In the 1960s and 1970s, the Danish Parliament debated whether legislation on discrimination in the labour market due to race, religion and other grounds should be enacted. The social partners, i.e. employers' organisations and employees' organisations in the labour market, rejected the proposal,...

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia is a democratic republic and a social state governed by law. The state's authority is based on the principle of the separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers, with a parliamentary system of government. Power is...

As of 21 November 2021, the population of Malta was estimated to be 519 562, of whom 270 021 were male and 249 541 were female. Of the total population, 115 449 were foreign nationals. According to the Labour Force Survey, the number of people employed at the end of December 2021 was estimated...

The national legal system in Liechtenstein is - corresponding to its Constitution - a constitutional hereditary monarchy based on democracy and parliamentary government. Parliament (Landtag) is the representative body of the nation. Its main task is to pass legislation. For a law to enter into...

The Austrian legal system follows the civil law tradition, meaning that primary legal sources are generally codified. Decisions by courts and administrative bodies do not count as authoritative legal sources per se (no official adherence to precedent). Nonetheless, such decisions - especially by...

Latvia's legal system belongs to the continental (Romano-Germanic) law system. Latvia's law was significantly influenced by German (and subsequently, Roman) law, especially in areas of civil, administrative and constitutional law. The Constitution (Satversme), adopted in 1922, was drafted using...

Estonia is a multi-party parliamentary democracy. The Estonian Republic declared its independence in 1918, but due to almost half a century of Soviet occupation (1944-1991), modern equality law came into existence only in 1992 with the adoption of the new Constitution. Estonia became a member of...