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English: These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), implement (in Northern Ireland) Council Directive 2000-78-EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) so far as it relates to discrimination on grounds of age.
Ireland The 1998 Employment Equality Act (IE9909144F), [23] repealing the 1974 Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act and the 1977 Employment Equality Act Israel The 1998 Law for Option Equality at Work and the 1996 Law for Equal Pay for Female Worker and Male Worker Italy The Constitution (Articles 3 and 37), [24] Law 903/1977 (Article 2), and Law 125/1991
The WRC's Information and Customer Service Division provides advice and guidance to employees and employers on employment law rights, equality rights and industrial relations. [9] New regulations in 2024 introduced on-the-spot fines for breaches in employment laws, pertaining to redundancies, contracts, and distribution of tips and gratuities. [10]
The Charter is limited in its application to areas of law within the competencies of the EU. It is unclear what consequences this will have vis-á-vis Section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 which grants an exemption to religious-run institution to discriminate legally in order to uphold the ethos of their institution. [41]
The Directive is currently implemented in England, Wales and Scotland through the Equality Act 2010 (initially by the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 and Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003), and in Northern Ireland through the various Fair Employment and Treatment Orders).
In 1999 the Fair Employment and Treatment Order 1998 became law. Since then complaints are handled by the Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland, now a part of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, a non-governmental but publicly funded agency. The MacBride Principles certainly speeded the reform process in the 1980s, but it is ...
Following the inclusion in the Treaties of the above-mentioned provisions, Directive 2000/78/EC "Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation" was enacted in 2000. This framework directive compels all EU states to adopt anti-discrimination legislation in employment. That legislation has to include ...
The Employment Equality Act 1998 upholds gender equality in employment. [30] In Ireland, the female employment rate stretched to 60.6% in 2007 before decreasing to 57.6% in 2009 and it continued to reduce over the next three years to rest at 55.2% by 2012. However, there was a small growth within the female employment rate to 55.9% in 2014, but ...