Prohibition of Discrimination in UK Law
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Protection against religious discrimination in the workplace
The European Court of Human Rights has recently ruled in the cases of four individuals who were unsuccessful in their claims in the UK courts for religious discrimination at work. All four applica...
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Backdating Pension Rights: Restrictions For Civil Partners And Part-Timers Upheld
... ... is because those cases concerned claims of indirect sex discrimination (rather than being directly on the grounds of the claimants' status as ... He also argued that the prohibition of discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation is a fundamental ... ...
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Direct Discrimination: Association And Perception
... ... On the other hand, in relation to sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability* and gender reassignment there is currently no clear prohibition of discrimination based on perception or association ... In practice Review all training materials and equality and diversity ... ...
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Bereavement Damages Regime Unlawful
... ... (Right to respect for private and family life) and Article 14 (Prohibition of discrimination) of the ECHR, to the extent that it prevents cohabiting ... ...
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Discrimination Based On Perception And Association
... ... a particular age ... However, in relation to sex and gender reassignment, there ... is no prohibition of discrimination based on either perception ... or association ... The current law, as to whether less favourable treatment of ... B by ... ...
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Homophobia: Sex Discrimination By Another Name
... ... of being a contravention of the right to respect for private life under the European Convention on Human Rights, when read with the prohibition of discrimination under Article 14 of the Convention. Therefore, had the acts complained of taken place after 2nd October 2000 Ms Pearce might have ... ...
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Coleman v. Attridge Law - Impact Of ECJ's Ruling On Associative Disability Discrimination'
... ... Decision in Coleman v Attridge ... The European Court of Justice has decided that the ... prohibition of discrimination against employees on ground of ... disability under the European Directive for Equal Treatment is ... not limited to ... ...
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Recent Update On The Agudas Israel Housing Association Case: Application To European Court Of Human Rights Rejected
... ... (including discrimination on the basis of large families and levels ... of poverty). The woman's ... Rights (LF v UK (19839/21)) under Article 14 (prohibition of ... discrimination) and Article 8 (right to respect for private and ... ...
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New Belgian Rules On Affirmative Action For Private Employers
... ... adverse effects related to protected criteria in the anti-discrimination legislation (such as age, sexual orientation, etc.). Measures of ve action are exceptions to the principled prohibition of discrimination intended to ensure full equality in practice. Only by ... ...
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Gender Based Actuarial Factors - What Now For Pension Schemes?
... ... Pay Directive. This Directive specifically prohibits sex discrimination in occupational pension schemes. However, like the Goods and Services ... did not "comment on the compatibility of that factor with the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex under European Union law". The point ... ...
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