Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of their religion. It is unlawful to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of his/her religion in regard to hiring, termination, promotion, compensation, job training, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment.

Title 13, a federal law, provides strong confidentiality protections for individual and business information collected by the Census Bureau. If the Census Bureau collects your information for another agency, CIPSEA and either Title 13 or the sponsoring agency's confidentiality law covers the data collection. Title 13 strictly prohibits disclosing Title 13-protected information to any other federal, state, or local agency or any foreign government.

of January 1, 2005, charities that accept donations of vehicles, trucks, boats, and airplanes — and later sell these donated items — will be subject to additional reporting requirements. Charities will be required to disclose in writing, to each donor and to the IRS, the gross proceeds raised from the sale of their donated vehicle when the vehicle is sold for $500.00 or more.

The law will not affect donors who do not itemize on their taxes. Donors who do itemize their taxes will no longer carry the burden of determining the value for their donation. Instead, they will receive a verifiable written receipt from the charity, which will document the gross proceeds of the donated vehicle valued at $500.00 or more. Donors are encouraged to speak to their tax advisors for more information.

Because 2008 is a federal election year, you'll be voting to elect a president and vice-president, all members of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as one-third of the U.S. Senate. But there's usually more on the ballot. You may be voting for a governor of your state or for members of the state legislature. You'll also likely be voting on other candidates and issues in your state, like a "ballot measure" (a proposed law).

Answer: To be protected by federal trademark law, the marked goods and services must be used in interstate commerce. Federal trademark law is known as the Lanham Act. It protects marks that are registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office as well as those that are in use but never registered. Court opinions and United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) regulations also interpret trademark rights and remedies.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination; The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 .

Yes. The keeper of an animal of a species that is dangerous by nature, or that the keeper knows or has reason to know has dangerous propensities or traits, is strictly liable to anyone injured as a result of those propensities or traits. This rule provides greater protection than the dog bite statute, because it applies to keepers other than owners; owners; dogs and animals other than dogs, including horses. Yes.

The Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 is not the only legislation about discrimination. There are also laws at a Commonwealth level, which is administered by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The current Commonwealth laws are:

A number of federal and state laws prohibit insurance discrimination. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) recognizes genetic information as Protected Health Information (PHI) and specifies protection for the confidentiality of PHI. HIPAA also provides restrictions on health-related information in making coverage decisions and in setting premiums by group health insurers.

The law defines discrimination as any difference in treatment based on certain protected statuses, including race, creed, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, religion, source of income, sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status or disability, and segregation.

This law covers persons with either physical or mental disabilities. This act makes it illegal for any person or entity regulated by the state, receiving financial assistance from the state or doing business in the state to discriminate against a qualified disabled person in employment, housing or any program, activity or service.

Sex discrimination in housing is illegal. When a landlord learns that a tenant is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, the landlord sometimes reacts by discriminating against the victim. In some cases this type of action against domestic or sexual violence victims is illegal sex discrimination. Your abusive partner lives with you, and your landlord evicts you or takes away your housing voucher because of the abuser's actions.

Many members of both parties in Congress have confused a public health issue, medical marijuana, with the politics of the War on Drugs. In doing so, they have denied an effective medication to the seriously ill and dying. On June 15, 2005, the House voted 264 to 161 against a bi-partisan measure, sponsored by Reps.

The Bush Administration is attempting to use the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to overturn the Oregon law. Congress passed the CSA specifically to (1) ban the use and trafficking of illegal drugs and (2) regulate the use of legal narcotics for approved medical purposes. The CSA does not apply to the Death with Dignity Act because the Oregon law specifies only the use of legal narcotics for physician-assited dying.

On the Internet, search the United States Code by key words or specific code section and download text. Or you may want to visit a local public law library. Your county law library is listed in the telephone directory in the County Government Offices section under "Law Library." Our office is restricted by law from providing legal research or legal analysis for private individuals under any circumstances.

Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934 grants NextG the right to provide telecommunications services and prohibits municipalities from imposing requirements that prevent NextG from providing telecommunications services or that "have the effect of prohibiting" NextG from providing telecommunications services. Recent court decisions applying Section 253 have held that any municipal requirement that "materially inhibits" NextG's ability to compete is pre-empted.

The basic dictionary definition of discrimination is: the act or ability of making or perceiving differences and distinctions. A showing of favoritism in treatment. However, the word has a different and more precise definition for the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. We use the definition as; different treatment given or received because of a person's race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, and or disability.

The Age Discrimination Act, Disability Discrimination Act, Racial Discrimination Act and Sex Discrimination Act are all based on international human rights treaties and conventions ratified by Australia . These laws protect people from discrimination or harassment in the workplace and various parts of public life, based on their age, race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, marital status or disability.