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recognizes public accommodation for all breastfeeding mothers (CA Civil Code 43.3) in any authorized public locations.
Not exact matches
That is an important distinction since, while these dogs are
recognized when it comes to air travel (Air Carrier Access Act) and housing (Fair Housing Act) issues, they are not
recognized under the ADA and can not be taken into places of
public accommodation.
New Mexico law guarantees a blind, deaf, physically disabled person and / or trainer
recognized by assistance dogs training schools the legal right to be accompanied by a specially trained dog in all
public accommodations and on all common carriers.
He is a nationally
recognized practitioner in employment law and has written two treatises on the Americans with Disabilities Act: Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations; and Americans with Disabilities Act:
Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities, both published by LexisNexis.
Officially titled An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for
accommodations on religious grounds in certain bodies, the bill «imposes a duty of religious neutrality, in particular on personnel members of
public bodies in the exercise of the functions of office» and also
recognizes «the importance of having one's face uncovered when
public services are provided and received so as to ensure quality communication between persons and allow their identity to be verified, and for security purposes.»
I get the point that to adopt a «definition of «
public» which refuses to
recognize that any
accommodation, service or facility will only ever be available to a subset of the
public» perhaps takes too much power away from human rights legislation, but there must be some middle ground, and my inclination is that we ought to err on the side of definitions that preserve the rights of private contracting parties to arrange their affairs however they wish.
Jonathan R. Mook is a nationally
recognized authority on the Americans with Disabilities Act and is the author of two treatises published by Matthew Bender Company, «Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations» and «Americans with Disabilities Act:
Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities.»