An age limit in a trade union’s statutes for eligibility for the presidency of that workers’ organisation falls within the scope of the anti-discrimination directive (2000/78), according to a judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday, 2 June (Case C-587/20).
Danish A has been a permanent member of a local branch of the Danish trade union HK from 1978 and was elected president of the HK/Privat federation between 1993 and 2011. This political role involved certain...