Sentences with phrase «prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation»

HUD prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in HUD funded housing.

As Canadian law robustly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or marital status, it is one of the few jurisdictions where queer people or those who are not in a marriage - like relationship can be recognized as parents.

A Michigan agency will for the first time process complaints of discrimination against LGBT people after a board said Monday that the state's civil rights law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Indeed, 89 % of Fortune 500 companies have policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, while 66 % ban discrimination based on gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

These individual American attitudes may have changed corporate culture seeing that 89 % of Fortune 500 companies implemented their own policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation according to Human Rights Campaign.

Yet, McCorkle also suggested Salesforce's expansion wouldn't have happened if the General Assembly and Pence hadn't scaled back RFRA to ensure the law didn't override local ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Vermont has prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation since 1992.

Colorado enacts non-discrimination law: «Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed legislation today prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in housing, public accommodations, credit transactions, juror service, and other areas.

Our friends from the north are apparently taking the lead in efforts for conservation, however, the new Constitution, with its outer shell of «raising pensions for the poor» and «prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation» just sets Pres. Correa up for re-reelection (Fujimori anyone?).

On appeal, the Ninth Circuit asked both sides to brief the issue of whether the Supreme Court's decision in the DOMA case, United States v. Windsor, compelled a decision that equal protection prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation during jury selection.

All the panel members, I should point out, spent most of their careers in states that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Title VII employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or religious affiliation, as well as state and local laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Only 21 states prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or sexual identity, making it technically legal for an employer to fire someone because they are gay, in the other 29 states.

And since 2016, NAR has been advocating for changes to the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Since 2016, NAR has sought changes in the Fair Housing Act to also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

It is the position of NVAR that all consumers should be treated equally in their housing transactions, which includes prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

During the yearlong commemoration, NAR will further examine community fair housing issues and advocate for changes to the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

NAR is not aware of any business impacts caused by state laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Legislation has been introduced each of the past few years, and was again introduced in the 2017 General Assembly which would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the Fair Housing Law.

NAR also authorizes sanctions in response to a finding that a member has violated any Fair Housing law, including local and state laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

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According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, of the top 50 federal contractors, 86 % prohibit sexual orientation - based discrimination, while 61 % have banned discriminatory practices based on gender identity.

In Arkansas, the state government went as far as passing a law to prevent local governments from passing separate laws to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender orientation according to US News & World Report.

For the first time in 11 years, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 15 - 7 in favor of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The proposal would add language prohibiting discrimination based on gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity, the 1938 bill only prohibited discrimination based on race, color, creed or religion.

He opposes prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

He was the rare House Republican to support legislation prohibiting most employer discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to oppose sending American ground troops to fight the Islamic State.

Such conduct shall include, but is not limited to, threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex; provided that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a denial of admission into, or exclusion from, a course of instruction based on a person's gender that would be permissible under Education Law sections 3201 - a or 2854 (2)(a) and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et seq.), or to prohibit, as discrimination based on disability, actions that would be permissible under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

• HB 1489, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression and sexual orientation in any state educational program or activity that receives state funding.

Franken also introduced a measure that would prohibit discrimination in public schools on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.

REALITY: Despite state laws and district policies that prohibit discrimination and address bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity, many LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth are experiencing verbal and physical discrimination and harassment, are not able to identify adult supporters, and are not learning accurate information about gender, sex, and sexual orientation; and teacher - preparation programs in Illinois are not adequately preparing teachers to address such bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Seattle Area Feline Rescue prohibits discrimination against its employees, volunteers, applicants for employment, and customers or other business associates on the basis of a person's race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, military or veteran status, any other characteristic protected by federal and applicable state laws.

Greenhill Humane Society prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, military service, marital status, age, or any other legally - protected class.

Two weeks ago, the House took up the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which was introduced to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The committee's proposal «moves beyond the comment to craft a distinct rule within the black letter of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting lawyers from engaging in harassment and knowing discrimination in conduct related to the practice of law» against people on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status.

To summarize though, the section prohibits the communication of messages that are likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt, by reason of the fact that the persons targeted are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination such as race, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and so on.

The Oregon Equality Act, signed into law in 2007, prohibits any form of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, which is defined to mean a person's actual, or even perceived, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.

Lead trial counsel for plaintiffs in both the preliminary and final injunction hearings of Evans v. Romer, a successful suit challenging the constitutionality of a widely - publicized amendment to Colorado's constitution that would have prohibited any legislation protecting against discrimination based on sexual orientation; case received nationwide press coverage in broadcast and print media, including live coverage on Court TV, and was ultimately decided in plaintiffs» favor in the U. S. Supreme Court.

Currently, the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a person's sex and sexual orientation, among other grounds.

Many states also prohibit discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, status as a parent, marital status and political affiliation.

Essentially, the section prohibits the communication of messages that are likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt, by reason of the fact that the persons targeted are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination such as race, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and so on.

Heintz filed a human rights complaint, alleging that she had effectively been terminated from employment because of her sexual orientation, contrary to s. 5 of the Human Rights Code which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of certain proscribed grounds, including sexual orientation.

The Court stressed that Art. 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Countries around the world are called upon to «adopt appropriate legislative and other measures to prohibit and eliminate discrimination in the public and private spheres on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity» and to «take all necessary legislative, administrative and other measures to prohibit and eliminate prejudicial treatment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity at every stage of the judicial process, in civil and criminal proceedings and all other judicial and administrative proceedings which determine rights and obligations...»

Harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or another prohibited ground of discrimination (such as national or ethnic origin, disability, etc.) is a form of discrimination.

While employees are not protected from general unfairness, where an employee believes that a negative decision was made, in whole or in part, on the basis of a «prohibited ground of discrimination» (characteristics such as race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, family status, criminal record, and social position), he or she may file a complaint.

These anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination based on many different personal characteristics, including: race, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, colour, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, and disability.

Therefore, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was prohibited under the Charter.