Sentences with phrase «female workers against»

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The government can, however, impose health and safety requirements on all EMPLOYERS — they can require a minimum wage, they can require that female or minority workers are not discriminated against, and so forth.

«The persistent relationship between enforcement of prostitution and drug use policies (eg confiscation of drug use paraphernalia without arrest, and enforced displacement to outlying areas) suggests that criminalisation may enhance the likelihood of violence against street - based female sex workers,» Professor Shannon said.

According to the report's author, Professor Kate Shannon, factors such as being forced to service clients in cars or public places, inability to access drug treatment and a prior assault by police all correlated with violence against female sex workers.

Sian Reeves, pupil barrister, at 1 Temple Gardens, says that although it is inevitable that the decision will encourage disgruntled female workers to bring discrimination claims against their union, it may not be the end of the story.

[3] In this case, the respondents the Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, whose objects include improving working conditions for female sex workers, and Ms. Kiselbach, have launched a broad constitutional challenge to the prostitution provisions of theCriminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. Workers United Against Violence Society, whose objects include improving working conditions for female sex workers, and Ms. Kiselbach, have launched a broad constitutional challenge to the prostitution provisions of theCriminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. workers, and Ms. Kiselbach, have launched a broad constitutional challenge to the prostitution provisions of theCriminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C - 46.

In a much - awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a huge discrimination lawsuit against Wal - Mart that had been filed as a class action by female workers.