EU: new age discrimination case presented to ECJ

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on July 7, 2009, Advocate General Yves Bot asked the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) to declare that the provision of the German civil code, which provides that employment periods performed by employees before the age of 25 are not taken into account when calculating the layoff notice, is contrary to Directive 2000/78 on equal treatment. According to him, arguments pertaining to employer flexibility or general affirmations coming from employment policies are not sufficient to

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