Sentences with phrase «victims of discrimination»

The new Legal Support Project aims to increase access to justice for victims of discrimination in schools, further or higher education institutions or general qualification bodies.

In Alfie's case the argument was advanced on the basis that his parents were victims of discrimination contrary to Article 14 ECHR.

Since the change to the direct access model in 2008, the Tribunal has never ordered these damages previously, and the failure to award damages in lieu of reinstatement where an employment relationship is not viable compounds the harm experienced by victims of discrimination.

In 2007, inspired by civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a vehicle to make change and protect all people against injustice, Attorney Zulu Ali opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali with a focus on representing persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, and persons seeking civil justice.

In 1977, Parliament passed the Canadian Human Rights Act with the expressed intent of providing equal opportunity to individuals who may have been victims of discrimination.

As a result of this, even when victims of discrimination win their cases, they are very often out of pocket several thousands of dollars.

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities, a national human rights organization, will be appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada in Mowat v. Canada (Attorney General), an appeal about access to justice for victims of discrimination.

At Reisner & King, our team of experienced employment law attorneys fully understands what victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation have endured.

The Charter of human rights and freedoms, CQLR, c. C ‑ 12 («Charter»), prohibits the various forms of discrimination and creates a remedy for victims of discrimination.

This has not been introduced previously as the ECJ case of Marshall v Southampton and South - West Hampshire Area Health Authority [1986] EUECJ C - 152 / 84 suggested that to pay anything less than full compensation for losses sustained to victims of discrimination could be open to judicial review.

Unlike Canada's criminal law, which has punishment as a purpose, the AHRA is not meant to punish offenders; it is intended to provide relief for victims of discrimination.

In addition to the damages permitted under the NJLAD, the new law allows victims of discrimination to recover triple damages should a jury, or the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, determine that the employer is guilty of an unlawful employment practice as defined by the law.

In creating New Jersey's anti-discrimination law, the Legislature «intended victims of discrimination to obtain redress for mental anguish [and] embarrassment, even when their emotional and physical ailments can not be characterized as severe.»

In that role, Ms. Webber represents victims of discrimination and other illegal employment practices in class and collective actions.

As a trusted Hayward employment law attorney, the Law Offices of Spencer C. Young provides top of the line legal support for individuals who are victims of discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, unpaid severance, and other workplace violations.

Victims of discrimination will have access to greater remedies and compensation: At a special Law Society conference on employment law that I recently attended, the main theme was the enlargement of damage awards for the dismissed employee.

The U.S. attorney's office in Puerto Rico was a «girls club» in which male attorneys were the victims of discrimination and a hostile work environment.

Perhaps years ago, suits like that of the Chicago Lawyers Committee opened up doors for victims of discrimination.

S. 766, the Paycheck Fairness Act, «to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex»

Here is some guidance offered by Mel Muscovitz, an employment law specialist: Laid - off employees will sometimes claim that they are the victims of discrimination.

Rather, it came into being due to the Obama administration's unnecessary decision to dramatically expand the scope of investigations beyond what's needed for provide redress for individual victims of discrimination.

Although stated in race - neutral terms, none of its carefully selected examples indicate that ED or DOJ will ever intervene on behalf of white students claiming to be victims of discrimination, even though Title VI, which starts with the words «no person» was consciously drafted in race - neutral terms.

This strategy placed the burden on the victims of discrimination, black children and their communities.

It found that 48 per cent of 171 participating in the research had reported being the victims of discrimination.

This is a choice activists and victims of discrimination or physical violence should not have to make.

Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination based on gender, prohibited by the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, and companies can not exempt themselves from the law by passing resolutions prohibiting the use of corporate dollars to pay damages to victims of discrimination.

But on Tuesday, the governor stopped short of endorsing Ms. Gillibrand's call for the president to resign, saying instead that he agreed «with the thrust of the senator's comments,» and that «women have been victims of discrimination and abuse.»

Enrollment at City Honors School has been lopsidedly white for years, prompting the federal government to step in recently and order changes in the admissions procedures to ensure that black students are not the victims of discrimination.

«The public attention has been on sexual harassment, but we're clearly committed to treating all victims of discrimination in a way that helps improve the environment in the workplace.»

The American dream of home ownership is at the foundation of our community and represents the aspirations of millions of individuals and families, yet even in 2016 people seeking housing find themselves victims of discrimination despite the provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act.

Women have been victims of discrimination and abuse.

Responding to the violent protests this month in Charlottesville, one of New York City's main police unions, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, has released a video claiming that police officers are the frequent victims of discrimination, or what the brief four - minute clip called «Blue Racism.»

Weren't the Jews also victims of discrimination?

Students who see themselves as victims of discrimination and abuse are demanding that professors issue warnings about materials in courses they are teaching that might cause strong negative emotional responses in student psyches.

What we hear: «Homosexuals are victims of discrimination.

Those who are the victims of discrimination will feel alienated and may seek to subvert existing political structures.

Perhaps only liberal African Americans see themselves as victims of discrimination and blame others for their problems.

Alleged victims of the discrimination will also be invited to reapply for employment.

«It's blatantly unlawful,» said Debra Katz, a Washington employment lawyer who represents victims of discrimination.

Corbett, however, says he is a victim of discrimination, telling a local news outlet, «This has been the type of discrimination and religious persecution that I've been going through for the last couple of years.»

A British Airways employee who was banned from wearing a crucifix on her uniform was the victim of discrimination, the European court of human rights (ECHR) found today.

«If I'm a victim of discrimination, I want to have as many options available to me to seek redress.»

You may also be able to file a private legal action or take other appropriate action if you are the victim of discrimination.

The judgment in this case was that Ms Achibita had not been a victim of discrimination (either direct or indirect), in that the ban in question had been a blanket ban and not specifically targeted at her.

If you have ever been a victim of discrimination, you are familiar with that terrible feeling,...

Therefore, if a victim of discrimination took two years to find another job, based on the new human rights principles, a judge could award her two years» wages, and her legal fees, whereas that same individual may previously only have been entitled to a few months» pay.

An unnamed partner in Proskauer's Washington DC office has sued the firm in federal court, alleging she is a victim of discrimination and claiming «substantial gender disparities» in the firm's partnership.

If you have been the victim of discrimination a Portland employment law attorney can help.

Whether you are an expectant mom, a breastfeeding mom, or a woman of childbearing age who is seeking employment, the law in New Jersey gives you rights if you've been a victim of discrimination.

It could be a business owner, a person facing divorce, a victim of discrimination, or someone accused of committing a crime.