Sentences with phrase «equality duty in»

«The research highlights the urgent need to ensure that schools and employers comply with their statutory equalities duties in respect of sex discrimination.

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This would assume an «imaginative,» not a historical, disposition: a divine intent in history, God - gifted immutable laws of morality, to which man has a duty to conform; order as a first requirement of good governance, achieved best by a restraint and respect for custom and tradition; variety as more desirable than systematic uniformity and liberty more desirable than equality; the honor and duty of a good life in a good community as taking precedence over individual desire; an embrace of a skepticism toward reason and abstract principle.

He highlighted Britain's achievements as a «pluralist democracy which places great value on freedom of speech, freedom of political affiliation and respect for the rule of law, with a strong sense of the individual's rights and duties, and of the equality of all citizens before the law and noted that there was much in common here with Catholic social teaching.

The second is the principle which defines the idea of fatherland or nation in the most tolerant and human sense, a principle which guarantees equality of rights and national duties for those of all races, colors, languages, and ideologies existing in the country.

They thought the truth of the Church's teaching about conjugal morality and fertility regulation could be presented in a humane and personalistic way: one that acknowledged both the moral duty to plan one's family and the demands of self - sacrifice in conjugal life; one that affirmed methods of fertility - regulation that respected the body's dignity and its built - in moral «grammar;» one that that recognized the moral equality and equal moral responsibility of men and women, rather than leaving the entire burden of fertility - regulation on the wife.

But traditional Hindu metaphysics, as P.T. Raju points out, has been preoccupied with moksha, the ultimate realization of oneness and equality of all in the Spirit, mostly forgetting that it is necessary to bring witness of oneness and equality within the social structures created for the human pursuit of wealth (artha), temporal happiness (kama) and duty (dharma).

The Duty requires that public authorities prioritise actions that result in significant benefits to gender equality (paragraph 2.26 of the guidance).

Not only are the governing bodies of free schools failing in a core function to ensure that statutory duties are met, the Department for Education is also failing to make sure that free schools take promoting equality seriously.

«We have now looked at free schools that have opened in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and over the course of these three years there seems to be very little improvement in terms of commitment to and implementation of equality duties.»

This protection, in turn, offered a shield against public sector equality duties that Baroness O'Cathain and her supporters so feared.

«The public sector equality duty had only been in place a month when the Coalition announced the review.

Congress asserts that statutory codes have a valuable role to play in ensuring that employers comply with their duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination and advance equality of opportunity.

While Cecil is performing admirably in his duties, his eldest son Louis (David Oyelowo) becomes an activist, determined to secure racial equality.

These duties require schools to promote equality of opportunity in everything that they do.

(a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism, and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity, including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.

I am told that they came into existence as a sect about 1830; in 1843 their chief preacher was a man of some energy, Eric Janson by name; and he taught them the duty of living after the manner of the Primitive Christian Church, inculcating humble and prayerful lives, equality of conditions, and community of property.

This duty has evolved, along with the definition of what is a just society, to encompass the obligation of members to promote equality, diversity and inclusion generally, and in members» behaviour towards colleagues, employees, clients and the public.»

Finally, in all that hand waiving, you have one possible source of authority for the proposition that lawyers have a duty to promote equality — the commentary to section 6.3.1 - 3 of the Rules of Professional Conduct (the «Rules»).

Provided there is in fact a legally established duty on Ontario lawyers to promote equality, diversity and inclusion, then there is no reason whatsoever why licensees can not be required to acknowledge that duty, and identify strategies for accomplishing it.

First, if one accepts that the obligation to acknowledge one's duty to «promote equality, diversity and inclusion generally» is a form of compelled speech, then it's hard to see how such an obligation can be justified under section 1, given that no such obligation actually exists — hard to see how an obligation to acknowledge a non-existent obligation is a reasonable limitation that can be justified in a free and democratic society.

Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect existing (and unambiguous) legal and ethical obligations and which are consistent with constitutional requirements and principles (as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual existing obligations under the Rules, rather than a general duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).

Seen in context, it's clear that paragraph 8 of the commentary to section 6.3.1 (3) doesn't impose a duty on lawyers to promote equality, it does impose an obligation on lawyers, in fulfilling their duty not to discriminate, to accommodate employees and clients — consistent with Ontario Human Rights Law, which has the effect of promoting equality.

The problem, however, as Anne Vespry cogently argued on our legal ethics listserv (and «Bob Smith» also noted in comments on Omar Ha - Redeye's SLAW column), is that it is not clear that there is a legal basis for claiming that Ontario lawyers have a duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion understood as a requirement to take active steps toward making the profession more equal, diverse and inclusive.

