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Discrimination in the workplace: reasonable accommodation into practice

Inicio » EU News » Discrimination in the workplace: reasonable accommodation into practice

21 de February de 2020

EU law bans workplace discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, disability, ethnic or racial origin, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Equal treatment legislation at EU level sets out minimum levels of protection for everyone working in the EU.

You are entitled to equal treatment in recruitment, working conditions, promotion, pay, access to vocational training, occupational pensions and dismissal.

EU laws mean employers should not discriminate at work, and employees have the right not to be discriminated against.

Types of workplace discrimination

Several situations are covered by EU law:

Direct discrimination is when an employer treats you worse than someone else in a comparable situation, in relation to the six grounds mentioned above. An example would be to refuse to recruit someone because they are over 35 years old.

Indirect discrimination is where a practice, policy or rule that applies to everyone has a negative effect on some people. These measures seem neutral at first sight, but actually discriminate against certain people. For example, implementing rules that are unfavourable for part-time workers may indirectly discriminate against women as most part-time workers are women.

Harassment is another form of workplace discrimination. This is unwanted conduct, bullying or other behaviour that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. For example, if a boss or colleagues tell jokes based on sexual orientation to one of their gay/lesbian colleagues.

Instruction to discriminate is when a person incites another to discriminate against someone else. For example, if an employer asks a temporary work agency to find only workers aged under 40.

Victimisation is where people suffer negative consequences in reaction to a complaint about discrimination. For example, if someone has been dismissed or refused promotion because they filed a discrimination complaint against their boss.

Workshop for employers on reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities

The European Commission is organising a half-day workshop for employers on reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.

This workshop is part of the European Commission’s Anti-Discrimination campaign. Employers will learn more about

  • reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities
  • best practices
  • possible local difficulties in implementing those accommodations

More information

Workshop

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