The General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) in brief

Basic structure of the law

Personal scope of application

Discrimination criteria of the AGG

• Age.
• Gender.
• Disability.
• Sexual identity.
• Ethnic origin.
• Race.
• Religion.
• World view.

Justification of discrimination

Legal consequences and assertion of claims

• Right of appeal.
• Right to refuse performance.
• Omission.
• Compensation for damages.
• Burden of proof problem.
• Limitation of claims.
• Rights and obligations of employers and employees:in.

When is unequal treatment legally permissible?

• Definition: What is discrimination?
• In what context can discrimination be legally permissible?
• Permissions and justifications.
• Objective reasons for differentiation that justify a worse position.

The operational practice

• Effects on recruitment: job advertisement, interview, personnel questionnaire, employment contract.
• In the employment relationship: warnings, pay, promotion, transfer, anniversary, vacation, interim reference.
• Termination of the employment relationship.
• Termination agreement, certificate, notice of termination.

Possible solutions and organizational obligation

The works council and its rights

Anti-discrimination offices at company and federal level

Current case law