Sentences with phrase «discrimination is against the law»

Mortgage discrimination is against the law.

Regardless of the situation, gender discrimination is against the law.

But none of this is on paper or e-mail, since gender discrimination is against the law, says Delhi - based recruiting expert Nitin Advani whose start - up ManPower Technologies interviews employees for mid - and senior management roles across India.

Two educational brochures, «Housing Rights» and «Discrimination is Against the Law,» are available through the Department of Fair Employment and Housing by calling [phone].

Not exact matches

Here are the states where you can still be fired for being gay because they don't have explicit laws that prevent discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace.

In addition to federal laws against gender - based discrimination, the American With Disabilities Act can be used to protect against the unlawful treatment of caregivers.

«Though the vast majority of Americans think it is wrong and should be against the law, [most state] laws do not protect the LGBT workforce from this kind of discrimination,» Peter Romer - Friedman, an attorney with Cohen Milstein, a law - firm in Washington, D.C., says.

Even if the religious freedom laws aren't intended to allow discrimination against LGBT people, the point is, with the state RFRA laws it's possible.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

This Act prohibited price discrimination by retailers among producers and by producers among retailers.63 Its aim was to prevent conglomerates and large companies from using their buyer power to extract crippling discounts from smaller entities, and to keep large manufacturers and retailers from teaming up against rivals.64 Like laws banning predatory pricing, the prohibition against price discrimination effectively curbed the power of size.

The ACLU is a powerhouse in advocating for the rights of immigrants, campaigning against discrimination and challenging state and federal laws.

Discrimination is against federal law.

Thy have found that it is possible to show compassion in recognizing the human aspect of homosexuality and to support laws against discrimination without compromising their theological position.

On Christian ethical grounds, I would recommend that all laws making criminal offenses of acts between consenting homosexual adults be repealed and that there be no blanket job discrimination against homosexual persons of either sex; further, I contend that exclusion of homosexual persons from churches (unless they are pushed out for a reason that would apply to heterosexuals in identical fashion) is untenable.

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

Instead of telling people that their interpretation is wrong, you can remind them that other religious texts have been used in the past to justify atudes and laws that are recognized today as morally wrong and unjust — such as discrimination against women, people of color and religious minorities.

If women are restricted as to what medicine is covered by their insurance provided by their employer but men aren't, that is discrimination and is against the law.

Bigotry isn't against the law but discrimination based on it is.

Endeavour Forum is one of the few women's organisations which speaks out against the oppression of women under Islam — not just radical Islam as in ISIS and Boko Haram, but mainstream Islam which allows polygamy, child marriage, discrimination against women in divorce proceedings and inheritance laws.

Like most UN human rights treaties, its implementation by state parties is overseen by a compliance committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the Committee.

The most basic discrimination in America, despite laws against it, is in housing — in the dynamics that determine where people live.

She was an instrumental figure in helping to pass the Fitness and Equity Students Athletic Bill, the first law in Maryland to end discrimination against athletes with a disability.

Your other main rights are an entitlement to maternity pay and maternity pay or maternity allowance and just as importantly, employment law in the UK gives you protection against unfair treatment, discrimination or dismissal as a result of your pregnancy.

Maternity discrimination, such as prohibiting mothers from breastfeeding in cafés or restaurants, is now against the law under the Equality Act 2010, but the Act does not apply in the workplace.

«What they describe as discrimination and marginalisation of Christians is in fact the proper upholding of human rights and equalities law and principles — principles which protect all people against unfair treatment — and we are pleased that the court has recognised this.

Ladele and McFarlane's argument was that they should be able to discriminate against gay people, against laws banning discrimination in the provision of goods and services.

Equality We want a society which is based on equality and respect for diversity with robust equality laws against irrelevant discrimination, not least in the context of the «religion or belief» and «sexual orientation» equality strands.

We have warned time and time again that the policies and laws dreamt up to make things as unpleasant as possible for undocumented migrants, will also cause discrimination against migrants who are here legally, as well as against ethnic minority British citizens.

As Avi pointed out the Supreme Court has ruled against discrimination based on race but racial discrimination is protected by federal law and would have been illegal even outside of the primaries.

Poloncarz also said he expects to gain more headway with his proposed Fair Housing Law, which adds to existing state and federal anti-discrimination legislation to prohibit housing discrimination based on sources of income, which are frequently cited as a pretext for discriminating against prospective tenants and buyers based on race, marital status and disabilities.

A con - con will also be a way to enshrine certain protections in the law, including safeguarding voting rights, implementing campaign finance reform and protecting against sexual and gender discrimination.

«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» the governor said in a press release announcing his executive order.

Equal rights, protections against discrimination, environmental safeguards, campaign finance reform and laws codifying a woman's right to an abortion are other possible changes.

The UK leaving the European Union could put some protection of important rights at risk: there is a danger that labour rights and protections against discrimination in UK law, which are underpinned by EU rules, could be watered down by parliament in future.

«Current law allowing 14 year olds to get married is discrimination against women written explicitly in our statues,» Paulin said.

«We believe it would be unreasonable, unnecessary and unjust discrimination against Catholics for the government to insist that if they wish to continue to work with local authorities, Catholic adoption agencies must act against the teaching of the church and their own consciences by being obliged in law to provide such a service.»

Downing Street said it was looking for a pragmatic solution - however, cabinet ministers have been outspoken against any idea of an exemption, and Labour backbenchers have also warned that they can not accept the new discrimination laws being watered down.

The attack comes as new research shows eight out of ten adults wrongly assume age discrimination is already against the law.

Cuomo on Sunday said he would write his own reproductive health measure, which is part of an overall package of women's equality bills that include pay equity and provisions to strengthen violence against women laws, along with new propsoals to prevent workplace discrimination.

«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state.»

I don't think any candidate for office in New York State - where we have strong laws against discrimination due to sex — should hold any meetings in a place where female members of the press are not allowed.

But much to her chagrin, finds the discrimination described is actually not against the law.

«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» Cuomo said.

«These regulations affirm that all transgender individuals are protected under the State's Human Rights Law, and all public and private employers, housing providers, businesses, creditors and others should know that discrimination against transgender persons is unlawful and will not be tolerated anywhere in the State of New York,» read the press release announcing the action.

«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» Cuomo said in the statement.

«I think it's quite clear that voices of conscience all over the country are expressing outrage at these decisions which are reinstituting discrimination against the LGBT community,» he said, adding, «My hope is that both these states will relent, but we certainly are not going to have any non-essential travel to those states if these laws do continue in effect.»

According to Councilmember Dromm: «Before [Schneiderman] was Attorney General, he worked with our LGBT community to pass SONDA [2002] and DASA [2010] in the State Senate, laws that provide important protections against workplace discrimination and school harassment.»

Malliotakis argues that her critics take her votes out of context, such as her vote against a 2011 bill to bar discrimination based on race, gender, or national origin, which she said she opposed because it is redundant to existing state and federal law.

Women athletes and scientists today marked the 37th anniversary of a U.S. law prohibiting discrimination against women in education at a White House event during which young women were urged to go for the gold.

«There is little cultural awareness of singlism,» says DePaulo, «yet discrimination against single people is written into the law.