The role’s requirements are the relevant standard.
Relevant professional knowledge may matter for an accounting role. Whether someone has that knowledge cannot be determined from their wheelchair. Fair selection examines the actual tasks and abilities rather than treating a visible mobility aid as an automatic limit.
Equal participation may also require identifying barriers. An accessible room or suitable workplace arrangement concerns the environment, not a person’s value or competence. This learning example does not assert a particular individual entitlement to specific equipment.
The other three answers
Factual selection criteria must fit the particular role.
has no experience.
A lack of relevant experience may matter. It must genuinely be required and must not simply be a pretext for rejection because of disability.
has too high salary expectations.
A large difference in salary expectations can prevent agreement. That is different from the blanket exclusion described in the question.
doesn't speak English.
English skills may be required depending on the tasks. An arbitrary language requirement unnecessary for the work would not be a convincing factual standard.
Equal treatment means neither blanket exclusion nor automatic hiring.
Section 8 permits certain distinctions only under limited conditions, such as an essential and determining occupational requirement with a legitimate purpose and proportionate application. Simply identifying a disability is not enough.
The Act can provide compensation or damages claims. Under section 15(6), a breach alone does not create a right to the employment contract. Whether a particular case is discriminatory and what steps are available requires separate assessment.
Section 1 · Protection from discrimination · General Equal Treatment Act ↗Wheelchair use does not disprove professional competence.
Focus on the sole reason for rejection and distinguish it from genuine job requirements.
Three words for this question
- das Hilfsmittelassistive device
- An object that supports an activity or movement.
- die Barrierebarrier
- An obstacle making access or participation harder.
- die Buchhaltungaccounting
- The systematic recording and handling of financial business transactions.