The government adopted, during the Council of Ministers of 10 May, a bill aimed at fighting discriminations, which transposes the European directives on the matter. (Réf. 06467)
This bill results from the compromise finally reached within the great coalition (see our article n°06437). Like the Community directives, the German law, renamed “law on equal treatment” (Gleichbehandlungsgesetz), will prohibit any discrimination at the workplace (as regards hiring, promotion, training, etc), based on religion, convictions, race, ethnic membership, sex, sexual orientation, age and handicap. The new law should thus allow work’s councils or trade unions to defend the...
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