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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9429
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21/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - The presentation of the report launched on 10 May in Brussels, “Equality at work: Tackling the Challenges”, was attended by Nikolaus van der Pas, director general (DG Employment) at the European Commission, and the International Labour Organization (ILO, Geneva). This new global report on discrimination in the workplace analyses new forms of discrimination based on abusive practices in the recruitment of: (older and young workers, the disabled, those living with HIV/AIDS, those with different a sexual orientation). It also looks at traditional forms of discrimination based on race, gender, age and social origin. It concludes with a series of proposals on policies to carry out and calls for an action plan to achieving equality at work for all. This report (135 pages, 35 Swiss francs, ISBN 978-92-2-218130-8, ISSN 0251-3218, first edition 2007) is available in English, French and Spanish at: (http://www.ilo.org/declaration ). (gb)

 

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