Annex 1: main transposition and anti-discrimination legislation

• Author: Løvdal, Lene
• Pages: 103-104

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ANNEX 1: MAIN TRANSPOSITION AND ANTI-DISCRIMIN ATION LEGISLATION

Country: Norway

Date: 31 December 2019

Title of the Law: Act relating to equality and a prohibition against

discrimination (Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act)

Abbreviation: GEADA

Date of adoption: 16. June 2017 No. 51

Entry into force: 1. January 2018

Latest amendments: -

Web link: https://lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/2017-06-16-51?q=d iscrimination

Grounds protect ed: Gender, pregnancy, leave in connection with childbirth or adoption,

care responsibilities, ethnicity, religion, b elief, disability, s exual orientation, gender

identity, gender expression, age or combinations of these factors

Civil law

Material scope: covers all areas

Principal content: prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination, haras sment,

instruction to discriminate within select grounds

Title of the Law: The Workin g Environment Act (WEA) on Worki ng environment,

working hours and employment protection, etc. (Arb eidsmiljøloven), Chapter 13

Abbreviation: WEA

Date of adoption: 17 June 2005

Latest amendments: in force 1 January 2014 for Chapter 13

Entry into force: 1 January 2006

Web link: https://lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/2005-06-17-62

(English version as per 2017)

Grounds protected: Age (covers also part-time/ temporary work, politi cal affiliation and

membership in trade unions)

Civil law

Material scope: Public and private employment

Principal content: prohibition of direct an d indirect discriminat ion, harassment,

instruction to discriminate within select grounds

Title of the Law: The Anti-Discrimination Act on Prohibition of discrimination

based on ethnicity, religion etc. (Diskrimineringsloven)

Abbreviation: ADA

Date of adoption: 21 June 2013 No. 60

Latest amendments: 1 October 2015

Entry into force: 1 January 2014, replaced by the GEADA 1 January 2019

Web link: http://www.ub.uio.no/ujur/ulovdata/lov-20130621-060-eng.pdf

Grounds covered: ethnicity, religion or belief.

Civil law

Material scope: Cover all areas except personal and family affairs

Principal content: prohibition of direct an d indirect discriminat ion, harassment,

instruction to discriminate within select grounds

Title of the Law: The Anti-Discrimination and Accessibility Act on Prohibition

against discrimination on the basis of disability (Tilgjeng elighetsloven)

Abbreviation: AAA

Date of adoption: 21 June 2013 No. 61

Latest amendments: -

Entry into force: 1 January 2014, replaced by the GEADA 1 January 2019

Web link: http://www.ub.uio.no/ujur/ulovdata/lov-20130621-061-eng.pdf

Grounds protected: Disability

Civil law