Tagged: Discrimination

Employment Law: Sex Discrimination – Justification – Margin of Discretion

Employment Law: Sex Discrimination – Justification – Margin of Discretion

Employment Law: Sex Discrimination – Justification – Margin of Discretion In the case of Hardys and Hansons plc v Lax [2005] EWCA Civ 846 (Court of Appeal), the appellant employers were brewers who ran a chain of public houses. The respondent was employed by the appellant and subsequently took maternity leave, and during this time, she put in a request to her employer to job share her post of retail recruitment manager upon her return from maternity leave, or alternatively to take up a tenanted support manager’s job on a job share basis. Her request was denied and she brought...

Avoid Discrimination Lawsuits

Avoid Discrimination Lawsuits

Avoid Discrimination Lawsuits One of the advantages of outsourcing to a Professional Employment Organization PEO or Administrative Service Organization ASO such as AmCheck, is the fact that your PEO/ASO’s Human Resource Department can help you decipher some of the legal technicalities that exist as a result of Federal Legislation regarding discrimination. This is part of the reason many PEOs may be involved in the process of hiring and firing at the worksite–it is one of many methods we use to protect you from risk of discrimination lawsuits. Legal changes in recent years have made it more and more difficult to...

Discrimination in Employment — Relevant Federal Laws

Discrimination in Employment — Relevant Federal Laws

Discrimination in Employment– Relevant Federal Laws Discrimination in employment is forbidden by a series of federal laws. These laws are the following: * Title VII of the Civil liberty Act of 1964, as modified (typically referred to as “Title VII”);. * Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA);. * The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as modified (ADEA);. * The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA);. * The Civil liberty Act of 1991 (typically referred to as “CRA of 1991”); and. * Area 501 of the Rehab Act of 1973, as modified. Title VII...