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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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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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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).
But what ...
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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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Is it illegal to restrict types of shifts available to women?
The scenario I'm imagining is a part-time job, where there's no sex discrimination in the actual hiring based on sex, but the type (and possibly) quantity of shifts available is restricted by sex. ...
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If a U.S. state legalized murder in a discriminatory way, how could the courts remedy that?
This is apparently very hypothethal question. According to the answers to the question "Could a state legalize murder?", theoretically, a U.S. state could legalize murder (of course, it ...
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Does anything like “indirect discrimination” or the “duty to make reasonable adjustments” exist in the U.S.?
The U.K. Equality act 2010 introduces a notion called “indirect discrimination.” Basically it’s things that one does that disproportionately affects individuals possessing a protected characteristic (...
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Is it legal for me to ask people who are applying to work for me if they were in a sorority in college and not hire them if they were? [closed]
Long story short, I have issues with sorority girls dating back to when I was younger that I don't really want to elaborate on here. I have little to no problem with fraternity brothers, and so I ...
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What type of liability exists for gender discrimination in pricing for a contractor's services and under what conditions?
Suppose that business A contracts business B to perform some work for it on a regular basis. This work is performed for the customers of business A at their request. For concreteness, business A might ...
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Are the US consulates obligated to provide reasonable accommodations for medical conditions (for non-citizens)?
I see that some consulates have information about this on their websites for instance, but some don't. Are they obligated to provide such accommodations by the law, or it's a merely at-will decision?
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Is it illegal to hire by age in the US?
Maybe one of the fields that has the most "ageism" is programming and software engineering jobs.
There were multiple times I hear of the CEO or SVP at the final approval stage: "we want ...
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May my business notify Christians that we won't serve them?
Hypothetically, suppose that I own and operate a small business in Colorado which expresses artwork for clients and that I do not want to express Christian concepts because I am a Satanist. Might it ...
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When are companies allowed to discriminate based on age, sex, race, religion, sexuality, etc.? [duplicate]
I'm pretty sure that, at least in California, there are anti-discrimination laws in place, and you can't just not hire someone because they belong to X protected class.
But on the other hand, there ...
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Religion is a "protected class" in California. Does that extend to things like homophobia/transphobia due to religion?
In California, I'm pretty sure employers aren't allowed to discriminate based on religion (e.g. you can't not hire someone just because they're Jewish). In other words, religion is a "protected ...
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