Sentences with phrase «against employees because»

By law, employers may not discriminate against employees because of their genetic information.

Additionally, government employers can not discriminate against employees because of their credit history.

Boots described emails and comments on social media as a «torrent of personal abuse» against their employees because of its original stance of refusing to lower the price of the morning - after pill.

(3) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding, or has served or is about to serve on an industry committee;

This will help avoid claims of a conclusion being trumped up against an employee because of hostility by the investigator toward the accused.

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta recently upheld an arbitrator's ruling that SMS Equipment Inc. («SMS Equipment») discriminated against an employee because they required her to work night - shifts.

(4) No employer or person acting on behalf of an employer shall take any of the following actions against an employee because the employee has acted in accordance with or has sought the enforcement of this Act:

If an employer takes an adverse action against an employee because they took protected FMLA leave, it may be held liable for violating the employee's rights.

Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), an employer must not take adverse action (including dismissal) against an employee because they exercised or proposed to exercise a workplace right (section 340).

Not exact matches

The employer should make sure that they have a legitimate case against the employee in this instance because many situations are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other laws that protect employees.

The union leaders say Disney is unfairly discriminating against the employees, or «cast members,» because they are engaged in contract negotiations and using the bonuses as leverage to accept a substandard pay increase.

-- Discriminating against or harassing an employee because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity, in combination with another unlawful reason, for example, on the basis of transgender status and race, or sexual orientation and disability.

Discriminating against talented employees or paying customers just because of their sexual orientation is plain stupidity.

«What happens if another Enron situation comes along and the corporation's accounting firm retaliates against an employee of the accounting firm because that employee wants to report illegal activity by the corporation?»

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

This time, the focus is more narrowly on ensuring that people not be forced to agree to potential arbitration as a condition of their employment and that employers be prohibited from «threatening, retaliating or discriminating against, or terminating any applicant for employment or prospective employment or any employee because of the refusal to consent to the waiver of any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of specific statutes governing employment.»

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

I wonder how they'd feel if a Islamic owner of a company prevents their employees from bringing pork and eating it in their cafeteria, because it's against their religious believe.

Yet the president of the food chain may decide against automation because it would cause a loss of jobs for his employees.

The old text forbade contractors from discriminating «against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.»

The former refers to where an employee is discriminated against as a direct consequence of their religion or belief, and the latter is where an employee is discriminated against not due to their specific religion or belief but because more general rules put someone of their religion or belief at a disadvantage.

A Hicksville manufacturer of power transmission parts and its chief executive are being sued by a former vice president, who alleges he was fired because he complained about abusive behavior by the CEO, including the frequent use of racial epithets against minority employees.

are using the IRS imbroglio to argue that the IRS will be used to investigate those who do not have health insurance; and against small businesses who lay off employees because of Obamacare.

According to Mr. Mills, employees of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) leader, will most likely vote against him because Dr. Nduom does not possess what it...

will the states be able to pay police and service them is the question we should answer especially those agigating for state - police because some of these states can not pay teachers and LG employees nor to talk of police that they are going to use as political thugs against the oppositions.

The state Department of Taxation has a warrant against former Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella's 2008 re-election campaign because it owes the state $ 3,298.92 for not paying withholding taxes from its employees» paychecks.

CSEA has contended from the start that the layoffs were political retaliation against unionized workers because ongoing labor negotiations have not concluded, a charge bolstered by the fact that management employees and political appointees have been spared.

Actually, it was Faux & Friends cohost Brian Kilmeade who walked off stage because of the distortion against the Obama comment... later Chris Wallace came on to chastise his fellow Faux news employees for their 2 - hour Obama bashing.

The state Department of Taxation has a warrant against the Staten Island Republican's 2008 re-election campaign because it did not pay withholding taxes from its employees» paychecks, records show.

Walker said it didn't matter to him who ran against him because he views his opponent as «big money from out of state from public employee unions.»

«Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.»

We work towards a more just society and as such we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.

The Reach Institute for School Leadership will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of disability in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant for employment is qualified.

The Reach Institute for School Leadership will neither retaliate nor discriminate against any employee or applicant because s / he has opposed any unlawful employment practice, filed a charge of employment discrimination, or testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing related to employment practices.

The DOT will initiate appropriate actions against responsible persons who take, threaten to take, or fail to take a personnel action with respect to any employee, former employee, or applicant for employment because of any protected disclosure of information.

(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because he has opposed, any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this title, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this title.

to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's age; to limit, segregate, or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's age; or to reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with this Act.

to exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his age; to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual, in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee or as an applicant for employment, because of such individual's age; to cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual in violation of this section.

(D) It shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because such individual, member or applicant for membership has opposed any practice made unlawful by this section, or because such individual, member or applicant for membership has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this Act.

Because key person insurance is simply life insurance that insures the company against the loss of a key business partner or key employee, the decision to purchase key person insurance necessitates some choices about the type of insurance that is most beneficial.

When repeated court judgments are placed against the borrower for wage garnishment, the employer could potentially fire the employee because of concern that the lack of credit could translate into an issue of character.

An employer shall not: fail or refuse to hire or recruit, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to employment, compensation, or a term, condition, or privilege of employment because of the individual's credit history or credit report; inquire about an applicant's or employee's credit history; or order or obtain an applicant's or employee's credit report from a consumer reporting agency.

An employer shall not: fail or refuse to hire or recurit discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to employment, compensation, or a term, condition, or privilege of employment because of the individual's credit report or credit history; or inquire about an applicant or employee's credit report or credit history.

An employer shall not: fail or refuse to hire or recruit discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to employment, compensation, or a term, condition, or privilege of employment because of the individual's credit report or credit history; or inquire about an applicant or employee's credit report or credit history.

No employer may (1) request or require that an employee or prospective employee consent to or provide the results of a credit check as a condition of employment; (2) obtain a credit check or cause a credit check to be obtained that pertains to an employee or prospective employee; or (3) fail or refuse to hire, bar, discharge from employment, or otherwise discriminate against an employee or prospective employee because of information contained in a credit check unless the information contained in such credit check is a bona fide occupational qualification or such credit check is otherwise required by law.

It is our policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, disability (unrelated in nature and extent to an individual's ability to perform the job), Vietnam Era or disabled veteran status or any other status protected by law.

We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed (religion), color, sex (including gender expression), national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, disability, marital status or domestic violence victim status.

In 2013, Hansen left his post at NASA to become a climate activist because, in his words, «as a government employee, you can't testify against the government.»

Answer: Interesting question, as the defense will likely argue that (a) you can not show you were discriminated against because you are a male, and (b) an employee can not claim harassment when his boss hits on his wife.

Although technology enables employees to work after hours, suits like the one against T - Mobile are cropping up more frequently because of the recession.