sobre unha recente sentenza do Tribunal Europeo de Dereitos Humanos, ditada o 19 de febreiro de 2013, que vén cualificar de discriminatorio por razón de sexo o devir xudicial dunha muller, nai dun neno menor de seis anos, que solicitara unha redución da xornada laboral ao abeiro do disposto no artigo 37 do Estatuto dos traballadores. Deuse a circunstancia de se ditaren dúas sentenzas por parte do Tribunal Constitucional que amparaban o seu dereito fundamental a non ser discriminada por razón de sexo, mais que resultaron ineficaces porque durante a tramitación procesual o fillo superara a idade límite de seis anos.[Abstract] This comment is made about a recent judgement of the European Court of Human Rights, on February 19th, 2013, which comes to qualify as discriminatory on grounds of sex, the judicial fate of a woman, mother of one child under six years old and who had requested the reduction of working hours, in accordance with the provisions of article 37 of the Workers’ Statute. In fact, the Constitutional Court delivered two judgements protecting her fundamental right not to be discriminated against on grounds of sex, but which were ineffective, because during the procedure her child exceeded the age limit (six years)