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The district court considered it discrimination on ground of ethnic origin when the employment contracts of two Roma women were terminated because they used the traditional Roma skirt in their work as hairdressers. The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman assisted the women in court because of the principal importance of the case.
Åland, the autonomous province of Finland has approved a reform on the anti-discrimination legislation
Partial reform of the Non-Discrimination Act approved in the Parliament
The Supreme Administrative Court considered that the police stop and search action was based on ethnic profiling and therefore was direct discrimination prohibited in the Non-Discrimination Act
Pay during family leave is not a legal obligation, but it is common as a collective agreement obligation. Mothers on maternity leave have been paid for a longer period than fathers on paternity leave. The new family leave legislation that came into force in the beginning of August replaced maternity leave with a much shorter pregnancy leave. The change caused difficult collective agreement negotiations, with possibly shorter duration of pay for women giving birth than previously
Ministry of Justice’s working group proposal to strengthen access to justice in the Non Discrimination Act published
The Supreme Administrative Court decided that the airline’s duty for reasonable accommodation for a disabled person can extend to offering several seats for reduced price
Reform of family related leave
Working groups have been nominated to prepare amendments to the Sickness Insurance Act provisions on family related social security, which will impact the Employment Contracts Act
New Government Programme promises amendments of gender equality law
Displaying a swastika flag in a window-opening was found to be harassment on grounds of religion and prohibited in the Non-Discrimination Act
Stop and search by the police found to be ethnic profiling and direct discrimination prohibited in the Non-discrimination Act
Fixed-term contracts for the young unemployed
The Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal considered it discrimination when a credit company refused to grant credit based on the combined effect of applicant’s gender, language, age and place of residence
Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal considered that differential treatment of same sex female couples in assisted reproductive treatment provided by public health-care services is direct discrimination because of sexual orientation and therefore prohibited by Non-Discrimination Act
Finland deposited its instrument of ratification concerning the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol with the Secretary General of the United Nations. The Convention and its Optional Protocol will thus enter into force for Finland on 10 June 2016
Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal prohibited the Public employment and business authorities to continue discriminating a student who had applied for the unemployment benefit to finance her studies. The tribunal also ordered the authority to take reasonable accommodation measures for the student
A design school was convicted for discrimination prohibited in the Penal Code for the discrimination of a deaf student and awarded compensation according to the Non-Discrimination
Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal prohibited a bank to discriminate a blind customer by denying her the entry passwords needed to use the bank account electronically. The Tribunal imposed a conditional fine of EUR 50,000 in order to enforce compliance with its injunction
Supreme Court precedent on the interpretation on Penal Code provisions on employment discrimination
Decision by Supreme Administrative Court on a case concerning lump sum employment accident compensation paid for a man, calculated on the basis of life expectancy that is lower than that for a similarly situated woman of same age; violation of Directive 79/7/EEC; State compensation on the basis of violation of EU law Decision by Supreme Administrative Court on a case concerning lump sum employment accident compensation paid for a man, calculated on the basis of life expectancy that is lower than that for a similarly situated woman of same age; violation of Directive
Reform of gender equality and non-discrimination law
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How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2022
Transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 - State of affairs 1 January 2021
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2021
State of affairs 1 January 2020
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How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2018
State of affairs 1 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs 01 January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs 01 January 2013
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