a.k.a gender discrimination against men. The fact that women are more often the victims than men does not make it acceptable – ever.

“‘special measures’- ‘designed to meet the particular requirements of persons who for reasons such as sex, age, disablement, family or social responsibilities or social or cultural status…shall not be deemed to be discrimination.’ (art 5).”

If you are in a line of work which by its nature involves nights, weekends, or 24/7 work, and many lines of work do, you must take your equal share of the difficult shifts. Your private life is important to you, but so is your colleague’s private life to your colleague, who cannot be expected to work more nights and weekends so that you don’t have to.