Adapter l'entreprise à la diversité des travailleurs : la portée transformatrice de la non-discrimination
(2013) Journal européen des droits de l’homme — Vol. 1, n° 1, p. 57-82 (2013)
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- (en) This article examines a particular notion of European non‐discrimination law: the obligation, imposed in some circumstances on employers, to adapt the work conditions of an employee so as to enable him or her to access or stay in the company. Only two discrimination grounds have led to an explicit recognition of such an obligation: pregnancy and maternity, in the framework of non‐discrimination based on sex, on the one hand, disability on the other hand. This article however argues that, far from representing a marginal device, this obligation of accommodation, as recognised in these two contexts, highlights a major dimension of European non‐discrimination law. It emphasises that from the viewpoint of this law, businesses can be required to transform their norms and practices in order to eliminate indirect obstacles to the access of certain groups to employment and adapt to the diversity of workers, even if this implies a certain cost for the employer. The article also enquires into the possibility to infer from the prohibition of indirect discrimination a general duty of accommodation, which could then concern other discrimination grounds, in particular, religion.
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Ringelheim, J. (2013). Adapter l’entreprise à la diversité des travailleurs : la portée transformatrice de la non-discrimination. Journal européen des droits de l’homme, 1(1), 57-82. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/217089 (Original work published 2013)