discrimination

includes: (a) harassment and sexual harassment, within the meaning of Article 2(2), point (a), of Directive 2006/54/EC, as well as any less favourable treatment based on a person’s rejection of, or submission to, such conduct, when such harassment or treatment relates to or results from the exercise of the rights provided for in this Directive; (b) any instruction to discriminate against persons on grounds of sex; (c) any less favourable treatment related to pregnancy or maternity leave within the meaning of Council Directive 92/85/EEC; (d) any less favourable treatment, within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council, based on sex, including with regard to paternity leave, parental leave or carers’ leave; (e) intersectional discrimination, which is discrimination based on a combination of sex and any other ground or grounds of discrimination protected under Directive 2000/43/EC or 2000/78/EC.