well. It has to be emphasized that the Draft on the Effective Participation in Economic Life
deals with linguistic rights that can be a source- of the direct and indirect discrimination if
non-complied with.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Paragraph 43 of the Draft Recommendations lying ahead is considered-to be progressive and
of high priority which states: „Employers should aim for a work force. that reflects the
ethnic: religious and linguistic diversity of the national or local population." We suggest
to.include in the Recommendation that the language rights and multilingualism,must also be
guaranteed at the workplaces arising from the principle . of freedom of expression.
The penultimate sentence of the paragraph 26, which states that „ Governments should
ensure that undue language proficiency requirements are not imposed, as such
requirements can exclude minorities from public . orprivate sector employment. Increased
recognition of academic and training qualifications obtained in other countries may also
reduce barriers to employment for some minorities. !' is of crucial importance, language