The Complainant, Krystyna Raczynska, launched a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission on
the grounds of age discrimination in the course of employment practices.
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Discrimination is forbidden on the
grounds of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability,
age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Fox Valley Park District provides programs, activities and facilities without
discrimination or segregation on the
grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, gender,
age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
prohibits
discrimination in employment or in the provision
of training and education on the
grounds of any
of the following protected characteristics:
age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Those issues included closing the «L.L.C. loophole» in campaign finance, amending the SAFE Act, passing GENDA, a law banning
discrimination on the
grounds of gender identity, and no amendments to raise the
age of adult criminal culpability.
EU citizens also enjoy legal protections
of the EU law, [7] specifically the Charter
of Fundamental Rights
of the European Union [8] and acts and directives regarding e. g. protection
of personal data, rights
of victims
of crime, preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, equal pay, protection from
discrimination in employment on
grounds of religion or belief, sexual orientation and
age.
Holiday and Sea Bay were both accused
of discrimination in 2007 after a single mom struggling to find a place to live complained about a Holiday policy that limited the time that families with a child between the
ages of 5 and 17 could stay on the
grounds.
I can accept
discrimination against myself on almost any
grounds be it looks, height, ethnicity or even the color
of my shoes, but not when it comes to
age.
The Federal Transit Laws, 49 U.S.C. 5332 (b), provide that «no person in the United States shall on the
grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or
age be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any project, program or activity funded in whole or in part through financial assistance under this Act.»
In Ontario, the Human Rights Code protects the «right to equal treatment with respect to employment without
discrimination because
of race, ancestry, place
of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,
age, record
of offences, marital status, family status or disability» and also protects against
discrimination based on the intersection
of multiple
of these
grounds.
The test to determine discriminatory conduct, in this case direct
age discrimination, is set out in reg 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031)(which is now repealed and set out in s 13 (1) and (2) of the Equality Act 2010): «For the purposes of these Regulations, a person («A») discriminates against another person («B») if, on the grounds of B's age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.&raq
age discrimination, is set out in reg 3
of the Employment Equality (
Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031)(which is now repealed and set out in s 13 (1) and (2) of the Equality Act 2010): «For the purposes of these Regulations, a person («A») discriminates against another person («B») if, on the grounds of B's age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.&raq
Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031)(which is now repealed and set out in s 13 (1) and (2)
of the Equality Act 2010): «For the purposes
of these Regulations, a person («A») discriminates against another person («B») if, on the
grounds of B's
age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.&raq
age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means
of achieving a legitimate aim.»
By contrast, in Kücükdeveci a subjective right for individuals could already be derived from Article 21 (1)
of the Charter which contained a prohibition
of discrimination on
grounds of age (para 47).
Thompsons NI has a long history
of representing workers who have been discriminated against on the
grounds of religion or political opinion, as well as disability, gender, race,
age and sexual orientation
discrimination claims.
Discrimination: Irrespective of length of service, an employee may bring a claim for discriminatory dismissal or discrimination based on any one of the nine discriminatory grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership of the travell
Discrimination: Irrespective
of length
of service, an employee may bring a claim for discriminatory dismissal or
discrimination based on any one of the nine discriminatory grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership of the travell
discrimination based on any one
of the nine discriminatory
grounds contrary to equality legislation (i.e., gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion,
age, disability, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin) and membership
of the traveller community).
Jan Mazák and Martin Moser assess the CJEU's legitimacy on the basis
of its use
of general principles
of law, especially that
of the prohibition
of discrimination on
grounds of age in controversial cases such as Mangold and Kücükdeveci.
McCormick complained, not unreasonably, that this violated the Code, which prohibits
discrimination in employment on the basis
of, among other
grounds,
age.
The Code prohibits
discrimination by a «person» against another «person» (the «complainant») on the basis
of various prohibited
grounds, such as race, sex and
age in various social contexts, such as provision
of services, housing and employment.
For the GCC, Mangold was problematic, both because there was a substantive disagreement regarding the nature
of discrimination on
grounds of age and, crucially, because the ruling was constitutionally unprincipled.
The claimant's submissions were directed, first, to reg 3, which permitted employers to justify direct
discrimination on the ground
of age; second, to reg 30 that provided that it did not constitute unlawful
discrimination for an employer to dismiss an employee on the
grounds of retirement at
age 65.
Irish and EU law prohibit workplace
discrimination on
grounds of age.
Other
grounds of discrimination include race, colour, sexual orientation,
age, sex, and others.
In Ireland, the Employment Equality Acts 1998 — 2015 prohibit
discrimination on
grounds of age, but specifically permit the use
of mandatory retirement
ages provided that they are «objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, and the means
of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.»
Under the Equality Act 2010,
discrimination on
grounds of age is unlawful unless it can be objectively justified as a proportionate means
of...
Under the Equality Act 2010,
discrimination on
grounds of age is unlawful unless it can be objectively justified as a proportionate means
of achieving a legitimate aim.
In Ontario, the prohibited
grounds of discrimination are: citizenship, race, place
of origin, ethnic origin, colour, ancestry, disability,
age, creed, sex / pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, receipt
of public assistance (in housing) and record
of offences (in employment).
Discrimination (including on
grounds of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, religion or belief, and disability) and equal treatment
Though they vary across provinces and territories,
grounds of discrimination can include race,
age, sex, ethnic origin, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or having a criminal record.
Some
of the prohibited
grounds for
discrimination under the Code include family status, creed, citizenship, ethnic origin, colour, race, sex,
age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status.
Provincial and federal human rights statutes protect people from
discrimination on the basis
of several
grounds such as
age, race, language and disability.
22 The right under sections 1 and 3 to equal treatment with respect to services and to contract on equal terms, without
discrimination because
of age, sex, marital status, family status or disability, is not infringed where a contract
of automobile, life, accident or sickness or disability insurance or a contract
of group insurance between an insurer and an association or person other than an employer, or a life annuity, differentiates or makes a distinction, exclusion or preference on reasonable and bona fide
grounds because
of age, sex, marital status, family status or disability.
The Canadian Human Rights Act defines the following prohibited
grounds of discrimination: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,
age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect
of which a record suspension has been ordered.
In employment matters, including the hiring process,
discrimination and harassment is prohibited in the Ontario Human Rights Code on the
grounds of race, ancestry, place
of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed (religion), sex, sexual orientation, handicap (disability and perceived disability),
age, marital status, same - sex partnership status, family status, record
of offences, gender identity and gender expression.
For all purposes
of this Act, the prohibited
grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,
age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability and conviction for which a pardon has been granted.
Article 6
of the Directive allows member states to provide that «differences
of treatment on
grounds of age shall not constitute
discrimination, if, within the context
of national law, they are objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, including legitimate employment policy, labour market and vocational training objectives, and if the means
of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary».
Equality and diversity officers aim to reduce workplace
discrimination on the
grounds of age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.
We wholeheartedly support the principle
of equal opportunities and oppose all forms
of unlawful and unfair
discrimination on the
grounds of colour, race, nationality, culture, religion or belief,
age, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital / civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or socio - economic group.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent organisation that investigates and resolves complaints about
discrimination, harassment and bullying on the basis
of race, sex, disability,
age, religion, sexual preference, criminal record, trade union activity and other
grounds.