Sentences with phrase «discrimination case against»

Attorney Hawks - Ladds had successfully prevented a tenant from intervening in a Superior Court housing discrimination case against his clients; the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the tenant appealed the denial of her right to intervene.

In this edition we look at a recent high profile sex discrimination case against the Met Police, proposals to extend paternity leave to six weeks, the latest in our series on injunctions and the employment law changes that come in tomorrow.

In April 2016, Mr. Mavrick obtained final dismissal of a pregnancy discrimination case against a physician's practice located in Broward County, Florida.

Obtained a $ 1.4 million verdict (upheld after appeals) for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and failure to accommodate in a disability discrimination case against his former employer and manager.

Obtained a $ 365,000 settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and retaliatory harassment in a race and sex discrimination case against her former employer and manager.

The high court ruled that the Law Against Discrimination's two - year limitations period for bringing a discrimination case against an employer was a «public - purpose imperative» and that any contractual clause that shortened this time period was automatically unenforceable because it was contrary to public policy.

Teacher of Palestinian Origin Allowed to Pursue Title VII Discrimination Case Against New Jersey School, New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog, Sept. 27, 2017

«With the recent ruling awarding 30 million dollars to saleswoman Laura Zubulake, who won her sex discrimination case against UBS with the help of subpoenaed e-mail messages, a Pandora's box of issues is emerging regarding work - product privileges in this new age of electronic communications.

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Secured a favorable settlement for clients in a housing discrimination case against a local housing authority.

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A California judge has ordered a class - action discrimination case against online dating site eHarmony into mediation, attorneys for both sides confirmed Friday.

This was part of a settlement agreement with the New Jersey Attorney General that involved a discrimination case against the company.

Not exact matches

What if it can be used against the company in a wrongful - termination lawsuit or an age - discrimination case?

In two cases against the U.S. Postal Service in 2011, the EEOC ruled that gender stereotyping claims are indeed sex - discrimination claims.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

Drug Dependence and the Protection Against Employment Discrimination Case Commented On: Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp., 2017 SCC 30 (CanLII) The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Stewart v Elk... Continue reading →

What good are morals if the one giving them supports morals that most people consider to be awful like slavery and discrimination against women, gays and the handicapped, as well as beating children and slaves without punishment in some cases?

Commission chair Patricia L. Gattling said in her official statement that «Today, the NYC Commission on Human Rights settled the cases it had filed in August 2012 against seven businesses on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn based on gender and religious discrimination — the posting of signs in the store windows that discriminated against women.»

Speaking on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Peter Tatchell said: «He can't perhaps comment about the individuality of that particular case, but he certainly could comment on the principle, which is that he has, in the past, supported legal discrimination against gay people.

«We have a law against discrimination and in these cases it is question of particularly insulting treatment.»

In multiple cases, courts have ruled that such discrimination against orthodox persons and organisations is illegal but, as French notes, that doesn't stop the academic thought patrol from trying again and again.

It's not (although if you want to make a case for systemic discrimination against African American women as a factor I might listen — clearly, though, this is not what you're getting at).

There has also been a dramatic fall in sexual discrimination and pregnancy discrimination cases made against employers since women were priced out of justice when expensive tribunal fees were introduced.

Unfortunately, widely publicized cases of discrimination such this one at a restaurant and this one on an airplane can lead women to feel that discrimination against public breastfeeding is widespread.

A rule banning specifically Muslim religious clothing may constitute direct discrimination against Muslims, but in these two cases the rules more generally banned visible religious clothing, in pursuit of a policy of neutrality, so it was found that direct discrimination had not occurred.

As NCCL Legal Officer Harriet represented Brenda Clarke in a successful landmark Sex Discrimination Act case against her employer, Ely Kinnock, who had discriminated against women part - timers through a redundancy scheme which made part - timers redundant before full - timers.

Washington - based lawyer Les Alderman has represented victims in several workplace discrimination lawsuits on Capitol Hill, including a sexual harassment case against a Texas congressman.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

For instance, 40 % quotas on all electoral lists, harsher punishments for men in cases of domestic violence, special judicial and economic assistance for women who are victims of gender violence, a requirement for corporations with more than 250 employees to have their own equality plan aimed at eliminating discrimination against women, etc..

The case, which is being brought by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC), challenges the legality of the process by which the schools were set up, outside of competition by the back door, and is the first ever challenge against new schools because of religious discrimination.

The BHA, which intervened in the High Court case against the school in 2008 and in the Court of Appeal, says the case illuminates the wide discrimination in admissions that state - funded «faith schools» believe they are permitted to employ.

Pomeranz uses the examples of discrimination against blacks and gays to make her case.

The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a case alleging religious discrimination by the Muskogee, Okla., district against a Muslim girl who wore a head covering in school.

A California judge last week upheld a $ 4 million verdict against the state department of education, but dismissed $ 150,000 in punitive damages against former schools chief Delaine Eastin in a case alleging discrimination against a whistle - blower.

The high court will also use an employment - discrimination case from the private sector to clarify whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the main federal job - discrimination law, covers retaliation by employers against former employees as well as job applicants...

In the Boy Scouts case, the Court found that preventing discrimination against homosexuals by private organizations was not a sufficiently compelling state interest.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

But given contemporary norms against such discrimination, this case is unlikely to arise.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

OCR intervened a number of times in support of cases against school districts that have failed to protect LGBT students from bullying, harassment, and discrimination.

Here are a couple more resources to consult when creating your case against breed discrimination:

Even facing undeniably real problems — say, discrimination against gay people — one can make the case that gradual change has actually been the best option.

The test to determine discriminatory conduct, in this case direct age discrimination, is set out in reg 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031)(which is now repealed and set out in s 13 (1) and (2) of the Equality Act 2010): «For the purposes of these Regulations, a person («A») discriminates against another person («B») if, on the grounds of B's age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.»

One of those cases, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, No. 16 - 111, pits allegations of unlawful sexual - orientation discrimination against First Amendment values of free speech and free exercise of religion.

Article 56 TFEU requires not only the elimination of all discrimination against providers of services on grounds of nationality or the fact that they are established in a Member State other than that where the services are to be provided, but also the abolition of any restriction, even if it applies without distinction to national providers of services and to those of other Member States, which is liable to prohibit, impede or render less advantageous the activities of a provider of services established in another Member State where he lawfully provides similar services (Case C ‑ 475 / 11 Konstantinides [2013] ECR, paragraph 44 and the case - law citCase C ‑ 475 / 11 Konstantinides [2013] ECR, paragraph 44 and the case - law citcase - law cited).

The students assume the role of a partner in a firm approached by a friend regarding a possible case of sex discrimination against her former employer.

This was a very significant case for women's equality rights as it gave LEAF and its coalition partners an opportunity to elaborate on the key human rights concepts of adverse - effect discrimination and the duty to accommodate, as well as to argue against the idea of «reverse discrimination».

In this case, the Tribunal addressed two applications against a school board in which a parent alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate his children's respective disabilities under Ontario's Human Rights Code (the «Code»).