EU: a company cannot refuse to give contracts to a self-employed person on the grounds of sexual orientation (CJEU)

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In a judgment passed on 12 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favour of a Polish television editor who claimed a nationwide broadcaster declined to renew his contract for freelance work because of his sexual orientation.

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