Sentences with phrase «claim of discrimination because»

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The shocking part is that we claim that women aren't studying STEM subjects at school and aren't entering tech careers in the U.S. because of discrimination and oppression, but in countries where women don't have a lot of rights (and granted, those rights vary drastically even within Middle Eastern countries), they manage to succeed in STEM in school.

Denson is suing to get out of the NDA, she said, because the Trump campaign attempted to move her discrimination suit to arbitration and claimed she owed $ 1.5 million for violating the agreement.

His separate claim of racial discrimination was dismissed because Mr. Fletcher failed to file an arbitration.

In the US and elsewhere, many have claimed that race - based discrimination has decreased because of egalitarian social norms.

eHarmony, whose founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren is an Evangelical Christian, was sued in mid-2007 by a homosexual couple claiming the company is in violation of a California state law which bans discrimination based on sexual orientation because it does not offer matchmaking services to homosexual couples.

Parents of female basketball players at Franklin High School have sued, claiming that because it does not schedule as many girls» games during «prime time» slots as it does boys» games, the school district is in violation of Title IX, which forbids discrimination based on sex in programs receiving federal funds.

Because of the shift in claims from these federal statutes to claims being made under the Missouri Human Rights Act, today, our attorneys are often asked to defend claims of discrimination and harassment under state discrimination statutes and do so on a regular basis.

The teacher claims she was the subject of discrimination because had her future spouse been of the opposite gender, there would have been no issue with the presentation.

Claimants do need to understand that the average award for unfair dismissal is in the region of # 4,000, and that simply saying «I am a man, and I am dismissed» is not the same as saying «I am dismissed because I am a man and therefore I have a discrimination claim».

That's because the costs of compliance with discrimination laws can be high, and companies are fearful that they'll be vulnerable to discrimination claims.

If you have a potential discrimination claim, because you are in a protected class, and you litigate, any resignation will be used by Defense counsel to reduce the recovery of monetary damages.

It is clear that the EAT did not regard its conclusion as representing a satisfactory state of affairs, particularly where the joint or concurrent tortfeasors are at arms» length, eg as in Bullimore v Porthecary Witham Weld [2011] IRLR 18 where an ex-employer gave a damaging reference about the claimant to a prospective employer because the ex-employee had presented a sex discrimination claim against them and the prospective employer withdrew the offer for the same reason, and in circumstances where CLIA 1978 applies to discrimination claims brought in the ordinary courts.

Instead, she claimed discrimination on the basis of sex because she believed she she would not have been fired if she was a male employee.

the right of all pregnant women to claim discrimination and unfair dismissal if dismissed because of pregnancy or maternity leave;

If you are an employee who thinks you have been discriminated in the workplace because of your age — or if you are an employer who would like to learn more about your legal exposure to a claim of age discrimination — consult with an employment lawyer today.

Filing a Claim In order to file a disability discrimination claim, you must prove that you received unequal treatment because of your disabiClaim In order to file a disability discrimination claim, you must prove that you received unequal treatment because of your disabiclaim, you must prove that you received unequal treatment because of your disability.

Because the Code only prohibits discrimination on the basis of things like race and disability (and not homelessness), the claim failed.

Whether the decision to dismiss had been because of the pregnancy (in the case of the pregnancy discrimination claim).

The high court reached its decision because, it stated, the employee's cause of action in this case — a Law Against Discrimination violation — was not a «simple private claim.»

The professor then sued for retaliation in violation of Title VII, alleging that she was demoted and ultimately terminated because she asserted claims of sexual harassment and race discrimination against the dean.

The Court went on to conclude that had it been necessary to do so, it would have dismissed the discrimination claims in any event because an individual within the Iraqi scheme was not a material comparator and the reason why the schemes were different was not because of nationality, but because of the particular context and circumstances of the situation in Afghanistan as opposed to Iraq.

In perhaps an ironic comparison, if a person in a non-unionized setting is disciplined for drug or alcohol use on the job, or is refused a job because of a positive pre-employment drug test, he or she can only claim discrimination on the basis of a disability if it is demonstrated that the he or she is addicted.

Because victims of gender identity discrimination may pursue claims under laws that prohibit sex discrimination, the remedies available to victims of sex discrimination would be available to a victim of gender identity discrimination if they prevailed in their case.

Any employee who feels he or she has been discriminated against because of a work injury or because he or she asserted a claim for benefits under the Workers» Compensation Act must file a Petition to Remedy Discrimination and / or Petition for Reinstatement with the Workers» Compensation Board.

Claims - made issues are often complicated in employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) cases because of the nature of discrimination cClaims - made issues are often complicated in employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) cases because of the nature of discrimination claimsclaims.

Discrimination law generally covers direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation (adverse treatment becausDiscrimination law generally covers direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation (adverse treatment becausdiscrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation (adverse treatment becausdiscrimination, harassment and victimisation (adverse treatment because of a claim).

He was dismissed and claimed discrimination on the ground of religion because, as a Christian, he did not condone homosexuality.

During the hearing, Unison claimed that the introduction of fees had limited employee's access to justice, but the Court went further saying that it had been indirectly discriminatory to women because they launched a higher proportion of discrimination cases.

Finally, bringing a s. 15 Charter claim is costly because of the heavy evidentiary burden in establishing comparator groups and adverse effect discrimination.

(i) Whether the threatening conduct complained of, if proved, could give rise to another claim of discrimination, namely victimisation, because they were acts «arising out of and closely connected to» the employment relationship.

In the end, the Tribunal dismissed the employee's application because she failed to make out her claim of discrimination.

Here, there had also been discrimination because of the kind of part - time contract they were under, and so the protection of the Regulations could not be claimed.

This is because making a hiring decision based solely on what is found on a candidate's social media profile could be seen as unethical and could open the employer up to the risk of liability, discrimination claims or a breach of privacy laws.

Some companies won't accept video resumes because of concerns about discrimination claims.

The FHA does not prohibit discrimination based on LGBT status; the couple claimed that they suffered sex discrimination because one member of the couple was being stereotyped because of her gender nonconformity.