Questions tagged [discrimination]
Discrimination is the favourable or unfavourable treatment of a person or thing based on criteria other than individual merit - for example, gender, race, or other categories the person or thing belongs to. Not all discrimination is unlawful.
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Is it legal to discriminate on marital status for car insurance/pensions etc.?
In 2012 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that gender is no longer allowed to be a factor when premiums are calculated for "everything from pensions to car and life insurance".
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Can a business in the US allow only customers who are provably citizens of foreign countries?
It would require that customers provide proof of foreign citizenship — a green card, visa, or foreign passport, and would not bar US dual citizens as long as they could prove citizenship in another ...
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I want to remove school record that reveal my trans status. Can my complaint use terms which stipulate this without identifying as 'transgender'? [closed]
I live in California and ran track in high school.
During winter break of 10th grade, I began my transition and returned in 2014, facing challenges to be treated equally. My former school was slow to ...
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Can an agency be liable for sending me home because they did not provide the correct uniform size? [closed]
I was urgently called to cover a shift in London today. Upon arrival, the supervisor gave me a jumpsuit, which clearly did not fit, causing me embarrassment. Despite this, he insisted I attempt to ...
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Could I file a complaint against discrimination in my favor?
(Hypothetical) Say I had a boss who was crazy enough to make a statement like, “All men get a raise, and all women get a paycut.”
The hypothetical women in the hypothetical office are refusing to take ...
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Is it legal in the United Kingdom to discriminate on hiring due to business dealings with sanctioned countries?
I've had a qualified candidate apply to one of my job postings. He is Iranian with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. However he has a business interest in Iran where he sells VPNs with bitcoin ...
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Can publicly funded universities create areas designated for students of certain ethnicities only?
Say a publicly funded university creates dedicated facilities, spaces and support for students of a particular ethnicity. They have signs like this:
This is a Designated Area for <ethnicity name&...
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Do student aid and tax-exemption qualify as "Federal financial assistance" in the sense of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stipulates (emphasis by me):
No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the ...
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Is it unlawful to create an origin-specific organization?
Suppose I establish a high school, college, or university where anyone can enroll, but I stipulate that
The teachers, researchers, or top-level administration must be born in, say, Japan, Egypt, or ...
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What if someone goes on protected leave and their employer thus realizes they don't need them?
Say that Ash works for Big Co. and goes on some kind of legally protected leave (FMLA leave, parental leave, etc.) because of some protected characteristic (such as having acquired a disability and/or ...
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Can legal action reasonably be taken against someone unsavory for endorsing your product/company?
Advertisers don't want their product/company associated with certain people/content. Which is why a lot of ads don't play on more controversial content (e.g. demonetized videos on Youtube).
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Does discrimination law apply to prostitutes?
Bob is a male prostitute who only services female clients. Charles is a homosexual male who would like to solicit his services, but Bob being straight and so finding this proposition unenticing, ...
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Is it legal to discriminate using factors that correlate with race/sex?
In most jurisdictions, discrimination based on race/sex is illegal. Is it legal to discriminate using something that correlates with race/sex, but is not actually race/sex?
Examples:
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Is discrimination against transgender people illegal?
Are there any laws that have criminalized discrimination against transgender people in general?
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Must Waitrose modify its free coffee machines for Barbara?
Waitrose has a policy of giving one free coffee from an automatic dispensing machine per day to its Waitrose card holders if they make any other purchase using their MyQaitrose card.
Barbara suffers a ...