20/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - The German regulation runs counter to the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age, as defined in the directive on equal treatment for employment and occupation (2000/78/EC), because it does not take into account periods of work before the age of 25 when calculating periods of notice. The regulation must, if necessary, be left unapplied by national courts, even in litigation between private individuals. Such is, in essence, the content of the ruling by...