You're still going in circles when you say that «It may well be that the purpose of the duty of accommodation is to «promote equality», it doesn't follow that lawyers have a duty to promote equality...» The lawyers involved indeed have a duty to accommodate under the Code within their workplaces, which again is the primary thrust of the Statement.

Indeed, it would be very odd to impose a duty to promote equality in the sentence discussing circumstances where discriminatory results are permissible.

No competent court would find an express duty to «promote equality, diversity and inclusions» based on on the inclusion of the words «promote equality» found in the commentary to the rules.

Further, requiring a licensee to identify strategies that will «promote» equality, diversity and inclusion does not require a licensee to make public statements in favour of the duty to promote, or even in favour of equality, diversity and inclusion.

In the Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011, (SI 2011/1060) the list of public authorities covered by the public sector equality duty contained within s 149 is expanded.

Four issues had been identified by the parties: (i) whether the Court of Appeal had correctly held that the 2009 and 2010 care plan reviews were to be read as including a reassessment of the claimant's community care needs; (ii) whether the authority's decision to provide pads interfered with the claimant's Art 8 rights and, if so, whether such an interference was justified and proportionate; (iii) whether the authority had been operating any relevant policy or practice for the purposes of s 21E (1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995) and, if so, whether that policy was justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, namely the equitable allocation of limited care resources; and (iv) whether the authority had failed to have due regard to the needs specified in s 49A of DDA 1995 (the general disability equality duty) when carrying out their functions in the instant case.

If jurors only had the official responsibility set out by the trial judge in Stanley, their ethical duties would be straightforward, and very similar to those of a judge — to be impartial, diligent, principled, respectful of equality, and fair in their assessment of the evidence in light of the law set out by the trial judge.

access to public services and the public sector equality duty (in relation to both workforce and service provision issues)

Further, the EAT noted that there would be a gap in equality law protection if an employer, who wrongly perceives that an employee's impairment might at some point affect their work, could dismiss the employee in advance to avoid any duty to make allowances or adjustments in line with equality legislation.

In both cases, the court emphasised the importance of following statutory guidance, carrying out adequate consultation and complying with the general public sector equality duty.

Needs were assessed and reviewed, and service provision decisions taken, in a way which complied with the general disability equality duties despite the fact that the decision maker had not consciously set out to comply with those duties.

A duty on public bodies to promote equality between carers and non-carers — as they already have in Northern Ireland; and

The general disability equality duties contained in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995), s 49A apply to the exercise of a local authority's functions under the community care legislation.

The issue in R (M) v Birmingham CC [2009] EWHC 688 (Admin) was whether a local authority had complied with its general disability equality duties despite not having consciously taken them into account when assessing a disabled person's community care needs and making service provision decisions based on those needs.

It is clear that in any case where the decision may affect large numbers of disabled people, the necessary due regard to the needs of disabled people under the public sector equality duty is very high.

● The council's proposals did not render them in breach of its general disability equality duties under s 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

The general duties require local authorities to have regard to a range of «needs» in carrying out their functions, for example the need to promote equality of opportunity between disabled persons and other persons.

It is imperative that the duty to accommodate be given full effect, to fulfill the right of people with disabilities to substantive equality, and to «foster a society in which there are no impediments to full and free participation in the economic, social, political and cultural life of British Columbia.»

Within the labour movement we have a duty to be vigilant in our fight against racism as a barrier to equality and solidarity.

He regularly advises local authorities in relation governance and elections, financial arrangements, borrowing powers, land transactions and regeneration schemes, trading arrangements, powers to charge, Council Tax, equality and diversity obligations (including the public sector equality duty), and vires.

I mean, if one accepts that you have a general duty to promote equality, can you ethically vote for tax cuts for the rich or a reduction in minimum wage rates (which might predictably increase one form of inequality)?

He is particularly experienced in local authority law, in areas such as consultation and equality duties, governance and constitutional issues and public procurement.

Governments do have a duty to treat people equality — an express duty found in secction 15 of the Charter.

Looking at the behaviour of the government in relation to the equality duties under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), one might be tempted to think not.

The government decided that authorities should not be «burdened» with the requirement to publish the volume of information that the previous government had required them to produce in order to demonstrate that they were complying with the public sector equality duty.

In the recent attempt at dismantling the effectiveness of the public sector equality duties under the EqA 2010, two approaches have been adopted by the government.

As the Law Society has indicated, in the documentation accompanying the recommendation as well as the legal opinion that accompanied the report to Convocation, the duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness — not only in our legal practices, but also in our public lives — is implicit in the existing rules and obligations governing licensees, and not a new obligation.