Can the prohibition of age discrimination balance the labour market?
Can the prohibition of age discrimination balance the labour market?

Summary/Abstract: Exploring new directions in labour law has been a common topic for decades because finding new solutions to existing legal and economic problems is always needed. Both the labour market and its regulation are changing, so new ways are being sought regarding effectiveness. The traditional toolkit of labour law also carries some answers, for example, the direct connection to the toolkits of Human Resources Management (HRM) but these mostly non-legal instruments can lead to further contradictions related to the legal relationship of the employer and the employee. The analysis is focused on the requirement of equal treatment, especially on the prohibition of age discrimination. We think that the structure of the labour market is highly affected by the pension system because of the available social guarantees and all these legal and economic problems are connected to each other. The paper is based on both the Hungarian legal questions and some actual developments of the case law of the CJEU.

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