Household duties test

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

SES ID

• 10788

Notation

• 10788

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Benefits rules

Related

• Non-contributory invalidity pension

Definition

• Test applied to women only to see whether they were eligible for a non-contributory invalidity pension; if a woman was capable of performing "normal household duties" she had no pension entitlement. Ruled illegal on discrimination grounds by the European Court of Justice in 1987.