Sentences with phrase «protections against discrimination»

In Australia, protections against discrimination on a number of grounds including race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin, are provided through the Racial Discrimination Act 1973 (Cth)(RDA).

Action 4: Reinstate protections against discrimination in the Northern Territory and Queensland

The continuation of the compulsory five - year lease arrangements and their exclusion from the protections against discrimination under the RDA.

continuation of the compulsory five - year lease arrangements and their exclusion from the protections against discrimination under the RDA;

Many of these protections against discrimination in Vermont housing go far above and beyond the Federal protections.

Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal and Canada's Human Rights Tribunal provide protections against discrimination and harassment on the basis of creed or religion in most of the common forums listed in the Environics survey.

Let's keep in mind there are still legislative protections against discrimination, which apply in the provision of all services and in employment relationships, which provide the teeth.

Many of these protections against discrimination in Vermont housing go far above and beyond the Federal protections.

Two federal laws, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), offer protections against discrimination.

The federal education space is currently engrossed in debates about the merits of the Department of Education46 and the need for federal protections against discrimination in schools.47 This is a departure from last year's substantive conversations around refining state accountability systems, modernizing the teaching profession, and lowering college tuition.

In an earlier version, SB 793 was amended to offer protections against discrimination to gay students attending public charter schools.

Transgender individuals in New York State will soon have new protections against discrimination and harassment as the result of a new executive action taken by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The UK leaving the European Union could put some protection of important rights at risk: there is a danger that labour rights and protections against discrimination in UK law, which are underpinned by EU rules, could be watered down by parliament in future.

Equal rights, protections against discrimination, environmental safeguards, campaign finance reform and laws codifying a woman's right to an abortion are other possible changes.

We will enforce our robust protections against discrimination, and continue to build on our legacy of protecting all of us, not simply some of us.»

The measure, known as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, would provide protections against discrimination of transgender people in housing, the workplace and other public accommodations.

Last month, the FCC indeed handed down strong protections against discrimination and favouritism in online content.

There's also an amendment for workplace protections against discrimination that would penalize defense contractors.

And they have also tended to allow religious excuses to free people from certain legal claims, such as might arise in jurisdictions with broad protections against discrimination, including minorities such as LGBT people.

It seems all they want is equal rights and protection against discrimination.

During the Equality Act 2010's passage through Parliament, we worked closely with a range of organisations as well as our supporters in Parliament to have amendments made to the Equality Bill which sought to increase protection against discrimination for humanists and others, and to minimise the exceptions from the law granted to religious organisations.

In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

The U.S. Fair Housing Act of 1968 and its amendments provide protection against discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability and familial status, but in an announcement on July 2 HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, John Trasvina noted «Our job to prevent and control housing discrimination is not complete until we address 21st Century issues.»

More precisely, they claim that they are entitled to basic employment rights, which include the right to be paid the national minimum wage, to receive sick pay and paid holidays and to protection against discrimination and in relation to whistleblowing, all of which are currently denied to them by Deliveroo.

In addition to the existing protection against discrimination and harassment based on prohibited grounds in human rights legislation, employees in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario will also benefit from Occupation Health and Safety legislation stipulations requiring workplace policies for violence and harassment.

There are also various provincial statutes affording protection against discrimination and invasions of human rights.

This is the right to equality and protection against discrimination in a free and democratic society.

The Barreau made a point of reaffirming the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter, in particular, the rights to equality and protection against discrimination.

Most of you Ontario lawyers were in an uproar and greatly offended because the PQ government was disregarding such protection against discrimination based on religious beliefs by the introduction of the Charter for a neutral secular government... You were all crying out for Canada's image of pluralism, multiculturalism, diversity and tolerance!!!

This federal law provides protection against discrimination against people based on sex, color, national origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

However, if a constitutional amendment were to be implemented to continue to make laws regarding Indigenous people, as suggested by the insertion ofs51A, such an amendment, if implemented, may provide that laws passed under such an amendment provide protection against discrimination based upon race.

Constitutional changes that provide protection against discrimination in the Australian Constitution.

While recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be accommodated through inserting a new preamble into the Constitution, change to the body of the Constitution will be required to ensure protection against discrimination.

For this reason, reforms that introduce a broader protection against discrimination may be more effective (as discussed below).

The absence of human rights protections, particularly protection against discrimination, from the Constitution does not only affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Not exact matches

Washington state argued that it violated constitutional protections against religious discrimination.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, more than 200 «anti-LGBTQ bills» were introduced across the country in 2016 sessions - most failing to pass - and more than 111 million people live in states without clear state - level protections against LGBTQ workplace discrimination.

Then, in 2016, Amazon gave more than $ 33,000 to Washington Won't Discriminate to defeat a campaign threatening to eliminate protections against transgender discrimination.

Employment practices liability insurance, or EPLI as you may have heard it called, provides protection to companies who have employees against claims by current or former employees for things like discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment.

The justices will consider presidential authority to keep nation safe and constitutional protections against religious discrimination

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In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

For a few examples: the protection of the unborn, the handicapped, and the dying; parental choice in education; tax and other policies supportive of marriage and the family; the defense of individual merit against quotas and related discriminations; the defense of property, civil, and religious rights against expansivist government control; and the vigorous affirmation of the achievements of Western culture, in opposition to multiculturalist fashions.

From evidence taken during the course of its inquiry the Committee takes the view that the current operation of section 46 is inadequate and is not providing protection against price discrimination.

The National Competition Policy Review (Hilmer Report) in 1993 also highlighted the existence of sections 45 and 46 to guard against anti-competitive price discrimination and concluded that where small business required specific protection that this should be delivered through open direct assistance.

Your other main rights are an entitlement to maternity pay and maternity pay or maternity allowance and just as importantly, employment law in the UK gives you protection against unfair treatment, discrimination or dismissal as a result of your pregnancy.

First, Russia bowed to EU and US pressure to tolerate the systemic discrimination against Russophones (mostly ethnic Russians) in Estonia and Latvia, leading to those two countries being included in the enlargement process of the EU and NATO, despite their flagrant infringements of Western norms on minority protections.

«At a time when the White House wants to turn back the clock on critical protections, it's more important than ever that we stand up against discrimination.»

I am a cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act that would repeal DOMA and I am dedicated to ensuring protections against any form of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.