The FHA is designed to eliminate
discrimination against protected classes (such as discrimination based on national origin) in the housing marketplace.
The Act is designed to eliminate from the housing marketplace
discrimination against protected classes, which includes discrimination against handicapped individuals as well as racial discrimination.
The Act is intended to eliminate from the housing marketplace
discrimination against protected classes, including discrimination in the «sale or rental» of property based on race or familial status.
The EEOC has issued guidance that requires employers to take specific steps to avoid disparate impact
discrimination against protected classes.
In this view, the individualized assessment is a «safeguard» to be used only when the targeted screening is insufficient to fairly avoid
discrimination against a protected class.
the best thing you can do to protect yourself is set a policy that is legal (i.e
no discrimination against a protected class) and stick with it... PERIOD.
Not exact matches
The Cooper Union has established separate policies, published elsewhere, to adjudicate claims of academic dishonesty, sexual and relationship violence, and claims of
discrimination or harassment
against a
protected class (e.g., race, sex, gender expression and identity, and disability).
DOJ entrusted Allan to represent the United States in some of its most high profile cases including a large
class action challenging the New York City Fire Department's (FDNY) pattern of
discrimination against Black and Hispanic applicants - which settled for about $ 100 million - and the first - ever employment
discrimination lawsuit that DOJ filed to
protect the rights of a transgender individual.
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.
Partly because of this, a thicket of laws has grown up around employment intended to ensure fair access to jobs for everyone who wants one without
discrimination against anyone for being a member of a
protected class.
Federal laws
protect many
classes of job applicants
against discrimination when seeking employment.
If you learn something about a person as part of a
protected class, you may not be able to take adverse action
against that person without triggering a
discrimination charge.
Employers need to know how to
protect themselves
against allegations of
discrimination and issues with authenticity and privacy if no further action is taken after the discovery on the Internet that a person is a member of a
protected class or when finding negative information.
«The
discrimination has to be
against a «
protected class & # — a group that has suffered
discrimination based on a status it can't change, like gender, race or age — or shouldn't be forced to change, like religion.
Today, the Code is renowned for its progressive attitude toward equal opportunity and fair housing, surpassing the federal government's own laws prohibiting
discrimination against various
protected classes.
Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the law prohibits housing
discrimination against seven
protected classes — race, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status and / or physical and mental handicaps.