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I'd also be curious, I don't generally deal with discrimination issues, if a firm declines to interview or hire people because they attended TWU, or requires «assurances» that they don't from anyone else, isn't that in effect discrimination on the basis of religion?

He declared that Ms. Meiorin suffered adverse - effect discrimination on the basis of sex, and that the employer failed to meet its duty to accommodate her to the point of undue hardship as they had not shown that the aerobic capacity standard was necessary for the safe and efficient performance of the work.

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Dimon, 61, touched on wide range of topics, from America's political climate to racial discrimination to the effects of the U.K. leaving the European Union.

In effect, the amendment to their constitution («Amendment 2») would have removed from legislatures the authority to pass statutes that barred discriminations based on «sexual orientation.»

Any condition of social injustice, economic deprivation, political tyranny, or racial discrimination has a deleterious effect on the self - esteem of the victims.

It is true that the old section 49 on price discrimination was couched purely in terms of effect.

Ofcos matters of price discrimination also come into play n not forgetting the elasticity n cross elasticity too of the tickets coz in a case of inelastic demand, then the tickets price can go up but with little or no effect on sales.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 described a disabled person as someone with «a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long - term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day - to - day activities», which has or can be expected to last for more than 12 months.

It's unconscionable that five decades after the Equal Pay Act was signed that there are still some employers who don't recognize the impact pay discrimination has on our entire community and how it negatively effects our local economy.»

Without authenticity, racial diversity had no significant effect on feelings of discrimination.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

On the contrary: It has inspired damaging side effects, including food and weight preoccupation, eating disorders, stress, and discrimination.

«The impact of the country's first female nominee is perceived differently across the electorate including how Clinton's gender will impact her chances of being elected and what the long - term effects will be on gender discrimination,» said Trevor Tompson, director of The AP - NORC Center.

Six in 10 do not expect a Clinton Administration to have any effect on the level of discrimination against women, while a quarter anticipate a reduction in the amount of discrimination women would face if Clinton is elected.

When Barr and Canup simulated the effects of LHB's impacts on Ganymede and Callisto, they found plenty of discrimination.

«We found that a lot of the harmful effects of discrimination on health occurs because it's so damaging to our relationships,» he said.

Race - based stressors, including perceived discrimination and the fear of fulfilling negative stereotypes, have psychological effects and physiological effects on the body, which may contribute to the racial - ethnic achievement gap, new Northwestern University research suggests.

To better understand the discrimination at play and whether it was pro-white or anti-black the researchers tested a scenario in which the amount of money given to whites had no effect on how much was available to give to blacks, and vice versa.

«Research has shown the destructive effects harassment, discrimination, and bullying can have on not only the people directly involved but on the research, institutions, students, faculty, or colleagues surrounding the misconduct.»

In dystonia patients, rTMS had no effect on discrimination; fMRI showed similar cortical effects to controls except for no effects in BG.

They studied rTMS effects on tactile discrimination accuracy and concomitant rTMS - induced changes in hemodynamic activity measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Failure of rTMS to increase BG activation in dystonia may be associated with the lack of effect on sensory discrimination in this group and may reflect impaired processing in BG - S1 connections.

Community partners gathered today to launch the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion (CRHESI), a new organization focused on studying the effects of inequality and discrimination to...

This study tested for a positive effect of donepezil (0.3 and 0.6 mg / kg, IP, 1 hour pretreatment time, start of dosing 1 week prior to swim test) on the performance of R6 / 2 mice in a simple visual discrimination task, the two - choice swim test.

Discrimination of ionizing radiation effects on bone using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy using K - means

In fact, eliminating the use of disparate impact would have the salutary effect of forcing OCR to focus on actual, provable discrimination, instead of letting it skate by with spurious uses of statistical disparities.

Yet the administration's position is much more radical, stating clearly that a «policy that is neutral on its face» and «administered in an even - handed manner» can still «result in unlawful discrimination» if it has a «disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

The package included a «Dear Colleague» letter, issued jointly by DOE and DOJ, warning against intentional racial discrimination but also stating that schools unlawfully discriminate even «if a policy is neutral on its face — meaning that the policy itself does not mention race — and is administered in an evenhanded manner but has a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

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.

