Sentences with phrase «accommodation laws»

Nor would the current bill protect against local human rights / public accommodations laws.

While that may be one option, reasonable accommodation laws are in place to help you work.

The Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Accommodation Law protects nursing mothers who return to the workplace.

«The bottom line is that including a statement in a church's bylaws defining marriage may be of some help should the church's tax exemptions be challenged, or if the church is sued for violating a public accommodations law due to its refusal to host same - sex marriages, but it is no guaranty of protection.»

The rationale for the test is that the more exemptions or accommodations a law provides, the less generally - applicable the law is, and the less likely the legislature viewed the law's purpose as a truly compelling interest.

In them, he warned a decision against Phillips could create an «intrusion» against the First Amendment «where a public accommodations law compels someone to create expression for a particular person or entity and to participate, literally or figuratively, in a ceremony or other expressive event.»

«Workplace lactation accommodation laws are in place in 24 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.

The issue of how public accommodation laws apply to Uber also surfaced last year after disabled passengers sued the company and its competitor, Lyft, for denying services to passengers with wheelchairs and service dogs.

Employment and labour lawyer David Simpson will present at The 2011 Accommodation Law Conference to be held in Winnipeg May 5 - 6, 2011.

As for Lee, he agrees Uber is bound by public accommodation laws, but also questioned whether the company is committed to ensuring its drivers abide by them.

Huguenin was fined $ 7,000 for violating the state's public accommodation laws, after she refused to provide photographic services to two lesbian women for their wedding in 2006.

Schneiderman and the AGs argued in the brief that states have backed laws in the country that require business to comply with laws such as Colorado's public accommodations law.

«Uber drivers are bound by the same public accommodation laws that prohibit New York City taxi drivers and car services from discriminating on the basis of pregnancy when deciding who they will pick up — and those laws are a good thing, as they help ensure that not many babies end up being born on New York City sidewalks.»

Previous courts ruled that Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, violated Colorado's public accommodations law, prohibiting the refusal of service to customers based on race, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.

Both ironic and disturbing: rejecting a First Amendment defense, a New York court says city and state public accommodation law may forbid the left - wing National Lawyers Guild from turning down (in line with its position favoring an Israel boycott) an attempt from a group based in West Bank Israeli settlements to buy an ad in its awards banquet program [Eugene Volokh]

In the Civil Rights Division, Ms. Levenson handled all phases of civil rights litigation including employment and housing discrimination matters, violations of public accommodation laws and hate crimes.

With the bill off the table, what are Phoenix's public accommodation laws and how will businesses be impacted?