Seanad debates

Thursday, 9 July 2015

Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages

 

Government amendment No. 6: In page 3, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1998 4. Section 6 of the Act of 1998 is amended in subsection (3)by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):“(c) Offering a fixed term contract to a person over the compulsory retirement age for that employment or to a particular class or description of employees in that employment shall not be taken as constituting discrimination on the age ground if—(i) it is objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, and (ii) the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.”.”.

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