The opinion held that under the Fair Housing Act, plaintiffs can bring «disparate impact»
claims of discrimination even when the alleged discrimination is unintentional (see «Disparate Impact Indeed,» legal beat, Fall 2015).
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Although stated in race - neutral terms, none
of its carefully selected examples indicate that ED or DOJ will ever intervene on behalf
of white students
claiming to be victims
of discrimination,
even though Title VI, which starts with the words «no person» was consciously drafted in race - neutral terms.
Whether you are dealing with your employer's failure to pay wages, or
even a
claim of discrimination, you may feel as if you do not have anywhere to turn.
The Claimant, a teacher with an unblemished work record, held her marriage vows to be so sacrosanct that she was not prepared to divorce her Head Teacher husband
even after he was convicted
of sex offences (making indecent images
of children and voyeurism) She was dismissed by her employing school and
claimed unfair dismissal and indirect religious
discrimination.
Ms Simler would have pressed her cross-appeal on justification
even if the original
claim of generic
discrimination against Christians had been maintained.
If Elias is anything to go by,
even if the public sector body is only subject to the general duty it will face an uphill task defending indirect
discrimination claims unless it is able to show that it had considered the impact
of the offending provision, criterion or practice in the light
of its general duty to promote equality
of opportunity.
Even a bit
of so - called office banter or an inappropriate joke could lead to a potential
discrimination claim if handled incorrectly.
Employee Relations Specialists monitor aspects
of employee performance and well - being, such as investigating and coordinating disciplinary actions,
claims of discrimination or harassment, and
even labor disputes.