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Tribunal Finds Age Discrimination in Job Application Form

By Michael Torrance on August 15, 2014 Posted in Canada, Discrimination and harassment

In Kosovic v Niagara Caregivers and Personnel Ltd (“Kosovic”), the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal held that a recruitment agency’s job application form that asked for the applicant’s date of birth contravened the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Tribunal awarded the applicant $500 in damages to compensate him for injury to his dignity, self-respect and feelings, … Continue reading

Germany: Discrimination because of age in denial of a job interview?

By on April 16, 2013 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, Germany

If you – being 50 years old – read a job advertisement addressed to people aged between 25 and 35 years, would you apply for the job? The petitioner in a recently decided case inGermanydid, but wasn’t invited for a job interview. Instead, the company invited another applicant for an interview and in the end … Continue reading