Barcelona shopkeeper fined €7,501 over job ad seeking ‘woman over 40’

Labour inspectors say Javier Marcos's shop assistant job ad discriminated on grounds of both sex and age

A Barcelona shopkeeper has been fined 7,501 (6,600) for placing an advertisement for a shop assistant stating that the applicant should be a woman over 40".

Javier Marcos, who runs a small curtain-making business in the Fort Pienc area of the city, said he wanted to replace his only female employee, who is retiring, with someone with a similar profile.