Sentences with phrase «particular disadvantage»

It also includes race, the authors note, because research shows minority students face particular disadvantages, such as potential discrimination.

My work has always been about trying to ensure that all students, but in particular our disadvantaged student groups, have access to a quality education.

Low income students are particular disadvantaged in accessing private student loans since 90 % of them require a cosigner and low - income students are less likely to know a friend or family member who is willing and able to cosign for them.

Explicitly recognises that some people will be unable to use online and, in the words of its official summary, «a range of strategies must accompany the introduction of online dispute resolution to ensure access to justice for people who experience particular disadvantage or require extra support».

It may constitute indirect discrimination, if it puts «persons adhering to a particular religion or belief being put at a particular disadvantage» and that disadvantage could have been avoided, for example by moving the employee away from a customer - facing role.

Children addressing their immigration claims on their own are at a particular disadvantage as the laws, processes and systems governing their circumstances are profoundly complex.

Our response recommends changes to those parts of the system within our remit (tax, tax credits and benefits) that can put workers on zero hour contracts at a particular disadvantage.»

Laraway hasn't been getting nearly as much news coverage as his opponents, a particular disadvantage in a region where news coverage is already sparse and shrinking.

This is a particular disadvantage for bio-computer components that serve as sensors for specific biomolecules and transmit the relevant signal.

«Captive - born animals are at a particular disadvantage because they have less fear of humans and less fear of novel stimuli,» Jule says.

This also leaves shift workers at a particular disadvantage.

As the pace of modern life accelerates, workforce skills and knowledge deteriorate, putting Millennials at a particular disadvantage.

As noted in the executive summary, «Girls are at a particular disadvantage; in Eastern and the Horn of Africa, only five girls are enrolled for every 10 boys.»

In this study, there was no particular benefit, nor any particular disadvantage, to vaccinating very frequently, although there was slightly (key word — not significant, just slightly) better immune responses in the dogs vaccinated less frequently.

An employer will be liable for indirect discrimination where they apply a provision, criterion or practice which puts those with certain protected characteristics, such as sex, disability and a religious belief, at a particular disadvantage when compared with someone who does not share that characteristic.

In two conjoined cases, (Essop and Naeem) the Supreme Court considered whether a claimant in an indirect discrimination claim has to prove the reason why a PCP puts (or would put) an affected group at a particular disadvantage, and whether the reason has to relate to the protected characteristic.

Editor's Comment: In Essop, the reason for the «particular disadvantage» (BME candidates performing less well on a particular written examination) was not factually established.

Regulation 3 defined «discrimination» to include direct religious discrimination (that is, treating an employee less favourably on grounds of his or her religion or belief) and indirect religious discrimination (applying a provision, criterion or practice that places persons of the same religion as the employee at a particular disadvantage and which the employer can not show was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim).

It is not therefore immediately clear whether the reason for the particular disadvantage is important or not?

However, the judgment then went on to comment that the mere existence of a particular disadvantage may be sufficient to raise a prima facie case of indirect discrimination.

Conversely, in Naeem, the factual reason for the «particular disadvantage» was established and found to be nothing whatsoever to do with the Claimant being Muslim.

Those complaining of indirect discrimination in relation to a Provision, Criterion or Practice at work must be able to point to a «particular disadvantage» that affects them and others sharing their protected characteristic.

Both those who did and did not share Mrs Pendleton's protected characteristic would be put at a disadvantage if forced to choose between their partner and their career and those who held a religious belief in the sanctity of their marriage vows faced a particular disadvantage.

In order to successfully claim indirect discrimination, the claimant must demonstrate that the respondent has applied a provision, criterion or practice («PCP»); that PCP puts or would put someone with the claimant's religion or belief at a particular disadvantage when compared to other persons; the PCP puts or would put the claimant at that disadvantage and the PCP can not be justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

As regards the finding of indirect discrimination, the EAT accepted that the requirement for all registrars to perform civil partnership ceremonies placed persons of the claimant's religion at a particular disadvantage in comparison with other persons who do not share the same religion.

The landmark case, brought by Thompsons on behalf of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) concluded that workers do not need to prove the «reason why» the practice in question puts, or would, put the affected group at a particular disadvantage.

It was also indirectly discriminatory because the higher fees for discrimination claims put women at a particular disadvantage.

By a unanimous judgement, the Supreme Court said that it was «not necessary [for the workers] to establish the reason for the particular disadvantage.»

There needs to be a causal link between the PCP and the particular disadvantage, but this does not require a causal link between the characteristic and the treatment.

These appeals considered whether, in order to successfully bring a claim for indirect discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, a claimant needs to show the reason why a provision, criterion or practice puts or would put (a) the claimant; and (b) persons with whom the claimant shares a protected characteristic, at a particular disadvantage.

In order to succeed in an indirect discrimination claim, it is not necessary to establish the reason for the particular disadvantage to which the group is put.

This requirement extends to a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) which applies to all staff but which places a disabled employee at a particular disadvantage.

Gypsies and Travellers are some of the most vulnerable members of our society and an inability to challenge an unlawful decision by a public body may put them at a particular disadvantage.

In a nutshell, this means that a claimant is not required to possess the protected characteristic in question in order to be entitled to protection under the Equality Directive provided s / he suffered a particular disadvantage.

What are the particular disadvantages of the IP legal frameworks in Russia and how do you think this can change?

«Thus it is not necessary to establish that all or most Christians, or all or most non-conformist Christians, are or would be put at a particular disadvantage.

It was held that there is no basis for concluding that requiring a degree imposes any particular disadvantage on older persons.

Properly analysed Mr Homer's «particular disadvantage» is thus not the result of applying the law degree provision to his age.

«The particular disadvantage suffered results from the application of the law degree provision to the fact that his life in the workplace would come to an end before he could qualify for the appointment.»

OnePlus has opted for a thinner, more premium design at the cost of a smaller power pack, and while everyone may not agree with that strategy it doesn't put the handset at a particular disadvantage compared to its rivals.

Networking is always a work - in - progress, so you are not at any particular disadvantage.

The team also found that families on the subsidy waitlist are at a particular disadvantage as they have the greatest difficulty paying for care, the least access, and the poorest quality child care.