Sentences with phrase «protected by discrimination»

Although many people think of sexual harassment first when they think of harassment, harassment doesn't need to be sexual to be protected by discrimination in the workplace law.

Where cosmetic surgery goes wrong, in a serious case it is possible that an employee may become disabled and would be protected by discrimination law.

Not exact matches

The only problem is that it's still legal to fire LGBT employees in 28 states where such workers aren't covered by state laws that protect various minorities from discrimination on the job, as well as in housing and public accommodations.

One way he said Airbnb protects this sense of belonging is by having an anti-discrimination team devoted to preventing and addressing issues of bias and discrimination.

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

«CHX justifies the proposal by stating» [T] he Exchange submits that the proposed rules for LTAD are designed to operate in a manner that is consistent with the Act in that they are designed to protect investors and the public interest, are not designed to permit unfair discrimination, and would not impose any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.»

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Develop responsible contracting standards for service contracts to ensure that cafeteria workers, janitors, security officers and other onsite service workers are paid a livable wage, receive benefits equitable to those received by directly employed workers, have the right to a voice at work without fear of discrimination or retaliation, do not suffer mass layoffs when contracts change hands, and are protected from misclassification and other forms of wage theft;

Believers in Egypt have long complained of the threat of sectarian violence and institutional discrimination and there has been repeated pledges by President Abdel Fattah el - Sisi to protect Christians.

Race AND sexual orientation are both protected from discrimination by the laws in this country.

Churches would be in a stronger legal position if they were to stop conducting weddings altogether: «Churches might indeed better protect themselves against the possibility of any such litigation by deciding not to provide marriage services at all, since there could be no complaint then of discrimination in their provision of services as between same - sex and opposite - sex couples.»

Organisers fear current legislation risks creating a «less diverse and inclusive» healthcare system by not properly protecting staff for «unjust discrimination».

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.

Breastfeeding mothers and babies are protected from discrimination and harassment by:

As Avi pointed out the Supreme Court has ruled against discrimination based on race but racial discrimination is protected by federal law and would have been illegal even outside of the primaries.

The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Citing its success in winning new state regulations protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination, the Empire State Pride Agenda has announced it will close down major operations in early 2016.

As The Washington Post recently reported, «the Trump administration is reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials

26 adults out of every 100 were disabled and protected by the Disability Discrimination Act.

In February 2018, Schneiderman brought a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, alleging the company «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

Persons who are protected from discrimination by fair housing laws are referred to as members of the protected classes.

«As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

Few activists were mollified by ESPA's statement that a new directive from Governor Andrew Cuomo — interpreting existing state human rights law's sex discrimination and disability discrimination protections to cover transgender New Yorkers — amounted to «securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority, protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations.»

«As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,» state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in court papers filed against Weinstein and the company.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) filed a lawsuit against the business and the brothers who founded it, saying the company violated employees» rights by «failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

And two weeks ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Weinstein Co., stating that the studio «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

The rules submitted by Tkaczyk describe a broader and less specific purpose for the party: it will support «candidates and policies that end barriers to equality, eliminate discrimination, safeguard reproductive health, and protect women from violence.»

At an event Tuesday afternoon prior to the 2013 All - Star Game at Citi Field, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig (below, top right) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) Executive Director Michael Weiner will announce groundbreaking steps to protect current and future players for discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, according to a press release obtained by Towleroad.

She hopes that laws based on these guidelines will protect against what she calls «the triple threat» posed by genetic information: employer discrimination, the fear of losing health insurance, and the loss of privacy.

Garnett points out that bullying is motivated by another students real or claimed identity, and if that's a protected identity, its actually discrimination.

As reported by JAMA [2008; 299 (21): 2493], this law is meant to protect people from discrimination by employers or health insurance companies based on genetic conditions.

While those who will base social decisions on genetic reductionism will be ultimately defeated by science, new laws to protect us from genetic discrimination are critical in order to maximize the medical benefits from genome discoveries.

The Equality Act of 2010, also adopted by the UN, was written to protect marginalised groups from discrimination.

The question assumes, as in the case of a food - standards specialist for the state of Oregon whose job was eliminated amid tensions with her boss, that the worker isn't protected by a union contract or as a member of a group shielded from employment discrimination based on race, sex, or other protected classes.

In the principles, the groups highlight the important and historic role the federal government has played during the 50 years since the ESEA was originally passed in promoting educational opportunity and protecting the rights and interests of students disadvantaged by discrimination, poverty, and other conditions that may limit their educational attainment.

Student - on - student bullying may also trigger a school district's responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination in public schools based on many of the same characteristics protected by the civil rights laws.

«Racial discrimination in our nation's educational systems persists and both the Departments of Education and Justice are failing to protect the civil rights and educational future of our Black and brown students,» said Todd A. Cox, director of policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. «This administration must stop endangering students of color and instead ensure equal educational opportunities and foster educational excellence by upholding the federal school discipline guidance and promoting policies and programs that keep students safe.»

Initially, a walkout resulting from such a dispute should be presumed to be protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act if and when it is disruptive of the role played by a collective - bargaining representative which is not attempting to eliminate discrimination in the most efficient and expeditious manner possible.

...» Secondly, Title VII itself, especially through Section 704 (a)-- as the circuit court's opinion in Emporium Capwell noted — specifically protects the right to protest against racial discrimination in employment by protecting employee protests from employer retaliation.

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.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and as such do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Discrimination would only arise if the measure served to protect domestic products similar to the products covered by a contested measure or in competition with them (para 60).

Because Allen never proved this element of her case (according to the court), it never reached the issue of whether breastfeeding mothers are protected by pregnancy discrimination laws.

If you have a potential discrimination claim, because you are in a protected class, and you litigate, any resignation will be used by Defense counsel to reduce the recovery of monetary damages.

Unlike most European countries (including the United Kingdom) and Japan which rely on quota systems, Canada and the United States have attempted to alleviate the serious problems of unemployment and discrimination experienced by their handicapped citizens by including them amongst the protected classes in their human rights legislation.

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The Firm makes its hiring decisions without discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

You are protected from employment discrimination by both Illinois and federal law.

Those purposes include the prevention of arbitrary disadvantage or exclusion based on enumerated grounds, so that individuals deemed to be vulnerable by virtue of a group characteristic can be protected from discrimination.

If an attorney is able to meet his demands of practice despite his disability by making reasonable accommodations in his employment, then he will be protected by the ADA from discrimination in employment situations and can continue his craft; but if the disability causes harm to clients and the public, ethics regulators are not bound to allow that harm to continue simply because the attorney suffers from a disability.