Law and data protection
AGG
Abbreviation for Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz
In short and in plain language
The AGG is a German law against unfair treatment.
It protects people from being treated worse. This can be because of gender, age, ethnic origin or disability.
The law matters for job adverts and for the way people apply for jobs.
Care services with a careers page should word their job adverts in a neutral way.
Definition
The AGG is the German General Equal Treatment Act, which protects against discrimination, for example on grounds of gender, age, ethnic origin or disability. Among other things, it plays a role in job adverts and application procedures. For care services with a careers page this results in requirements for neutral wording of vacancies.