Because an applicant feels discriminated against by an unusual job refusal, he went to court: According to the employer, he had no “nimble female hands”.
When Erkan Dinar, a politician on the left, applied to a company in April of this year, he probably expected anything, including a job refusal.
But not on the grounds that should follow.
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Job cancellation was emailed the same day
The 40-year-old retail
salesman
, who, according to a report by
Bild.de, works
as a shift worker, was urgently looking for a job at the time.
So he applied to “Rietze Automodelle” in Altdorf as a “mounter for digital printing machines”.
On the same day, however, the rejection from boss Roswitha Rietze (67) came by email.
But the reason shocked him:
"Our very small, filigree parts are more for nimble female hands,"
it was written there.
"Please understand that you are not eligible for this position."
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"In Germany is discriminatory companies on the fingers cut" Dinar railed at
Bild.de
.
“You often read about discrimination against women.
I never expected to be exposed to it at some point. "
The fired applicant immediately took a lawyer.
Against
pain and suffering
of three months' salary, but at least 8,000 euros, he wanted to refrain from action.
But the head of the company refused: “I didn't want to offend or discriminate against anyone.
It was a figurative expression that it requires very fine finger needs, "said Rietze declared to
Bild.de
.
So the case ended up before the Nuremberg Labor Court.
The judges, however, were not very convinced of the company's boss's reasoning: According to the court, there was “discrimination” that was punishable by law and ordered
the company to pay around two months' salary
(around 3,000 euros gross), which Dinar would have received if employed.
According to another
Bild
report
, this amount was
too high for
the lawyer
- the process will continue at the end of October.
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