equal opportunity

Article 6 of the Law on Equal Opportunities and Treatment between Women and Men (202/2002) - gender-based discrimination

The Constitution sets forth the Argentine Republic’s fundamental principles, values, norms, and guarantees, including (among other enumerated rights and protections) the following:

A medical student/nursing mother alleged that the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) violated her rights under Massachusetts law by denying her additional break time and a private space to express breast milk during the United States Medical Licensing Examination.

The Employment Act establishes the rights and obligations of employers and employees in The Bahamas, specifically related to hours of work, overtime, leave, redundancy payments, notice of termination, summary and unfair dismissal, child labor, and wages. This Act prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, among other criteria, and requires employers to provide equal pay for substantially similar work.

The plaintiff worked for the defendant as a police officer. During training, where the plaintiff was one of three women amongst twenty-four participants, she began to feel that she could never raise complaints because of her gender due to comments about how the male troopers better “watch out” or she would charge them with sexual harassment, or about another female trooper whose sex discrimination complaint had been dismissed by the Board.

A student who was subjected to years of harassment based on perceived sexual orientation sued the school district under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD). In the case L.W. ex rel. L.G. v. Toms River Regional Board of Education, 189 N.J.

The Labour Act was originally enacted in 2007 and was repealed and replaced with the modernized Labour Act of 2023. The Act regulates employment relationships in The Gambia, prohibits gender-based discrimination in the workplace, and ensures parental leave benefits. The Act also prohibits the requirement of night work for pregnant individuals and new mothers, unless they explicitly consent to the work.

Law 25674 seeks to increase the participation and leadership of women within labor unions. The law partially amends Law 23551, which codifies the regulatory regime for labor unions. Article 1 requires collective bargaining units to have a proportional number of women as delegates as there are women workers in the branch or activity.

In 2009, Uruguay passed a law that promotes the participation of women in political elections (Law No. 18476 of April 3, 2009). The law includes an obligation to include people of both sexes in each third of the electoral lists for party conventions, party leadership bodies, parliament and departmental boards (Article 2 of Law No. 18476).

The New York State Unified Court System’s Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines follow the Unified Court System’s Anti-Discrimination Policy & Procedures and Sexual Harassment Policy & Procedures which prevent employees from being discriminated against due to their gender expression.