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• discrimination — I (bigotry) noun bias, blind zeal, class prejudice, favoritism, illiberality, intolerance, opinionativeness, preference, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, racialism, racism, unfairness, want of forbearance associated concepts: blacklist,… …   Law dictionary

• Employment discrimination law in the United Kingdom — combats prejudice in the workplace. It protects discrimination against people based on gender, race, religion or belief, sexuality, disability and, most recently, age. There are also important provisions which deal with discrimination by an… …   Wikipedia

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act — The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90 202, 81 Stat. 602 (Dec. 15, 1967), codified as Chapter 14 of Title 29 of the United States Code, usc|29|621 through usc|29|634 (ADEA), prohibits employment discrimination against… …   Wikipedia

• discrimination — In constitutional law, the effect of a statute or established practice which confers particular privileges on a class arbitrarily selected from a large number of persons, all of whom stand in the same relation to the privileges granted and… …   Black's law dictionary

• discrimination — In constitutional law, the effect of a statute or established practice which confers particular privileges on a class arbitrarily selected from a large number of persons, all of whom stand in the same relation to the privileges granted and… …   Black's law dictionary

• discrimination —    The unequal treatment of persons for a reason that has nothing to do with legal rights or ability. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination in employment, rates of pay, right to promotion, availability of housing, educational opportunity …   Business law dictionary

• Employment discrimination — (or workplace discrimination) is discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation. It includes various types of harassment. Many jurisdictions prohibit some types of employment discrimination, often by forbidding …   Wikipedia

• discrimination — di‧scrim‧i‧na‧tion [dɪˌskrɪmˈneɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the process of treating one market, country, type of product etc differently from another: • the discrimination in favour of imported wine when it comes to excise duty ˈprice… …   Financial and business terms

• Employment discrimination law in the United States — In the United States, employment discrimination is prohibited by a collection of state and federal laws, as well as by ordinances of counties and municipalities.Protected categoriesUnder Federal law, employers cannot discriminate against… …   Wikipedia

• Employment Non-Discrimination Act — The Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), is a proposed U.S. federal law that would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Currently, there are two versions of the bill: *USBill|110|H.R.|2015, introduced …   Wikipedia

• Discrimination — This article focuses on discrimination in sociology, not statistical discrimination. For other uses of the term, see the entry for discrimination at Wiktionary. Part of a series on …   Wikipedia