Sentences with phrase «made against employers»

There has also been a dramatic fall in sexual discrimination and pregnancy discrimination cases made against employers since women were priced out of justice when expensive tribunal fees were introduced.

If it becomes clear that the employee has acted outside the scope of employment, the employer is unlikely to continue to provide support unless it would be in its interests to do so because, for example, there is a potential for related civil claims to be made against the employer.

Not exact matches

The employer should make sure that they have a legitimate case against the employee in this instance because many situations are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other laws that protect employees.

By making it clear that discrimination against LGBT employees is prohibited, employers will better position themselves to recruit not only the estimated three percent of the population that identifies as LGBT, but also other candidates, particularly millennials, who expect to work in a diverse and inclusive workplace,» Phillis said in emailed comments.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

«These religious employers make far - reaching arguments against the exemption designed for them,» she argued.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Mo one is saying that employees can't use contraceptives, just don't make the employer pay for them when it goes against their belief, it should be up to the business.

«More and more we are looking to see who was involved in a contravention as well as the employer, in order to join them together and to have the imposition of penalties made against them as well.»

Also requires employers to make a reasonable accommodation to provide appropriate private space that is not a bathroom stall, and prohibits discrimination against an employee who exercises or attempts to exercise the rights provided under this act.

As NCCL Legal Officer Harriet represented Brenda Clarke in a successful landmark Sex Discrimination Act case against her employer, Ely Kinnock, who had discriminated against women part - timers through a redundancy scheme which made part - timers redundant before full - timers.

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«And his persistent work against wage theft by employers violating laws for prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime, has recovered millions of dollars that have made a huge difference for many low - income workers in the state.

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management» «The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations» «The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress.

The final deal includes a provision extending protections to independent contractors, consultants and other non-employees in a given workplace, making an employer liable for sexual harassment against them.

The United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 makes it illegal for employers and education providers to discriminate against disabled employees and students.

EVIDENCE is growing that employers and insurers are discriminating against people whose genes make them susceptible to serious diseases.

In the U.S., the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Gina), signed by President Bush last May, makes it illegal for employers and health insurers to use their employees» or customers» genetic information to discriminate against them.

A city manager and the manager of a local chemical plant rise up against their employers to keep a town safe from contaminants in this made - for - television movie.

Where a claim is made after the end of the tax year, this will be offset against any outstanding PAYE liabilities or current / future liability, or employers can ask HMRC for a payment of any balance, again provided their PAYE payments are all up to date.

And parents are particularly worried that colleges or employers could use their children's information against them when making enrollment or hiring decisions.

(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because he has opposed, any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this title, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this title.

(D) It shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because such individual, member or applicant for membership has opposed any practice made unlawful by this section, or because such individual, member or applicant for membership has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this Act.

If you are running up against the limit for modified AGI, one way to reduce that number is to make deductible contributions to an employer plan.

If you don't feel comfortable making loans against your pension, or notifying your employer of your monetary crisis, you can turn to non-traditional lending.

In addition to providing good insight into the current state of the law, he makes the argument that it would be good for society, including employers, if they could get over their basically reflexive anti-free speech reactions, while acknowledging there is little current legal basis to require them to do so, and conceding that freedom increases conflict which runs against [an] employer's «enduring goals of employee compliance, conformity, complacency and efficiency.»

Further, employers will be expressly prohibited from committing reprisals against employees (or temporary help agency workers) who make such a request and must permit or discuss or disclose their rate of pay to other employees.

Genetic information — The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 makes it a violation for an employer to discriminate against a worker based on their genetic information.

As you may recall, in a 5 - 4 decision back in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that Ledbetter's claim against her employer for paying her less than her male counterparts because of her gender was time barred because her present lower pay arose out of salary decisions made years earlier, well outside of the 180 - day statute of limitations for discriminatory employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

How a worker can make a complaint to a person other than a supervisor or employer where the complaint is against that supervisor or employer;

While federal law does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on criminal convictions or arrests, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a policy statement indicating that an employer's use of criminal history information in making employment decisions may violate the federal prohibition against discrimination based on race or national origin.

The lawsuit against the shooter's former employer, G4S, alleges that it knew he was mentally unstable and threatening violence, yet they employed him as an armed guard, obtained his security license from the state with the use of a fraudulently signed psychological assessment, and repeatedly gave him weapons training, making him a more effective and dangerous shooter.

In Canada, employees can make legal claims against employers for reprisal, constructive dismissal, harassment and discrimination when there is a loss of work due to rejecting the sexual advances of another employee or supervisor.

Employers are entitled to sufficient information to assess an accommodation request, which may include information such as the nature of the family obligation and the efforts made by the employee to reconcile the family obligation against his or her workplace obligations.

AXA UK has launched a report that reveals the scale and impact of workplace injury compensation claims on the UK's SMEs, finding that 24 percent of SME owners interviewed have had an employee or former employee make a claim against their Employers» Liability Insurance in the last five years.

The answer may be one of two things: 1) Your employer may not be aware of the difference between the two types of benefits OR 2) Your employer could be trying to pull the wool over your eyes — by having you make a claim under your personal STD policy (remember YOU pay for this and it is usually much less money and no medical benefits), instead of filing a claim for workers» compensation benefits against the company's insurance policy (the policy the employer pays for) it saves the company money (filing a claim will increase their premiums).

Any award made against an uninsured employer that is not paid in full within ten days will also result in a Supreme Court judgment being filed against the employer (including individual corporate officers), which may lead to seizure of assets of the employer.

A British Columbia Supreme Court decision will likely make it difficult for former directors of a corporation to make a claim for duty of confidentiality against their former employer's lawyers.

Whereas the sources of Ofsted and the secretary of state's powers make their decisions plainly amenable to judicial review by Shoesmith, it is less clear that judicial review is available as a remedy against her employer.

Anna Wetter's contribution takes as an example the decision - making process that has led to the adoption of Directive 2009 / 52 / EC on minimum standards on sanctions and measures against the employers of illegal migrants in order to assess a number of legal questions that characterise the development of EU criminal law.

Making such a unilateral change amounts to a breach of contract, known as a constructive dismissal, which is a claim against your employer for severance pay even though you were not formally fired.

The Claimant contended (and it was accepted by the EAT) that an employee must be offered the opportunity to appeal against any formal decision made by his employer and that must not amount to a formality or sham.

Even if your employer does not have policies against recordings, making secret recordings could be taken by your employer as a reason to fire you for cause.

Some law firms would like you to believe that it is an easy thing to make a claim against your employer, but we are not like those «claims factories», with hundreds of cases going at once.

29 % of all accidents at work were considered «moderate» injuries — such as broken bones or fractures — and serious enough for workers to make a claim against their employer.

In November 2017, a UK based window salesman gained support from the European Court of Justice for a claim made against his former employer over a holiday pay dispute.

When a construction worker suffers a construction site injury, he or she often can not make a claim against the employer for work related injuries.

Ms. Mowat had made numerous complaints against her employers over the years and, subsequent to her release, filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

When you decide to make a complaint against your employer for something that happened while on maternity leave or pregnant, you will need to know where to go and what to do first.

Employers would be cautious as to how they operate, lest such a finding be made against them.