Sentences with phrase «claims of discrimination based»

However, in response to seeing an increase in claims of discrimination based upon criminal records and credit reports, the EEOC began the E-RACE (Eradicating Racism And Colorism from Employment) Initiative.

And at least anecdotally, it seems employers are focusing on young, childless professionals rather than those with families, also to avoid claims of discrimination based on family situations.

Not exact matches

An employee and a clever plaintiffs» lawyer can always claim that denial was in fact discrimination based on a protected class (provided one exists, of course).

Spin it how you will, religion constantly gets a free pass in this country and when its ever called out for its discriminatory practices and beliefs it claims religion has the right to discriminate based on those beliefs... but everybody else doesn't have the right to even make the accusation that religion is getting all kinds of special rights allowing them to justify their own discrimination.

In other words, while a woman might claim discrimination on the basis of sex, and a black man might claim it on the basis of race, neither sex nor race alone could capture the discrimination endured by a black woman.

I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

The third decision concerned a 1992 statewide referendum in which the voters in Colorado adopted an amendment, known as Amendment 2, to their constitution prohibiting laws that make homosexual orientation, conduct, and relationships the bases of special entitlements to minority status, quota preferences, and claims to discrimination.

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

Activists rallied earlier this month in support of transgender individuals in Puerto Rico, claiming Rivera Schatz's administrative action violated the commonwealth's 2013 law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

An algorithm that claims to predict sexuality or criminality from a picture of a face raises the terrifying spectre of profiling and discrimination, mostly inaccurate and often based on flawed methodology.

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 group is claiming the law violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act which banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

The amendment complaint, which seeks more than $ 50 million in damages, added retaliation and defamation claims to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia action, but drops a Family and Medical Leave Act charge, «as we are focusing on Bertram's core allegations of gender discrimination and retaliation, which still includes discrimination based on her caregiver responsibilities,» Andrew Melzer, one of her lawyers, told the ABA Journal.

In the context of family status, the Court of Appeal agreed with the lower court that «the childcare obligations arising in discrimination claim [s] based on family status must be one of substance and the complainant must have tried to reconcile family obligations with work obligations».

Any discrimination claims arising out of a genuine dismissal for this reason and without any improper treatment of the employee will fail on the basis that any alleged discrimination arising from the decision to dismiss will be closely connected to the illegality.

The precise venue for your claims, and any additional bases for a claim of discrimination or harassment, can be discussed during an initial consultation.

Discrimination: Irrespective of length of service, an employee may bring a claim for discriminatory dismissal or discrimination based on any one of the nine discriminatory grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership of the travellDiscrimination: Irrespective of length of service, an employee may bring a claim for discriminatory dismissal or discrimination based on any one of the nine discriminatory grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership of the travelldiscrimination based on any one of the nine discriminatory grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership of the traveller community).

So in this context I'm not sure if the lawsuit filed against Sullivan and Cromwell by Aaron Charney, an apparently still - employed associate at firm, for discrimination based on sexual orientation is simply an unexplained aberration or a new trend towards duking out claims not just in the court but in the court of Internet - driven public opinion.

Ms. Johnston claimed that CBSA had discriminated against her on the basis of «family status», one the prohibited grounds of discrimination under the CHRA.

Nevertheless, the applicant filed an application alleging discrimination on the basis of disability, claiming that the provision of a sign language interpreter was the only reasonable accommodation in the circumstances.

The team is representing a major financial institution in a number of claims brought by its customers on the basis that the application of the firm's sanctions policy led to direct or indirect discrimination, and is representing an asset manager in five contested commercial lending cases.

In Misetich, the applicant claimed that a proposed change to her work schedule to accommodate her physical restrictions constituted discrimination on the basis of her eldercare responsibilities.

