๐๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐-587/20 (๐๐/๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐/๐๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต) ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 63.ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ 2000/78/๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (โ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช-๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆโ). ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต (๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ) ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.
The Court outlines, among others, the following important aspects:
โ๏ธArticle 3(1)(a) of the Anti-Discrimination Directive [i.e., the Directive applies to all persons in both public and private sectors, including public bodies, in relation to conditions for access to employment, to self-employment or to occupation (โฆ)] covers conditions for access to any occupational activity, whatever the nature and characteristics of such activity.ย
โ๏ธThe Anti-Discrimination Directive does not seek to protect only workers as the weaker party in an employment relationship. The Directive seeks to eliminate, on grounds relating to social and public interest, all discriminatory obstacles to access to livelihoods and to the capacity to contribute to society through work, irrespective of the legal form in which it is provided.
โ๏ธThe right of organisations of workers to elect freely their representatives, part of the freedom of association, must be reconciled with the prohibition of discrimination in employment and occupation which is the purpose of the Anti-Discrimination Directive, as a specific expression of the general principle of non-discrimination.
This post was first published by Suciu Employment and Data Protection Lawyers on 8 June 2022. To know more about the firm and how our member firm helps clients in Romania and in the UAE, click here or contact Managing Partner Andreea Suciu.
