A court in León (Spain) has ordered a company to pay compensation of 7,501 euros and to reinstate a worker after dismissing him as a Gypsy.
"Since you have been here, Gypsies haven't stopped coming in, whereas before they used to come in from time to time [...] and that's not good for business", his boss told him, according to the employee during the trial.
Any dismissal motivated by a person's gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or racial or ethnic origin is considered in Spanish law as a violation of the victim's fundamental rights. Read more.
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