Switzerland (non EU)

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1 I Slovakia Finland Russia Switzerland Poland Italy Germany Belgium All 9 stands? (age, sex, disability, race, equal pay, religious belief, sex orientation, fixed term (FT) and part time (PT) All but FT & PT All but sex orientation Only sex specifically, but general principles may cover others (equal pay only if institutional) Are there any other stands? Possibly yes - - anything which can t be objectively justified. New law includes birth, wealth, genetic features, etc % of claims 1% 1% 10% (mostly FT & PT) 0-1%? Not many 1% Less than 1% 1-5% 1

2 Slovakia Finland Russia Switzerland Poland Italy Germany Belgium Average length of claim from filing to hearing Hearing length (average) Average fees for employer Management time required 2-6 months 12 months 4-5 weeks 4-12 weeks 12 months 2 weeks 6 weeks 1 2 years 3 days 1 day days ½ day 3 hours 1 day 2 days 1-2 hours 3,000 20, ,500-2,000 2,000-20,000SF 50 to ,000 1, ,000-10,000 Not much Lots Lots Some Some Some Not much Lots % settle 50% 85% 70% 90% 50% 90% Don t know as there are hardly any 50% Average award 1,000-5,000 Capped at 15,000 Varies a lot 2 months salary 1,000-20,000? 3 months salary 1,000 (but new law says 6 months salary) Can managers be personally liable? but never happens but rare No No No? No but rare Legal obligations to monitor? Does it happen Legal obligation to train on diversity? Does No/none /some No/none No/none /none /some /some /some No/none No/none No/some No/some No/none No/some /some No/none 2

3 Slovakia Finland Russia Switzerland Poland Italy Germany Belgium it happen? Do cases get a lot of media attention? None Some do None Some do Some do Some do Some do (eg Lufthansa pilots) lots Is there an uncapped unfair dismissal remedy (or similar?) although strong mitigation presumption when Claimant seeks over 9 months salary No (but maximum 2 years salary plus fines of up to 20 months salary for any breach of codetermination procedure) no cap No cap exists No cap exists no cap no cap - plus real risk of reinstatement plus full reimbursement of wages no cap 3

4 II England & Wales Czech Republic France Denmark Netherlands Cyprus Sweden Portugal All 9 stands? (age, sex, disability, race, equal pay, religious belief, sex orientation, fixed term (FT) and part time (PT) (except equal pay directly) All but age (coming?) Are there any other stands? - descent, family obligations, etc life style, appearance etc social origin and political opinion political opinion % of claims 20% 5%? Rare no data 20% 5-10% 2% Less than 10% Less than 10% Average length of claim 9 months 1-6 weeks 9 months 12 months 6 months 6 months to 2 years 6-9 months Up to 18 mont 4

5 England & Wales Czech Republic France Denmark Netherlands Cyprus Sweden Portugal from filing to hearing Hearing length (average) Average fees for employer Management time required 5 days 3 days 30 minutes to 2 hours 1-1 ½ days 1 2 hours 5 6 days 1 2 days Depends on number of witnesses 25,000-40,000 4,000? 3, , , , variable Lots Not much Not much Some Some Some Not much Not much % settle 90% 50%? 50% 75% 90% 60% 90% 50% (no statistics) Average award 16,000 1,000-5,000? 50, months pay 5-10,000 So few cases that average would be misleading High up to 32 months salary No statistics Can managers be personally liable? fairly common but rare but rare but rare but rare but rare No Legal obligations to monitor? Does it happen Nearly/some No/very few No/rare No/some /some /some /some No/some 5

6 England & Wales Czech Republic France Denmark Netherlands Cyprus Sweden Portugal Legal obligation to train on diversity? Does it happen? /lots No/rarely No/some No/some No/some No/none No/some No/none Do cases get a lot of media attention? lots Some do but not many Not much but growing lots Some do Some do None None (but may do in future) Is there an uncapped unfair dismissal remedy (or similar?) No cap exists no cap no cap No cap exists no cap No (but maximum is 2 years wages) No cap exists No but it s ½ to 1½ months per year of service plus th likelihood of reinstatement and full reimbursemen of wages 6

7 III Estonia Greece Spain Ireland Hungary Norway Austria All 9 stands? (age, sex, disability, race, equal pay, religious belief, sex orientation, fixed term (FT) and part time (PT) All except sexual orientation Are there any other stands? Social status, language skills, duty to serve in armed forces, family duties, politic views, citizenship and statelessness Non-gender equal pay for equal value rights, also nongender equal treatment rights - Family status, marital status, membership of traveller community No. Social origin, political opinion, membership of trade union, language, etc - % of claims Less than 1% [very few] 30% 20% Less than ½% Less than 10% Less than 1% Average length of claim from filing to hearing Hearing length (average) No data as almost no cases none yet successful 7-8 months 4 months Up to 2 years 3-9 months 6 months 2 to 3 months 1 day 1 day ½ day 3 hours 2-3 days Up to 1 day 7

8 Estonia Greece Spain Ireland Hungary Norway Austria Average fees for employer Management time required , ,000 1, ,000 Varies widely Some Lots Some Lots Uncertain Some % settle No data 60% 80% 50% Uncertain 80-90% Average award No data 2 months salary 8000 Up to a year s salary less mitigation Can managers be personally liable? 6-9 months salary but rare but rare /sometimes No/never but never happens Varies widely but rare Legal obligations to monitor? Does it happen Legal obligation to train on diversity? Does it happen? Do cases get a lot of media attention? /none No/some No/some No/some No/none /some /some /none No/some No/some No/some No/none No/some No/some Some do Some do Some do Some do Some do Some do Some do Is there an uncapped unfair dismissal remedy (or similar?) No (maximum 6 months remuneration) No but In successful unfair dismissal cases the usual remedy in most cases is wages for one year plus moral damages when applicable No. The severance payment is capped (45 days of salary per year of service with a maximum of 42 monthly payments). no cap no cap no cap 8

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