France
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Legal developments
Governmental inter-ministerial programme to fight racism, antisemitism and discrimination on the ground of origin
Data analysis of origin to establish discrimination in hiring practices
National Airway company dress code and the right of men of African origin to wear braided hair
Legality of the Minister of Labour’s authorisation to dismiss a union representative, protected employee, for addressing his subordinates with racist, islamophobic and sexist language
Advocacy of the right of victim to be afforded access to evidence in discrimination cases
Social media religious expression of an employee assuming public service duty
Public annual report on the activity of the Defender of Rights for the year 2021
Conformity of a by-law adopted by the City of Grenoble authorising women to wear a loose and long bathing garment in municipal swimming pools to accommodate religious demands, to the principle of neutrality of the public service and secularity
National Roma Strategy 2020-2030
Right of Local Bar to impose dress codes to lawyers limiting freedom of expression and freedom of religion
Extent of the obligation of reasonable accommodation of the employer in matters related to religious freedom
Discrimination on the ground of religion in relation to the refusal to swear to the pledge provided by law on the ground of the Christian faith, of an employee of the public transport system
Discrimination on the ground of age of the conditions of application to the National Magistrates’ School
Burden of proof of racial profiling in case of police identify controls
Impact of mental psychic disability on the appreciation of the fault of the employee
French Court of Appeals rejects defamation claim against French #metoo launched in good faith for the public interest of women
Restriction on the dress code of a saleswoman in a women’s fashion chain store
Access to counsel and redress for victims of discrimination
Legality of the decision to remove alternative meals in school on the ground of secularity of the public service
Limit of the protection against victimisation
Applicability of the collective action procedure to facts that occurred prior to the adoption of the class action procedure
Legislative measures to fight the development and practice of a Radical Muslim Community
Legality of the decree reserving compensation for spoliation during occupation of France by the Nazi regime to persons of Jewish origin and excluding victims of Traveller and Roma origin
The legality of the conditions of eviction of illegal camp occupied by a Roma family
The wearing of a beard interpreted as a religious sign in the public service
Country reports
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 2022
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2021
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 2020
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? 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
State of affairs 01 January 2015
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 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 up to 1st 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 up to 1st January 2013