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The legal history of diversity is not a simple tale of progress from intolerance to tolerance, nor did it just take place in the β€˜West’. We asked our colleagues for lesser-known turning points (positive and negative) over the centuries.
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15/01/1955: The Federal Labour Court ruled that the principle of equal rights and the prohibition of discrimination (art.3(2)(3) πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Basic Law) include the principle of equal pay for women and men for equal work and that this principle binds the parties to collective agreements.
18/10/1929: In Edwards v AG of Canada, the Privy Council affirms that women may be appointed to the πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Senate, overruling the Canadian Supreme Court decision that women were not β€˜persons’ under the relevant statute. Diversity through literal & liberal statutory interpretation!
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