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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9804

16 December 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ombudsman
Criticism of Commission for age discrimination

Brussels, 15/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros has criticised the European Commission's discrimination against freelance interpreters aged more than 65. This follows a complaint from an interpreter who stopped receiving job offers after he turned 65, although he wanted to continue working. The Ombudsman made a proposal for an amicable resolution of the problem in which he asked the Commission to abandon this discriminatory policy. He also suggested that the...

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