LSN: Legislation (Private Law - Discrimination) (Sub-Topic)最新文献

Compliance or Complaints? The Impact of Private Enforceability of Lactation Break Time and Space Laws 遵从还是投诉?哺乳中断时间和空间法的私人可执行性的影响

LSN: Legislation (Private Law - Discrimination) (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3864250

Liz Morris, Jessica Lee

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Falling Between the Cracks: Discrimination Laws and Older Women 落在裂缝之间:歧视法和老年妇女

LSN: Legislation (Private Law - Discrimination) (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2018-07-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3219278

J. McLaughlin

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引用次数: 12

Some Thoughts on Toilets, Transgenders, and the LGBT 'Community' 关于厕所、变性人和LGBT“社区”的一些思考

LSN: Legislation (Private Law - Discrimination) (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2016-04-12 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2763663

Robert W. McGee

引用次数: 11

Disability, Rehabilitation and the Status of Worker in EU Law: Fenoll 欧盟法律中工人的残疾、康复和地位:Fenoll

LSN: Legislation (Private Law - Discrimination) (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.54648/cola2016008

M. Bell

引用次数: 2