EU laws prohibit discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation in the workplace, and discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin both in the workplace and in other areas of life such as education, social security, healthcare and access to goods and services.

Discrimination based on a person’s gender is also protected under EU law. Measures to explicitly combat discrimination based on gender are covered by other EU initiatives.

This section looks at how EU anti-discrimination legislation affects you or those around you.

It offers information and advice based on the different grounds of discrimination: racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age (young workers and students and older people) and sexual orientation.