Organizations who are doing social media screening must make sure they are not basing their hiring decisions on
protected characteristics including religious affiliation, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status or health conditions protected under state or federal anti-discrimination and privacy laws.
Not exact matches
In the UK according to the Equality Act 2010 there are certain «
protected characteristics» which
include religion (
including atheism) and sexual orientation against discrimination.
The best sunscreens and sunblock that have all of the
characteristics that you would look for to
protect your kids from the sun
include:
These
include the Kariye (Khora) Mosque and Museum and the
characteristic neighbourhood of Balat, with its colourful century - old Ottoman houses
protected by UNESCO, with the iconic Pierre Loti Hill only a five - minute drive away and the city's historic Holy Churches, Synagogues and Mosques within walking distance.
In compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and applicable federal, state, and local laws, and our institutional values, The Cooper Union does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military status, marital status, partnership status, familial status or any other legally
protected characteristic, in admissions, financial aid, or employment practices, or in the administration of any Cooper Union educational program or activity,
including athletics.
Legally, employers have a responsibility to support jobseekers and employees with
protected characteristics,
including mental health conditions which are defined as a disability, under the 2010 Equality Act.
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.
In addition, all provinces have human rights laws that aim to
protect individuals from discrimination on the basis of a number of personal
characteristics,
including religion or creed.
Extend gender pay gap reporting to employers with 50 employees or more and
include data on other
protected characteristics such as race, disability and LGBT status (with due consideration to privacy);
However, this has not been the approach taken by the EU IPO, or indeed the UK IPO or English High Court2, which have preferred the multifactorial analysis approach taken in the 2012 CJEU decision of Leno3 where the CJEU stated that «territorial borders of the Member States should be disregarded in the assessment of whether a trade mark has been put to «genuine use in the Community»... taking account of all the relevant facts and circumstances,
including the
characteristics of the market concerned, the nature of the goods or services
protected by the trade mark and the territorial extent and the scale of the use as well as its frequency and regularity».
But that duty extends to any
characteristics that human rights legislation
protects,
including gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, sex, family status... and religion.
Last year, ProPublica found that Facebook was allowing advertisers to buy discriminatory ads,
including ads targeting people who identified themselves as «Jew haters,» and ads for housing and employment that excluded audiences based on race, age, and other
protected characteristics under civil - rights laws.
These details are
protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, and it's against the law for employers to ask about them, so don't
include them on your CV.
The right to culture and property (
including property with distinctive
characteristics) are human rights
protected at international law (see Chapter 2).