“It is pointless to say: We do our best. You must manage to do that, what is necessary.”

Everybody is talking about the new equality law which became lawfully effective on the 18th August. (AGG Germany)

There were a lot of prior discussions, there was great uncertainty in every sector, the apprehension to be inundated with actions for damages immense, not to mention the loss of reputation. It is not easy, both for employers, as well as for employees, to cope with this complex scenario.

But the fact is, you are obliged with immediate effect, to act according to the new law and also to train your employees.

Hence, we at Siebenlist, Grey & Partner, have broadened our service portfolio to include audits and training, that deal exclusively with the issues of the equality law and to support you, to implement constructively the necessary measures in accordance with the law in your company.

For this task we are happy to be able to introduce to you our qualified lawyer, Ms. Mathilde Diederich. Ms. Diederich was a judge in NRW for many years and responsible as state secretary for HR management for big public authorities in two federal states. For this reason she not only possesses substantial experience with the legal application but was part of and followed extensively the legal developing process.

Equality law training at a glance:

• Seminars and in house employee training as in §12 AGG (Germany) as well as
• audits with verification of all relevant equality law manpower business processes:
• Job description
• Job advertisement
• Hiring procedure
• Configuration of conditions of employment
• Guidelines
• Checklists
• Documentation