Articles related to "Sex Discrimination"

Is discrimination against gays & lesbians sex discrimination? Robert Wintemute says yes - but poor legal analysis can make the orientation-gender link easy to miss.

All organizations are at risk for being sued for sexual discrimination in the work place. Regardless of the size of the organization, companies should set diversity goals

The US Supreme Court has examined sex discrimination in diverse contexts including military service, education, and criminal law. These are the key cases.

Anti-discrimination legislation can be under-inclusive if it fails to provide a ground of discrimination that adequately reflects the adverse treatment suffered.

Between education, childrearing and eldercare, women have little time before mandatory retirement to build a career that goes beyond middle management or local government

One of the most basic principles of British anti-discrimination legislation is that likes must be treated alike.

How do working mothers balance family life and a career? Here are some tips to keep you sane.

Are you a third wave feminist? Read about this individualistic form of feminism that is popular among younger women, and read what critics have to say.

In cases of both direct and indirect discrimination in the UK claimants tend, despite suffering multiple grounds of discrimination, to plead only a single ground.

Unlike that of Europe, jurisprudence in the US has shown a developing recognition of the issue of multiple discrimination.

Recent jurisprudence has shown that the need for an appropriate comparator is still a great hurdle to claims of multiple discrimination.

It has been claimed that attempts to address the problems caused by the comparator requirement necessarily result in a legal paradox.

There are two recognised ways that multiple discrimination can occur and UK laws fail to protect against either of them.

The issue of multiple discrimination has been increasingly on the legal agenda in the UK and it seems that the legislation is slowly changing to accommodate it.

Though it takes on a number of variations, the battle over same sex marriage at a state level focuses essentially on two constitutional issues: liberty and equality.

UK law does not yet adequately recognise the plight of those who suffer disadvantage due to discrimination against more than one protected characteristic.

The failure of UK law to adequately address the issue of multiple discrimination has had a threefold adverse affect on claimants.

Would human rights in the UK be better protected if there was a move away from the practice of having a closed list of specifically named grounds of discrimination?

On June 21, 1893, Leland Stanford died. His determined widow now took steps to forge the future success of the university they began to honor their deceased son.

Author Nancy Jane Moore talks about feminism and writing, social activism and writing, and her current projects.