Homophobic Statements Are Employment Discrimination When Made By A Person With 'Decisive Influence' On Recruitment: European Court Of Justice

• Published date: 08 May 2020
• Author: Ius Laboris
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment, Employee Rights/ Labour Relations
• Law Firm: lus Laboris

The European Court of Justice has ruled that homophobic statements made about recruitment policy in the context of a radio interview breached the anti-discrimination directive, because there was a link between those statements and the conditions for access to employment that was more than theoretical.

On 23 April 2020 the European Court of Justice ruled that a statement made on a radio programme that the speaker would never recruit or use the services a person of a particular sexual orientation fell within the scope of the anti-discrimination directive, even though there was no particular...