Judging with a gender perspective the right to reconcile family and work

With regard to the Judgment of the Social Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands/Las Palmas of December 15, 2017 (rec. 1249/2017)

Abstract

This paper exposes the methodology of judging with a gender perspective, applied to a ruling regarding the right of a worker to reduce and specify her work schedule to care for her 7-month-old son, under the prism of the reinforced royalty fundamentals at stake (arts. 14 and 39 Spanish Constitution), which must prevail in the solution of any interpretative doubt of ordinary legality. The protection of women is not limited to their biological condition during and after pregnancy but also to the scope of development and vicissitudes of the employment relationship.