«This research provides further evidence for the positive effect of school - based supports — comprehensive anti-bullying policies, Gay - Straight Alliances (GSAs), supportive educators and LGBT - inclusive curriculum — on LGBTQ students» experiences with harassment and discrimination and, ultimately, their educational outcomes,» said Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN's Chief Research & Strategy Officer.

Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma, edited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Marcelo Suárez - Orozco and Utrecht University Professor Antonius C.G.M. Robben, draws on the work of anthropologists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to look at the complex, overlapping ways that societies and individuals come to grips with the traumatic effects of violence, humiliation, discrimination, and feelings of historical injustice.

See: Abigail Wozniak (2015), «Discrimination and the effects of drug testing on black employment,» Review of Economics and Statistics 97 (3): 548 - 566; David H. Autor and David Scarborough (2008), «Does Job Testing Harm Minority Workers?

This is precisely what the authors of The Widget Effect report did, after which they argued for wide - scale system reform, so that increased discrimination among teachers, and reduced indifference on the part of evaluating principals, could occur.

The focus on negative outcomes among black men has led to programs to instill «grit,» charter schools that «sweat the small stuff,» i.e. suspend and expel children, and other initiatives that dismiss the effects of housing and employment discrimination, access to capital and the prison - industrial complex on black families while privileging white men.

I will explain how housing discrimination caused segregation in neighborhoods and in schools and how Sacramento's commitment to creating more affordable housing has had a positive effect in Sacramento on not only its neighborhoods but on the schools as well.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program is an affirmative action program designed to combat discrimination and its continuing effects by providing contracting opportunities on Federally - funded highway, transit, and airport projects for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

The study concludes that this effect is likely due to better text discrimination on the backlit displays.

The governor signed House Bill 97 into law in November of 2014 and it went into effect in 2015, making Utah the 19th state in the nation to have a statewide ban on breed discrimination.

Dr. Clive Wynne will be discussing all aspects of the research being carried at the Canine Science Collaboratory, including research in social reinforcement, odor discrimination in learning and the effects of odor on behavior, as well as gesture studies Canine cognition, domestic dogs and human gestures, domestic dogs, human speech and more.

Still black - and - white photographs flicker on screen as Parks narrates instances of decrepit living conditions and unstable employment, shedding light on the real life effects of discrimination.

3.3.2 In practice, there are many possible sources of uncertainty in a measurement, including: a) incomplete definition of the measurand; b) imperfect reaIization of the definition of the measurand; c) nonrepresentative sampling — the sample measured may not represent the defined measurand; d) inadequate knowledge of the effects of environmental conditions on the measurement or imperfect measurement of environmental conditions; e) personal bias in reading analogue instruments; f) finite instrument resolution or discrimination threshold; g) inexact values of measurement standards and reference materials; h) inexact values of constants and other parameters obtained from external

Focusing on the rights of those who are already vulnerable and marginalized due to poverty and discrimination, a human rights - based approach to climate change can be a useful tool to complement international efforts aimed at tackling the adverse effects of global warming.

Schrenk's position was that the original trial judge had erred and misinterpreted the Code by concluding that all that had been required to establish the Tribunal's jurisdiction was that Mashgoul had been negatively effected in the course of his employment by discrimination on prohibited grounds.

The words «on a prohibited ground of discrimination» add nothing more than a casual link between the protected classes and the differentiation or effects.

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».

had a disadvantageous effect on them because of their creed as it interfered with their ability to adhere to their religious beliefs, which constituted indirect or adverse effect 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.

Accommodation means making changes to certain rules, standards, policies, workplace cultures and physical environments to ensure that they don't have a negative effect on a person who is protected from discrimination under human rights laws.

The logic of this is that the institution can not discriminate on the basis of sex, if they do, they can be punished, but they can also «erase» the discrimination if they «overcome the effects» of the discrimination.

Banning religious symbols may be indirect discrimination if it has a disproportionate effect on a particular religion or belief.