Sentences with phrase «substantial disadvantage»

«Statelessness in international law places an individual at a very substantial disadvantage,» Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism told the joint committee on human rights.

This means the current procedure for the WCA puts some groups at a substantial disadvantage.

Rigidity is a substantial disadvantage to many people.

Those with bad credit who need cash fast often face a substantial disadvantage on the loan market.

But while a debt settlement solution may be appealing at first glance, this approach to addressing your debt problems has substantial disadvantages.

Shacknews points out that unless the documents handed over are sealed as court evidence they could become public record and «both Epic and its licensees would be at a substantial disadvantage if such information were made available to competitors».

This probably would require Canada to build another pipeline to its west coast, across mountains and Native lands, probably with substantial disadvantages and delays.

«a corollary of the very concept of a fair hearing, [which] implies that each party must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present his case, including his evidence, under conditions that do not place him at a substantial disadvantage vis - à - vis his opponent» (paragraph 71).

For the average victim inexperienced in this complex area of the law, this could result in a substantial disadvantage.

If you can not comprehend written words but can comprehend spoken words, you are at a substantial disadvantage relative to others, so the university has a duty to eliminate that disadvantage.

In addition, employers are under a duty to implement what is known as «reasonable adjustments» to the workplace and / or to the role being undertaken, if the disability in question places the employee at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to their non-disabled colleagues.

The first hurdle for any claimant trying to make out a successful claim of failure to make reasonable adjustments is to show that their employer had applied to them a «provision, criterion or practice» (PCP) that puts them, as a disabled person, at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with colleagues who are not disabled.

The policy did not put transgender people at a substantial disadvantage compared with cisgender people who were also subject to the policy [74].

In respect of employees, the duty arises where a provision, criteria or practice applied by or on behalf of the employer or any physical feature of premises occupied by the employer place the disabled person at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with persons who are not disabled.

It should be borne in mind that identification of the substantial disadvantage suffered by the claimant may involve a consideration of the cumulative effect of both the «provision, criterion or practice applied by or on behalf of an employer» and the «physical feature of premises», so it is necessary to look at the overall picture.

They must make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services, to ensure that disabled children and young people are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with their peers.