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Senate passes Bill to end ‘sole ground construction’, bringing national law closer to the wording of Article 4(2) of Directive 2000/78.
Publication date: 16 April 2015.
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Clinic refuses gestational surrogacy treatment requested by male gay couple
Publication date: 6 March 2015.
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Municipal policy passively reducing the number of trailer parks to zero discriminatory on the ground of race
Publication date: 17 February 2015.
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Council of State overturns district court decision: mayors are not empowered to take into account whether Zwarte Piet stereotypes black people
Publication date: 20 January 2015.
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Wilders suspect of insulting a population group and incitement to discrimination and hatred
Publication date: 19 November 2014.
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Community sentence for refusing an internship applicant on the ground of his skin colour
Publication date: 19 November 2014.
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Amsterdam District Court rules that Black Pete is a negative stereotype, municipality has to reconsider decision to grant permit
Publication date: 16 September 2014.
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NIHR decides that Age Discrimination Act does not apply to website that merely functions as an intermediary
Publication date: 16 September 2014.
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Minister of Social Affairs and Employment publishes action plan against labour market discrimination
Publication date: 27 June 2014.
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Series of LGBT-friendly measures adopted by Dutch Parliament
Publication date: 27 June 2014.
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Muslim pedagogical employee dismissed for refusing to comply with hospital’s clothing requirements
Publication date: 20 June 2014.
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The NIHR’s Annual Report shows growing amount of questions about discrimination; less opinions delivered
Publication date: 20 June 2014.
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SCP publishes report on unemployment gap between migrants and Dutch natives
Publication date: 20 June 2014.
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Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has led his supporters in an anti-Moroccan chant
Publication date: 9 May 2014.
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The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) published an advice on discriminatory conditions set by sperm donors
Publication date: 9 May 2014.
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Government decides to temporarily permit age requirements in job ads in the struggle against youth and 50-plus unemployment
Publication date: 9 May 2014.
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Court upholds decision to grant lower insurance benefit to Turkish woman
Publication date: 7 March 2014.
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Legal obligation to reach a 5% quota of disabled people may be imposed in 2017
Publication date: 7 March 2014.
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The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) publishes a large-scale research into discrimination
Publication date: 7 March 2014.
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Use of age criteria in actuarial calculations judged unlawful, forcing the Netherlands to adjust the Act on Equal Treatment based on Age in Employment (ADA)
Publication date: 21 January 2014.
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Several government proposals to change the position of older employees in the social system and in the labour market
Publication date: 3 January 2014.
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