An employee who was fired after her husband, an executive at the same company, was forced to resign may sue for marital status discrimination, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a summary judgment. The plaintiff, a receptionist at a cabinet company, married the president of the company. When the business began performing poorly, the parent company's CEO terminated several employees, including the plaintiff and her husband.
A plaintiff could sue for marital status discrimination when she lost her job after her husband was forced to resign as company president, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled. The decision affirms a state appellate ruling. ( See "Employee may sue for marital status discrimination," Lawyers USA, May 6, 2010.)
... two spheres: laws that prevent discrimination against non-married partners or gay men and lesbia... not based upon sex as claimed, but upon marital status, which is a legitimate classification ratio...
... Hamilton filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ...)–(2), 2000e(k), and state law claims of marital status discrimination and invasion of privacy. Aft...
Launches National Web Site as a Call to Action for Non- Discriminatory Foster Care Legislation WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) praised Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) for his reintroduction of The Every Child Deserves a Family Act. This legislation would expand the number of qualified foster and adoptive parents for youth in the foster care system by banning all discrimination based on sexual orientation gender identity, or marital status or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the youth involved in foster and adoption agencies that receive federal funding, potentially opening up hundreds of thousands of new homes to youth in need of placement.
... agencies practice or tolerate discrimination.” Public Law 107-174, Title I, General Provision..., sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status or political affiliation. Discrimination on...
Newspaper job ads and announcements can present barriers that invite discrimination lawsuits related to age, race, gender or marital status when they contain terminology like "salesman," "married couple," "young" and "college student." Requiring a high school or college degree, for example, can be discriminatory in some job categories. Instead, use a phrase like "applicants must have a degree or equivalent experience.
Washington graduated in 1952 and continued working in the 3rd Ward where he met former Olympian and future congressman, Ralph Metcalfe, who further introduced him to one of the country's political machines, the Daley's political machine, which according to legend, would reward its friends and punish its enemies severely, Metcalfe was one of (Richard) Daley's allies and took newcomer, Washington "under his wing" to "show him the ropes. When the President of the Illinois Senate decided to retire, in 1975, Washington was in line to become a state senator. However, he needed the (State Democratic) Party's support which led directly to Daley. But at the insistence of the retiring president, Washington got the support, and was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1976. Thea his legal troubles b...
... faced with restrictive covenants (discrimination in housing), he became immersed in fund-raising dr... ranging from race, religion and marital status to real estate transactions and the availab...
... and USDA policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,... political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. To file a complaint of discrimin...
... of a dwelling, and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, fammilial status (having one or more children under the age of 18),, marital status, age (provided the person has the capacity ...
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