“Expanding the grounds of protection under HRA is a historic occasion because Bermuda is finally closer to being a just and fair society,” Ms Memari said. “We commend parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle for their expressions of support for this. “It is most unfortunate that despite Government’s attempts to improve the amendment, 6C of the amendment act has managed to stay in with the problematic part that would lend itself to harassment by law enforcement officials and profiling. We urge the Senate to rectify the situation. “We hope that the next step is to pursue age discrimination in the workplace.”
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:26:14 +0000
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