Sentences with phrase «where issues of discrimination»

In this factum, CCD explained that for disadvantaged groups, such as people with disabilities, access to justice requires a robust and effective Canadian Human Rights Commission where issues of discrimination can be addressed.

Not exact matches

Mr. Kemper practices in the area of labor and employment law where he regularly counsels employers on a variety of workplace issues including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, employee discipline and discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour (including tipping practices), whistleblower, unemployment, restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, separation agreements, workplace policies and employee handbooks.

If you go to a place where there is engagement in helping young scientists become good senior scientists 10 years later, then, when you finally at the age of 40 realize that discrimination does exist and affects you, you'll be in a place where there are people who care about that career issue and can help you.

The genesis of District 9 is contained within Blomkamp's impressive 2005 short film Alive in Joburg, where he first introduced the idea of using an alien and human encounter to explore issues of discrimination.

As a class, make a chart of these various issues (racial discrimination, gender discrimination, poverty, etc.), and note where each poem fits.

He advises and acts in the full range of statutory dismissal and discrimination claims, with a focus on those involving claims for substantial compensation or serious reputational issues for the respondent organisation or its senior management or where there are related High Court proceedings.

David is generally instructed in high profile and heavyweight cases in the High Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

The exception to this is where the breach of contract is related to another issue such as unlawful discrimination, whistleblowing, health and safety breaches, or if the constructive dismissal arises out of you trying to assert a statutory right.

Indifference towards beliefs, even where a neutral standard may be set, may have the unintended effect of constructive discrimination, an issue experienced frequently by believers in non-traditional forms of creed.

In recent years, Danish has practiced in South Texas, where she represented clients in civil litigation and handled all aspects of employment and labor issues, including trial ofemployment discrimination claims, labor contract negotiation and arbitration and organizing campaigns.

Abby served as a Ford Foundation Summer Fellow in the Education and Employment Division of the National Women's Law Center, where she worked on issues relating to equal pay, Title IX and sexual harassment, and pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.

Another example may be found in the recent case of Brent Bish on behalf of Ian Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corporation, Cardinal River Operations, SCC Case No 36636, leave to appeal granted from the judgment in Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corporation, 2015 ABCA 225 (CanLII), where Jennifer Koshan points to the missing voices of five human rights commissions (who had applied to intervene jointly), which, had they been allowed to intervene, could have contributed meaningfully by assisting the court in a case where the test for discrimination was a live issue.

Often the application of the Polkey principle will end the compensation period but there is an exception (see para 58) where there is also stigma resulting from the claimant taking legal action for the discrimination, which is the next issue.

Therefore, while EU fundamental rights law encompasses the general principle of non-discrimination, and binds the member states where the national situation at issue falls within the scope of EU law, «it does not follow from this that the scope of Directive 2000/78 should be extended by analogy beyond the discrimination based on the grounds listed exhaustively in Art 1 thereof».

From an international legal perspective, issues of State responsibility and accountability arise where there are human rights violations, which include indirect as well as direct discrimination, irrespective of whether the perpetrator is a State or private actor.