Court of Justice of the European Communities
“European member states could lawfully provide in their employment legislation for certain kinds of differences in treatment on the ground of age if those differences were objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim such as employment policy, but the member states had the burden of establishing, to a high standard of proof, the legitimacy of the aim relied on as a justification.”
The Times, 9th March 2009
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