Sentences with phrase «claims of discrimination on»

On the contentious side, his experience includes resisting claims of unfair and wrongful dismissal, dealing with boardroom disputes and claims of discrimination on the grounds of race, sex and disability.

Until recently, it had been unclear whether the Tribunal would follow the course set in Misetich, but the decision in Ananda v Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning [«Ananda»] confirms that the Tribunal is intent on using the Misetich test for claims of discrimination on the prohibited ground of family status.

Not exact matches

A Fox News radio correspondent filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming she was fired for complaining about sex discrimination, after the U.S. television network encouraged employees to report harassment amid a barrage of legal claims.

«We are horrified that [Love] experienced this assault on her vacation in Mexico, and other travelers should be aware of this incident,» TripAdvisor said, claiming that its policies and procedures have evolved since 2010, and that it was creating a notification system to warn about health and safety or discrimination issues at businesses.

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).

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to use.

Order requiring an Orlando, Fla., seller and distributor, of cosmetics and cosmetic distributorships, among other things to cease using its openended, multilevel marketing plan; engaging in illegal price fixing and price discrimination and imposing selling and purchasing restrictions on its distributors; and to cease making exaggerated earnings claims and other misrepresentations in an effort to recruit distributors.

Most discrimination claims tend to be focused on the treatment of individuals by their employers with employees facing difficult burdens of persuasion.

Anyway this isn't a relgious issue at all, to make it into a relgious issue is a bit silly unless what they are claiming is that this rule ONLY applies to religious groups in which case that is clear discrimination on the part of the University.

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.

Wrenn, if you're still watching this particular post, I'm curious about your opinion on my thought of students claiming «financial discrimination» if private schools stopped accepting Pell grants.

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 relationship of men in communities and races was viewed as a gift of God; but the elevation of Volk into an object of supreme devotion and the claim of superiority for one race over another and discriminations on the ground of race or color were declared to be contrary to the spirit of Christ.

Collective actions could allow approved organisations, like Citizens Advice Bureaux, (which saw an 18 per cent increase in employment discrimination enquiries in 2008/09) to bring claims on behalf of groups of people.

If you can do any of get, say, a couple of million people to sign a petition calling for the abolition of the minimum wage; win parliamentary seats by running on this issue; or provide polling evidence showing majorities would repeal the race, gender discrimination laws, etc then I will withdraw the claim about this being a minority position.

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.

There is no obligation on the controllers of religious premises to get them approved, and since seeking approval is neither the provision of a service nor a public function, for the purposes of the Equality Bill, there is no scope for a claim for discrimination being brought for failing to do so.»

The U.S. Supreme Court abruptly canceled oral arguments on Trump's travel ban, signaling the beginning of the end for a politically charged legal case that could have produced a blockbuster ruling on the clash between presidential power and claims of religious discrimination.

Unite has now lodged claims on behalf of nine Hungarian workers alleging racial discrimination and abuse of employment rights by Butchery and Abbatoir Services and Cranberry Foods.

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.

While federal assistance has an ameliorating effect on the difference in school budgets between wealthy and poor districts, the District Court rejected an argument made by the State in that court that it should consider the effect of the federal grant in assessing the discrimination claim.

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.

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.

In addition to training teachers, administrators, and other school leaders on issues such as tenure, special education, employment discrimination, employee whistleblowing claims, student harassment and anti-bullying law, ethics, governance, and student rights, Teresa has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court, has substantial experience in federal and state courts, and has tried numerous disputes to conclusion in the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law.

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.

A class member may appeal a final decision on an individual (s) claim for relief pursuant to a finding of a class - wide discrimination.

Fiat quoted 160 PS (118 kW; 158 hp) for the Fiat Dino, while in 1967 Ferrari — presenting the first prototype of the Dino 206 GT — claimed 180 hp (130 kW) despite both engines were made by Fiat workers in Turin on the same production line, without any discrimination as to their destination.

The Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, where «The Color Line,» a major exhibition of art by African American artists and historical documents and publications is on view, has removed a children's hand out booklet after criticism about its reference to the «pleasant lives» of some slaves and claim that racial discrimination in the United States ended with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

There are reasons that people hire lawyers to write these sorts of ethics rules into company codes of conduct: (1) companies realized placing the entire onus on the person who has suffered discrimination or harassment to personally prosecute their claims is absurd and good employees would seek out corporations that don't sanction such conduct; and (2) businesses understood that providing ethical and social norms of behavior could go some distance to preventing bad behavior.

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.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was considering an appeal by the claimant, Miss Nixon, and a cross-appeal by the respondent, arising out of Miss Nixon's claim for unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, and discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy and harassment.

This seemingly benign process may be having a disparate impact on the diversity of those hired, leading to a claim of racial discrimination.»

Thompsons NI has a long history of representing workers who have been discriminated against on the grounds of religion or political opinion, as well as disability, gender, race, age and sexual orientation discrimination claims.

A Cleveland employment defense lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

Ms. Schreiber now focuses her practice on assisting employees of businesses of all sizes in claims regarding workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, unpaid wages, and numerous other employment disputes.

My work includes representing employers defending Employment Tribunal claims and advising employers and individuals on all aspects of the employment relationship, including unfair dismissal, holiday pay, discrimination, and redundancy.

A Honolulu employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

A Seattle employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

The government also maintained that other factors, such as changes to employment law, the improving economy and the availability of alternative dispute resolution are also likely to have had an impact on the number of discrimination claims being pursued.

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.

A Grand Rapids employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

Greg is experienced in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, advising employers on workplace disputes, defence of whistleblowing and discrimination claims, major restructures and day to day queries.

Won defense verdict after jury trial on behalf of hospital client, dismissing all claims in a multi-count complaint alleging race discrimination

A useful clarification that the Supreme Court could have made if it had granted leave is the extent of the causal connection required between provisions of the ITA and the adverse impact it has on a particular group in order to make out an adverse effects discrimination claim.

Won administrative trial on behalf of retail coffee client, dismissing all age discrimination and retaliation claims (37 MDLR 154)

A Binghamton labor lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.