Sentences with phrase «of discrimination law»

There is no other area of discrimination law you can contract out of.

As has often occurred in the history of discrimination law, one group's fight for equality may end up helping others too.

Due to the complexities of the discrimination laws, employers should always talk to an attorney any time a discrimination issue arises.

Employers need to have open discussions with employees of different religions about such issues, and stay on the correct side of our discrimination laws.

However, disparate impact has not yet been admitted as a general doctrine of discrimination law.

Understandably, no - one will go on the record from the existing suppliers, but it appears that the education law contracts holders were prepared to continue to fulfil the contracts for the same price, while one or more of the discrimination law contract holders bid for an increase.

«Understandably, no - one will go on the record from the existing suppliers, but it appears that the education law contracts holders were prepared to continue to fulfil the contracts for the same price, while one or more of the discrimination law contract holders bid for an increase,» says Hynes.

I, semi-contrarily, speculate that the answer is «yes», as long as we understand your question to be about religion, since that is what is legally relevant in terms of discrimination law.

Overview of Discrimination Law This session will provide a review of key legal principles that all school officials should know regarding potential discrimination claims.

Our firm regularly handles claims pf discrimination from the administrative process and through litigation, and is familiar with the nuances of discrimination laws and recent trends in their interpretations.

These include laws on information and consultation on collective redundancies; rules on working time; some of the EU - derived health and safety regulations; parts of the regulations which protect workers in the event of a transfer of undertaking; legislation protecting agency workers and other «atypical» workers; and, some elements of discrimination law to which businesses object most strongly such as liability for equal pay.

I argued that the Equalities Review — the overhaul of the UK's equality framework which culminated in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010)-- provided an ideal opportunity to bring caste within the ambit of discrimination law (see «Caste: invisible discrimination?»

A qualified practitioner in neuro - linguistic programming, Homa is a member of the Discrimination Law Association, the Employment Lawyers Association and the Association of Women Solicitors.

In short, an employer, even if that employer is sincerely concerned about an employee's health and well - being, is not allowed to make assumptions (and employment decisions) related to an employee's ability to perform based solely upon her being pregnant without running afoul of discrimination laws.

Perhaps the most important development in employment law in the last month has been a major judgment by the new Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) president on the meaning of «harassment» across the various strands of discrimination law.

It will be interesting to see the development of discrimination law post the ECJ judgment in this case, amid deliberations about the UK's future in relation to its European Union membership.

We can therefore anticipate continued argument in this area of discrimination law despite the guidelines already set down by the Court of Appeal in Wong v Igen Ltd..

With a green paper arising out of the Discrimination Law Review expected shortly, it may be only a matter of time before the three remaining strands — sexual orientation, religion and age — are brought within the ambit of these new duties.

It is based on the extensive experience and expertise of the Commission and state and territory discrimination / equal opportunity authorities in the administration of discrimination laws, and is intended to provide guidance on how those laws operate.

While this employee's beliefs regarding vaccines were not a religion, the court's opinion is helpful in pointing out that the legal definition of «religion» in terms of discrimination law is broader than you might think.

James has been highly experienced over many years in the wide range of employment cases, both in the High Court and on appeal from Employment Tribunals, with particular expertise in contract disputes, in TUPE, and in all aspects of discrimination law.

«Forty years of the EPA haven't driven the kind of change we've seen for other areas of discrimination law.»