protected status
Official immunity designation
Protected status is a legal designation shielding certain groups from discrimination based on characteristics like race, religion, sex, disability, or national origin.
Employment law prohibits firing or refusing to hire someone because of their protected status.
The term also applies to immigration categories offering refuge from deportation: She was granted protected status after fleeing the civil war.
- wildlife sanctuaryProtected area for animals
- ecological reserveProtected land for wildlife
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- endangered listRegistry of threatened species
- lawBinding principle or regulation
minority rights · intellectual property · sovereign immunity · national park · national monument · discrimination · equal opportunity · civil rights · diplomatic immunity · safe · no-fly zone · asylum seeker · green card · Title VII · trademark · copyright · human rights · fair housing
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- job securityjob security, job retention, permanent position, job stability, seniority
- legal statuslegal capacity, personhood, legal entity, legal identity, legal standing
- refugeesrefugee camps, refugee camp, displaced persons, refugee policy, refugee rights
- juvenile lawjuvenile law, juvenile court, juvenile courts, juvenile justice, juvenile rights
- preservationpreserve, preservatives, preservative, canning, freezing
protected statusundocumented status
Lacking official authorization to reside
visa overstay · deportable · removable · stateless · illegal alien
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