Age is as discrimination ground included in Directive 2000/78/EC, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (further referred to as Framework Equality... Show moreAge is as discrimination ground included in Directive 2000/78/EC, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (further referred to as Framework Equality Directive or FED). Approximately twenty years on, there exists a substantive body of case law (I identified forty-eight cases for this article) from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The vast majority of these cases concern older workers, whereas a much smaller number of cases deal with discrimination younger workers. Over the course of time the impression has grown that the CJEU is more lenient in justifying measures that are disadvantageous to older workers compared with measures negatively affecting younger workers. This study attempts to find out whether this impression is correct. In other words, whether the CJEU is discriminating in age discrimination cases. Show less
Against the background of the corona pandemic, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences Foundation and the Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine Association have specified the guidelines ... Show moreAgainst the background of the corona pandemic, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences Foundation and the Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine Association have specified the guidelines "Intensive Care Measures" with regard to the handling of scarce resources. Among other things, the age of a patient plays a role in the decision on the allocation of such resources. This appears problematic from the perspective of discrimination law. Instead of age, the chances of survival, which depend on the respective state of health, should be considered. Show less
