Sentences with phrase «recent sex discrimination»

The sheriff had come under fire during the campaign for issues including the number of inmate deaths at the Erie County Holding Center since he took office in 2005, as well as a recent sex discrimination lawsuit filed against him by a now - retired Holding Center officer.

Recent sex discrimination cases resulting in large settlements, in some cases awards of multi-million dollars, to be split with aggressive trial attorneys, are the latest examples of misusing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Not exact matches

During recent decades, the federal laws against sex discrimination have made it easier for women to enter the workplace.

A Manhattan federal judge ripped a lewd West Point exercise chant, which compares women to statues being broken by penises, in a recent sex - discrimination case.

With a now former county department head, ex-Social Services Commissioner Dirschberger, facing rape and criminal sex act counts in an Albany case involving a subordinate, members of the Legislature's minority caucus want to know how many harassment or discrimination cases have involved county employees in recent years, how many were settled and whether public dollars were used to fund those settlements.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Advocates for transgender rights hit back hard on Friday after the State Senate's Republican leader raised questions about the propriety of Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent announcement that New York will treat discrimination based on gender identity and expression as discrimination based on sex and disability, areas already covered by the State Human -LSB-...]

He has focused his work, including two recent amendments — one to recruit, and the other to memorialize lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members who have served honorably and with distinction in the Armed Forces — as well as to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on color, race, religion, gender, sex, creed, disability, sexual orientation or national origin.»

«Our case is really about the company itself and whether they were following the laws about sex harassment and sex discrimination, and that's a relatively recent inquiry,» Schneiderman said.

Participants will gain an understanding of the latest developments in state and federal law on complex issues, such as: Transgender Students: issues related to student dress code, the right to participate in school activities and events, access to school facilities such as locker rooms and restrooms; School Climate: the obligation to proactively address school climate and promote a school climate accepting of all students, regardless of sexual orientation; Religious Issues: the rights of students and staff to express moral and religious views regarding sexual orientation and identity both during school and outside of school; Employment Issues: the implications of recent developments regarding same sex marriage and the rights of same sex couples to access employee benefits; and Discrimination Issues: the rights and obligations to address issues of employment discrimination anDiscrimination Issues: the rights and obligations to address issues of employment discrimination andiscrimination and retaliation.

Sex Discrimination / Sexual Harassment This program will address recent state and federal cases concerning gender discrimination and sexual harassment claims by staffDiscrimination / Sexual Harassment This program will address recent state and federal cases concerning gender discrimination and sexual harassment claims by staffdiscrimination and sexual harassment claims by staff and students.

In recent years, President Obama and others have wanted to add «gender identity» as a prohibited category of discrimination alongside sex in Title IX.

There has been a recent case «Snell v Network Rail» which saw a male employee being awarded # 28,321.03 for sex discrimination after his employer offered him only statutory pay during Shared Parental Leave while mothers were given full pay.

While most forms of sexual discrimination are associated with heterosexual relationships, in recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of same - sex harassment complaints.

Factors such as lack of awareness of human rights laws, age, recent immigration, uncertain employment, reliance on tips, low rates of unionization, and the prevalence of sexual harassment and sex discrimination in the restaurant industry can increase worker vulnerability.

The claims of the Law Society appear to be supported by recent statistics published by the MOJ, which show that there has been more than a two - thirds drop in claims to tribunals and a staggering 87 % decrease in sex discrimination cases.

Lewis Silkin discuss the case of Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and the recent decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that it is not sex discrimination to refuse to pay a father full salary during shared parental leave.

«With the recent ruling awarding 30 million dollars to saleswoman Laura Zubulake, who won her sex discrimination case against UBS with the help of subpoenaed e-mail messages, a Pandora's box of issues is emerging regarding work - product privileges in this new age of electronic communications.

In this edition we look at a recent high profile sex discrimination case against the Met Police, proposals to extend paternity leave to six weeks, the latest in our series on injunctions and the employment law changes that come in tomorrow.

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says she hopes the recent shining of light on sexual harassment signifies the beginning of the end of a culture which both permits these behaviours to occur and prevents victims from speaking out...