Policy Document

Act to Implement European Directives to Realise the Principle of Equal Treatment (from 1945-1990: West Germany)

Year

2006

Country

Germany

Topic

Work & Retirement

Subtopic

Activation Policies 50+

Keywords

Ageing society Ageing workforce Employment opportunities Employment policy Length of working life Older workers Work in old age

Main implications

All direct and indirect forms of discrimination related to age are prohibited. This law implements European Directive 2000/78/EG.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Older persons

Implementing Text & Related Legislation

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

Gesetz zur Umsetzung europäischer Richtlinien zur Verwirklichung des Grundsatzes der Gleichbehandlung (AGG)

Date of passage/approval

14^th August 2006

Date of signature

17^th August 2006

Date of publication

18^th August 2006

Are the effects retroactive?

Actors

Federal Government (Coalition of Social Democratic Party (SPD)) and Alliance 90/The Greens; Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD);
President Horst Köhler; Chancellor Gerhard Schröder; Minister of Justice Brigitte Zypries; Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Franz Müntefering; Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble; Minister of Defense Franz Josef Jung; Minister of Family, Senior Citizens, and Youth Ursula von der Leyen

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

BGBl. I 2006: 1897

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

Frerichs, F. "Demografischer Wandel und Arbeitsmarktpolitik für ältere Arbeitnehmer/innen: Das Vereinigte Königreich, Japan und Deutschland im Wohlfahrtsstaatsvergleich". Dortmunder Beiträge zur Sozial- und Gesellschaftspolitik 59. LIT Verlag, Münster (2009).