Sentences with phrase «equality legislation which»

She told Labour MPs and supporters: «Everything we're proud of — from the NHS, to the minimum wage, to equality legislation which has civilised our society — is there because we were in Government.

According to Wilshaw, these schools showed signs that they do not «conform to the spirit of the equalities legislation which underpins the spiritual moral social and cultural standard».

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Again, we can ask whether the spate of hate - speech and «equality» legislation in Britain and other European countries — not to mention the restrictions on public manifestations of faith, the right to which has been upheld again and again by both domestic and European courts — also falls foul of this Article.

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

The Equality Act, which brought together nine separate pieces of equality legislation together, came into force last week.

At the same time, the conference is wary of approving his women's equality legislation, which is expected to include an abortion and reproductive rights provision.

For me to support marriage equality, however, it was imperative that the legislation contain all the necessary religious exemptions, so as not to interfere with religious beliefs which I hold as important as equal rights.

The Shadow Women and Equalities minister said the Prime Minister had «presided over racist legislation» which was reminiscent of the «no blacks, no Irish, no dogs» abuse from decades ago.

Funke contends that one part of the equality act would actually expand late - term abortions, and he says he could support other parts of the legislation, which would give a boost to laws against sexual harassment, domestic violence and salary discrimination.

Outgoing Governor David Paterson has given up on marriage equality in NY, at least on his watch: Mr. Paterson described his frustrations over the defeat of the legislation, which was one of his top priorities, as he reflected on his legacy during an... Read

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.

With an «equality rally» outside City Hall before the full Council held a meeting at which some of the bills were introduced, legislators, advocates, and service providers expressed support for the legislation and argued for its necessity in light of Donald Trump's election as President.

(2) The judicial dicta in the cases deciding the ambit and scope of the status of EU citizenship and rights contained therein has established that the telos of the positive law is to establish a fundamental and autonomous status of equality for all Member State nationals which guarantees a set of political and economic rights implemented via secondary legislation;

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that medicare and hospitalization legislation under which the health services were granted violated the equality rights of deaf persons under the Charter, as without sign language interpretation, they were not able to receive the same health - care services as hearing persons.

Recent changes to human rights legislation in Ontario have made human rights and equality law a dynamic and challenging area in which to practice.

In McGill, supra note 129, the Supreme Court of Canada stated at para. 20, «[s] ince the right to equality is a fundamental right, the parties to a collective agreement can not agree to a level of protection that is lower than the one to which employees are entitled under human rights legislation...»

The new duties include: a general duty to promote equality of opportunity which applies to most public authorities; a range of specific duties applying only to named authorities, to reinforce the general duty; and an obligation not to discriminate in the performance of public functions, where this is not already covered by existing legislation.

Following the December changes to EU gender equality legislation Ian McIntosh, CEO of RED Driving School commented on the situation: «Price comparison website confused.com has recently released statistics which, -LSB-...]

This is great news for making strides in gender pay equality, which was one of the goals of the legislation — it marked a significant step in the right direction.

TDs will vote on a vital piece of legislation, which will move our society towards a place of greater equality and fairness.