Sentences with phrase «protecting against harassment»

From maternity and paternity leave for parents, work place rights during pregnancy, to rules protecting against harassment and unequal treatment, women in Britain benefit from the EU.

The pamphlet says: «There are a range of laws to protect you against harassment, malicious communications and defamation.

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* Assurance that employees who make complaints of harassment or provide information related to such complaints will be protected against retaliation;

Comedian Amy Poehler joined a group of One Fair Wage supporters in midtown to rally for tipped workers to be more fairly compensated and protected against sexual harassment, saying: «Let's just stop under - serving the many people who serve us.»

New York City has a human rights law that protects against discrimination and harassment based on immigration status or national origin.

«The allegations against Harvey Weinstein are disturbing, horrid and the debate should be on how to best root out this reprehensible behavior and protect women from harassment and abuse.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

That decision came after the New York State Legislature failed to pass the Women's Equality Act, which Gov. Cuomo said would close the gap between men's and women's salaries, introduce zero - tolerance rules against sexual harassment, fight workplace discrimination due to gender and protect abortion rights.

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.»

«The allegations against Harvey Weinstein are disturbing, horrid and the debate should be on how to best root out this reprehensible behavior and protect women from harassment and abuse,» the Cuomo campaign said in a statement.

«Your job as a staffer is to, at all cost, protect your boss and protect their career,» said one of the former staffers who tried to bring a sexual harassment claim against a legislator.

But women who have worked for the Legislature and have filed harassment complaints against lawmakers criticized the process and the end product, saying the new provisions will not adequately protect workers.

In a statement on behalf of the Cuomo campaign, Basil Smikle, executive director of the New York State Democratic Party, said that the allegations against Weinstein were «disturbing» and «horrid» and that the debate should center on how to «best root out this reprehensible behavior and protect women from harassment.»

«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 abuse accusations brought about a shocking downfall for New York's top lawman, who had been a vehement supporter of the #MeToo movement, and filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Harvey Weinstein's company, saying it had broken New York law by failing to protect employees from sexual harassment and intimidation.

«This is pure harassment by fossil fuel barons against a non-violent, peaceful citizen activist who is a leader in the fight to protect our water, air and land against degradation by these gas companies.

Fresh sex harassment claims against senior Lib Dems emerged today as Nick Clegg's party scrambled to clean up its tarnished reputation for protecting women members.

Since last year, the» Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003» have been in place in the U.K. to protect all employees against both direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation, and harassment on grounds of sexual orientation.

OCR intervened a number of times in support of cases against school districts that have failed to protect LGBT students from bullying, harassment, and discrimination.

OOIDA also challenged the final rule's cost benefit analysis methodology and argued that the final rule fails to satisfy statutory requirements to ensure against harassment, protect confidentiality, and limit use of ELD data disclosed to law enforcement officers.

No employees, former employees, or applicants for employment can be discriminated against due to their protected class such as: race, color, national origin, sex, (gender, pregnancy, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, gender identity or transgender status), religion, age (40 and over), disability (mental / physical), equal pay compensation, genetic information and retaliation (see the NO FEAR ACT).

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Federal law passed by Congress in 1977 that protects consumers against harassment or abuse from collections agencies.

Very few of the debtors are actually aware of this discipline, which entails their right to be protected under the Federal Law, against the incessant harassment by creditors.

Note: According to National Geographic Traveler: Dominican Republic, 2nd Edition, «Laws meant to protect women against violence or sexual harassment are rarely enforced.

The Cooper Union has established separate policies, published elsewhere, to adjudicate claims of academic dishonesty, sexual and relationship violence, and claims of discrimination or harassment against a protected class (e.g., race, sex, gender expression and identity, and disability).

As employees spend more time at the office, the number of inter-office romances has increased and so too, has the need of employers to protect themselves against any liability for sexual harassment claims that often result from a love affair gone wrong, reports Newsweek.

Otherwise, I anticipate that victims of harassment perpetrated by social networking sites will sue to hold them accountable for failure to protect site users or guard against fraudulent use.

His office filed a civil rights suit against the Weinstein Co. for allegedly failing to protect employees from sexual harassment from Harvey Weinstein.

Jonathan also concentrates on and advises US and multinational corporations and executives in all aspects of employment law, including drafting and negotiating employment and separation agreements, corporate restructurings and reductions in force, employment advice related to corporate transactions, internal corporate investigations, handbooks and policy manuals, sexual harassment and other sensitivity training, protecting against employee raiding and theft of confidential information, and compliance with all federal, state, and local discrimination laws.

A further provision will be inserted into PHA 1997 whereby the criminal court, when acquitting an alleged perpetrator of any offence, may, if it considers it necessary to do so to protect a person from harassment by the alleged perpetrator, make a restraining order against the alleged perpetrator.

This needs to limit numbers and noise levels, prevent trespass and protect against intimidation and harassment.

The Manitoba government enacted measures to protect employees against psychological harassment in the workplace.

As California Labor and Employment Lawyers, we boast an extensive knowledge of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and other state and federal laws that protect employees who have either suffered or witnessed workplace harassment and discriminatory practices and have been retaliated against.

We can protect those rights and help you to file a claim against an employee or employer who has been the perpetrator of the harassment.

Require employers to take the prescribed measures to prevent and protect all employees against harassment and violence in the workplace, to respond to occurrences of harassment and violence in the workplace and offer support to employees affected by harassment and violence in the workplace.

The recommendations fail to address sexual violence from the perspective of human rights law such as the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees not only the right to be protected against discrimination and harassment based on gender, race and sexual orientation, among others, but also the right to life and the security of the person, the right to dignity, honor and the integrity of the person, and the right to privacy.

Employers have a statutory obligation to take care of the safety and health of their employees while at work by taking the necessary measures in order to protect them against sexual harassment and unwanted behaviour.

The CHRA protects Canadians against discrimination based on the foregoing categories in respect of the provision of goods, services, accommodation or facilities customarily available to the public; tenancy; employment practices or employment advertising; membership in employee organizations; notices (including newspaper ads, posters, publications, etc.); harassment; and retaliation.

Orders of protection / injunctions against harassment / restraining orders are provided for in Arizona state law to protect vulnerable family members.

Protecting Yourself and Your Children with an Order of Protection / Injunction against Harassment / Restraining Order

Represented scores of individuals in lawsuits against their former employers regarding claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, and other protected classes and activities in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), American Disabilities Act (ADA), and public policy.

Federal laws protect employees against wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and other illegal actions taken by employers.

It is illegal for your employer to retaliate against you for complaining to HR or your supervisor about discrimination or harassment based on protected characteristics.

California's anti-discrimination laws were generally written to provide greater protection from discrimination and harassment than federal law, and as a result, our office uses those laws to help protect workers and obtain compensation for violations committed by employers against their employees.

We fight, not only to protect consumers from harassment, but to obtain money judgments for our clients against banks, debt collectors, and creditors.

While we have made great strides with regard to civil rights and laws to protect against race discrimination in the workplace, the reality is that racial harassment is still prevalent.

The way to protect women against sexual harassment is to clearly separate sexual and non sexual job functions and not «mix» them in any way.

How can both things (legal prostitution and protecting women against sexual harassment) be compatible at all?