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 question of whether you can make a claim or not is based on the problem that you have experienced at work and on top of that there are other conditions that need to be met such as submitting within the time limit or having to have worked for the employer for a set amount of time (the basic rules are you need 2 years service to make a claim and that you need to submit a claim within 3 months minus one day since the last act of discrimination or last date of employment)

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If an employer only carries out these checks on those applicants they think are not British citizens, for example, on the basis of a accent or ethnicity, employers could find themselves before an Employment Tribunal facing a discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is the only venue that could hear a discrimination claim based on race or ethnicity.

A male employee brought a claim of unlawful sex discrimination based on his being made redundant.

New Jersey law allows anyone to pursue discrimination claims, so a white employee is entitled to file a race discrimination action based on the conduct of African - American coworkers or supervisors, a male employee can file a sex discrimination lawsuit based on female misconduct, etc..

The Los Angeles - based Law Offices of Lisa L. Maki is a nationally recognized litigation firm with Los Angeles employment attorneys focused on offering confidential legal guidance and dedicated representation in plaintiff, complex business and personal injury litigation, employment law, class action, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment, and unfair business practices claims.

Representation of a life insurer faced with a nationwide class action involving claims of fraud and discrimination through alleged use of race - based underwriting practices.

Specifically, the Tribunal held that the test for discrimination was the same in all cases and expressly rejected the family status test set out by the Federal Court of Appeal in Johnstone, which it viewed as creating a higher standard for family status claims than cases based on other forms of discrimination.

Represented an international safety device manufacturer in multiple disputes involving allegations of discrimination based on national origin and age, retaliation, and hostile work environment, and obtained summary judgment on all claims in each dispute

There, in upholding a Canadian Border Services Agency worker's claim based on a work schedule that conflicted with her childcare obligations, the Federal Court of Appeal determined that to establish discrimination on a prima facie basis on the ground of family status in relation to childcare, it would be necessary for an individual to show that:

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

For example, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed claims of discrimination against the Ontario Drug Benefit Program on the basis that there was no Code - related reason for denying coverage, but rather a dispute over its efficacy and safety as a medical treatment (e.g. Kueber v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2014 HRTO 769).

Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. is a Kansas City based law firm made up of a number of attorneys experienced in the filing of discrimination claims across both the states of Kansas and Missouri.

Mr Ali's claim of indirect discrimination was rejected by the Tribunal on the basis it relied on Telefonica's maternity policy which by definition was not gender neutral.

Sole arbitrator of numerous disputes alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, race, age and disability, as well as compensation and bonus claims, in a variety of industries

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.

Last Friday, Bank of America agreed to a settlement of an ongoing discrimination claim in the amount of $ 39 million based on gender discrimination.

The lawyers at GPS&L guide clients through structural changes; executive appointments and severances; management of employee relations, and personnel matters; advise and litigate equal employment opportunity and discrimination - based issues; and defend and prosecute claims involving the protection of business assets and reputation.

Represented scores of individuals in lawsuits against their former employers regarding claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, and other protected classes and activities in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), American Disabilities Act (ADA), and public policy.

The breach of CFREU, art 47 means that relevant provisions of the SIA do not apply to their claims based on EU law such that the Claimants can litigate these claims in the employment tribunal (i.e. claims of unlawful race discrimination, harassment on racial grounds and breaches of working time regulations).

Michael represents employers and a broad range of companies and organizations in various business disputes, including trade secret cases; non-compete issues; discrimination, harassment and retaliation; the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN); and other federal and state statutes, as well as claims based on breach of contract.

There are a select list of claims for which there a statutes barring employment discrimination based upon seeking relief under them (mostly federal regulatory law whistleblower protections).

A change to discrimination laws to allow claims based on indirect discrimination by association would increase the number of people who can challenge a refusal to allow their preferred working arrangement, make it easier for them to make successful claims, and lead to more flexible arrangements being offered that involve compromise for business.

The case involved allegations of discrimination against women, and the Supreme Court said that the case involved too many individual claims, circumstances and factual analyses to be litigated on a classwide basis.