Protected Grounds definition

Protected Grounds means the grounds listed in Section 4 of the Act as they are defined and interpreted pursuant to the Act including:
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Protected Grounds means the grounds listed in Section 13 of the Code, as amended.
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Examples of Protected Grounds in a sentence

  • Equity Motion” shall mean a motion concerned with issues that primarily impact groups defined by the Protected Grounds under the Ontario Human Rights code, and Adult Day School Teachers as an equity seeking group.

  • See RAIO Training Module, Nexus and the Protected Grounds for further discussion.

  • RAIO Training Modules, Nexus and the Protected Grounds and Nexus – Particular Social Group.

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  • Accommodations on Protected Grounds other than DisabilityStudents who require an accommodation in relation to their coursework or to fulfill requirements for a graduate degree, based on a protected ground other than disability, should communicate this need, preferably in writing, to their Instructor or the appropriate Associate Dean, Department Head or the department/faculty designated contact person.

  • If you have experienced or witnessed an incident involving what you believe to be discrimination based on any Protected Grounds, harassment, bullying or sexual harassment, we ask that you report it as soon as possible.

  • Taking into account the exemptions set out in 8.4 and 8.5 below there is no adverse impact on any other Protected Grounds from its adoption through to its potential variation and extension.

  • RAIO Lesson Plan, Nexus and the Protected Grounds (quoting Guy Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law 30 (1983)).

  • The Human Rights Act prohibits Discrimination on the basis of several Protected Grounds.

  • Harassment: Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or reasonable ought to be known to be unwelcome and which is based on any of the Protected Grounds below.


More Definitions of Protected Grounds

Protected Grounds means the protected grounds under the Alberta Human Rights Act.
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Protected Grounds means any Protected Grounds as defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code (“Code”) as may be amended from time to time, including race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability.
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Protected Grounds means any of the following personal characteristics: gender, race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnicity, citizenship, age, record of offences, creed, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, or receipt of public assistance (see further definitions in Appendix “A”).
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Protected Grounds means any of the following: race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed (religion), sex (including pregnancy and breastfeeding), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status (including the status of being married, single, widowed, divorced, separated, or living in a conjugal relationship outside of marriage, whether in a same sex or opposite sex relationship, family status (being in a parent-child relationship) or disability (including mental, physical, developmental or learning disabilities).
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Protected Grounds means the grounds listed in the Alberta Human Rights Act in force
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Protected Grounds means the grounds listed in the Alberta Human Rights Act in force at the relevant time as they are defined and interpreted pursuant to the Act including:
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Related to Protected Grounds

  • Protected Party means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.

  • Protected Person means: (i) the members of the Board; (ii) the Administrator and its Affiliates; (iii) any Member; (iv) any Officer; or (v) any Person who serves at the request of the Board on behalf of the Company as an officer, director, partner, member, stockholder or employee of any other Person.

  • Protected Activity means filing a charge, complaint, or report with, or otherwise communicating, cooperating, or participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by, any federal, state or local government agency or commission, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Labor Relations Board (the “Government Agencies”). The Employee understands that in connection with such Protected Activity, the Employee is permitted to disclose documents or other information as permitted by law, and without giving notice to, or receiving authorization from, the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of any information that may constitute Company confidential information to any parties other than the Government Agencies. The Employee further understands that “Protected Activity” does not include the disclosure of any Company attorney-client privileged communications. Any language in any other agreement between the Company and the Employee regarding the Employee’s right to engage in Protected Activity that conflicts with, or is contrary to, this paragraph is superseded by this Agreement. In addition, pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Employee is notified that an individual will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (i) is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official (directly or indirectly) or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if (and only if) such filing is made under seal. In addition, an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the individual’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

  • protected species means any of the following animals:

  • Protected Property means each property identified on Exhibit A hereto and each property acquired in Exchange for a Protected Property as set forth in Section 2.1(b).

  • Protected record means a record that is classified protected as provided by Section 63G-2-305.

  • protected area means an area that is or has to be listed in the register referred to in section 10 of the Protected Areas Act;

  • Protected Information means PHI provided by CE to BA or created, maintained, received or transmitted by BA on CE’s behalf.

  • Protected Areas Act means the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003;

  • Protected tenant means any tenant who:

  • Protected Disclosure means any communication made in good faith that discloses or demonstrates information that may evidence unethical or improper activity.

  • Protected Employee means any employee of the Company or an Affiliate who was employed by Company or an Affiliate at any time within six (6) months prior to the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason or any earlier date of an alleged breach by Grantee of the restrictions in Section 17 hereof.

  • Protected Health Information (PHI) means individually identifiable health information created, received, maintained or transmitted by Business Associate on behalf of a health care component of the Covered Entity that relates to the provision of health care to an Individual; the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an Individual; or the past, present, or future payment for provision of health care to an Individual. 45 CFR 160.103. PHI includes demographic information that identifies the Individual or about which there is reasonable basis to believe can be used to identify the Individual. 45 CFR 160.103. PHI is information transmitted or held in any form or medium and includes EPHI. 45 CFR 160.103. PHI does not include education records covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, as amended, 20 USCA 1232g(a)(4)(B)(iv) or employment records held by a Covered Entity in its role as employer.

  • Protected Health Information or “PHI” shall have the same meaning as the term “protected health information” in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, and includes electronic PHI, as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, limited to information created, maintained, transmitted or received by the Business Associate from or on behalf of the Covered Entity or from another Business Associate of the Covered Entity.

  • Protected Data means Student Data and/or Teacher or Principal Data, to the extent applicable to the product or service actually being provided to the District by Vendor pursuant to the Master Agreement.