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EST-2009-L-84977
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Title_of_text
Law No. 532 of 2 October 2009 amending the Law on Gender Equality and the Law on Equal Treatment.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Estonia
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009-09-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Rephrases and introduces changes in the wording of several articles. Adds, inter alia, para 4 and 5 to article 6 of the Law on Gender Equality extending the cases of discrimination towards persons based on their adherence to trade or employer's unions. Adds article 7(1) in the law with the following title: "Obligations of the persons providing goods and services to provide explanations". The article provides that the above mentioned persons, within 15 days shall provide written explanation to the person which estimates to have been discriminated. Article 11 provides for measures against gender based discrimination at recruitment.
In the Law on Equal Treatment amends, inter alia, article 8 introducing some procedural changes when filling a labour dispute complaint.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2009-09-24
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2004-04-07 (EST-2004-L-68591)
Law on Gender Equality of 7 April 2004 (consolidation).
Amended text(s)
2008-12-11 (EST-2008-L-81854)
Law No. 315 of 11 December 2008 on Equal Treatment.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
www.estlex.ee
Publisher
Database of legal acts in Estonia
Place of publication
AS Andmevara, Pärnu mnt. 139d/1, Tallinn 11317
Country
Estonia
URL
http://www.estlex.ee/