Discrimination in Legal Employment Relationships. Ethnic Origin

Abstract: Ethnic discrimination in legal employment relations involves the application of differential treatment by the employer, without acknowledging protected criteria relating to race, nationality, color, ethnic origin, language or national origin, including nationality or religion in association with race, with the aim of restricting, removing the use or exercise of the rights of employees from groups considered disadvantaged. Discrimination imposes a regime of inequality and intolerance towards persons belonging to ethnic minorities, thus excluding them from access to jobs or treating them differently after recruitment compared to employees belonging to the majority, in a comparable situation in terms of duties, or treating them in the same way, even though they had different duties in the labor process. The article analyzes ethnic discrimination, with reference to the European legislative framework on the subject, with reference to international and European regulations and relevant case law. Keywords: Discrimination, Ethnic, Criteria, Regulations, European JEL Classification: K31