Sentences with phrase «equality legislation protects»
Domestic equality legislation protects people from illegitimate discrimination and so engenders a public space where individual liberty can thrive.
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However, the Kirk and other churches are protected under the equalities legislation to decide whether or not to participate.
The right to breastfeed anywhere, anytime is protected, for instance, by equality legislation in the UK, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and by U.S. state laws.
Flanagan spokesman Scott Reif made a distinction between positions held by the Senate GOP and Trump's national candidacy, saying the Senate passed women's equality legislation that «ensures equal pay for equal work, protects the victims of domestic violence and creates zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace.»
Co-sponsored legislation to strengthen Ulster County's human rights laws to ensure that ALL people are protected and given equality under the law.
Lancman, a lawyer who served Assembly District 25 for six years, has also passed a significant volume of legislation, including theLibel Terrorism Protection Act, which aims to protect journalists writing about terrorism abroad from being hit with defamation lawsuits, and a host of bills related to equality andsafety in the workplace.
Other workplace rights, which Mr Corbyn will say are protected by the EU, include maternity leave and equality legislation.
Section 33 allows Parliament and provincial legislatures to immunize legislation from judicial review and invalidation under sections 2 and 7 to 15 of the Charter — provisions protecting, among other things, the freedoms of religion and expression, the due process rights of the accused in criminal cases, and most equality rights.
Although recent advances in marriage equality have protected many rights of adoptive LGBT parents, legislation is still catching up on some issues surrounding parental rights.
The report states that the principle of equality requires that legislation protects native title from the destructive impact of mining and other developments (p71).