October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons. The day honors what older people contribute to society. It also draws attention to age discrimination. So, is an employee close to retirement treated unfairly because of her age if her employer offers her a workspace next to trainees?
Quick Hits
A claim under Section 12 (3) of the German General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG)) for measures against a colleague requires that the colleague’s conduct constitutes discrimination based on a characteristic listed in Section 1 AGG.
Assigning a long-tenured employee to share an office with trainees does not, without more, constitute age discrimination.
Rudeness is not workplace bullying; conduct rises to that level only when it is systematic and objectively reprehensible.
The Case—Lunch, a Microwave, and a Lost Contact Lens
The plaintiff has worked as an administrative employee at a university of the defendant German state since 1982. She is now close to… Read the complete article here...
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