Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 15015 | 28 January 2020

The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace

Signatories: Ms Yuliya LOVOCHKINA, Ukraine, SOC ; Mr Fourat BEN CHIKHA, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Goran BEUS RICHEMBERGH, Croatia, ALDE ; Ms Margreet De BOER, Netherlands, SOC ; Ms Zita GURMAI, Hungary, SOC ; Mr Christophe LACROIX, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Kathrine OLLDAG, Denmark, ALDE ; Mr Martin POLIAČIK, Slovak Republic, ALDE ; Ms Petra STIENEN, Netherlands, ALDE

Origin - 2020 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 9.2 with the following paragraph:

"take legislative and any other appropriate measures, in order to ensure that employees can lodge claims that their right to non-discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief has been breached;"

Explanatory note

The amendment follows paragraph 9.1 calling on States to adopt effective anti-discrimination legislation and seeks to ensure effective protection against discrimination on grounds of religion or belief. The concept of reasonable accommodation does not effectively combat such discrimination and has harmful implications for the rights of others to equality and non-discrimination.