Lag om likabehandling | 21 — Finland law | Esheria

Lag om likabehandling

The law’s purpose is to promote equal treatment and improve legal protection for people who have been discriminated against within the law’s scope.

Jurisdiction
Finland
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
21
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
fi
Official source
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Statute overview

About this statute

The law’s purpose is to promote equal treatment and improve legal protection for people who have been discriminated against within the law’s scope. This section says the law applies to public and private activity in listed areas, including work, education, training, organisation membership, social and health services, social benefits, military/civil service, and publicly available housing, property, and services. This section limits the law’s scope: it does not apply to education’s goals, content, or the education system, or when rules on foreigners’ entry and stay apply, or when foreigners are treated differently because of their legal status under law. Authorities must promote equality in their activities and prepare an equality plan for ethnic equality where their activities require it; the Ministry of the Interior may issue general recommendations on the plan’s content. The person who arranges work or training must, when needed, take reasonable measures so a person with a disability can access the work or training and manage and advance in it.

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