Sentences with phrase «ombudsman says»

But the Financial Ombudsman says there's a chance you'll not be covered for the full amount, possibly only being entitled to your own proportion of the payment.

Last year the parliamentary ombudsman said the government should compensate 85,000 workers who lost out on their pensions, saying official leaflets advising them on how to save for their retirement were misleading, but ministers have refused to do so.

The Ombudsman said there could be circumstances where the necessary relationship may exist, depending on the capacity in which PayPal is acting.

The spokesman for the ombudsman said the reason was because:

«We have received maximum complaints against insurance companies pertaining to mis - selling of insurance products followed by delay in settlement of claims,» an official of Insurance Ombudsman said here.

Not exact matches

Wheeler said he also planned to set up an FCC ombudsman that would relieve small businesses and consumers of the burden and expense of retaining their own lawyers to contest alleged abuses.

The ombudsman's website says that if the ombudsman presents an EU institution with an official recommendation, that organization must enact the recommendation within three months.

Bryn Watkins, managing member of Brussels - based NGO Bingo, said that the ombudsman's recommendation may change that.

Getting Disputes Resolved, by William L. Ury, Jeanne M. Brett, and Stephen S. Goldberg (Jossey - Bass, San Francisco, 1988), has a more academic tone but provides a good introduction to alternative dispute resolution, says Mary Rowe, an ombudsman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI), which handles customer disputes for Scotiabank, CIBC and Bank of Montreal, says it opened 370 banking - related investigations in 2017 to handle customer disputes for its clients, compared with 290 a year earlier.

Norway's consumer ombudsman, for one, says displaying ads in users» news feeds is tantamount to unwanted spam.

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) says it opened 370 banking - related investigations in 2017 to handle customer disputes for its clients, compared to 290 a year ago.

«For 2018, our core focus is on continuing to deliver value to the consumers, firms and regulators we serve,» Ombudsman and CEO Sarah Bradley said in the report.

«In 2017, the number of banking - related cases was the highest they have been in the past five years,» said the ombudsman's annual report, which was released on Thursday.

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments — a national, not - for - profit organization to which consumers can turn to settle disputes with OBSI's participating financial institutions — said in its annual report that it had 5,477 inquiries and opened 721 investigations in 2017, increases of eight per cent and 13 per cent, respectively, over 2016.

Edwards said that experience led her to believe an Ombudsman's office with greater autonomy is needed if new generator regulations are to be enforced.

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell said she was still waiting to see a copy of the contract under which Amazon will allow small businesses on its marketplace.

«Representatives from the Fair Work Ombudsman have met with Caltex executives several times over the past two years and invited Caltex to publicly commit to measures to address the non-compliance issues in their network by entering into a compliance partnership with the Fair Work Ombudsman,» a spokesman said.

«We're not saying [an ombudsman] absolutely has to be in there, we're saying, let's look at the options.

«We work collaboratively with the Fair Work ombudsman, and our compliance program has been independently audited by Ernst & Young and, as a result, we are confident that our compliance program is industry - leading,» Meij said.

«On every occasion we will see how far up the supply chain we can go, and whether we can go all the way to the top,» said the ombudsman chief counsel Janine Webster.

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Commenting on the announcement from the Ministry of Justice that CMC customers will have access to the Legal Services Ombudsman from next year, Chris Lawrenson, Head of Legal Services at the Building Societies Association said;

The armed forces bill currently going through parliament contains safeguards to improve the military justice system, but he said the creation of an independent military ombudsman was necessary to ensure this system worked properly.

Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said he was encouraged that the proposed ombudsman would not undermine the chain of command, but insisted more details were needed about how he would be appointed, and what kind of experience he would need.

There are also reports that Corbyn «shrugged» when asked about his lack of passion for tackling anti-Semitism among his supporters and he is said to have brushed off the idea of appointing an independent ombudsman to deal with allegations.

Last year, the parliamentary ombudsman demanded the government compensate the workers, saying they lost out in part because of inaccurate, incomplete, unclear and inconsistent advice from official leaflets.

Today's report says ministers had been «at best naive and at worst misleading» in dealing with the issue and concluded that by focusing energy on denying the ombudsman's findings, rather than considering what might be done to help those who lost their savings, the government had «caused further distress to complainants».

The ombudsman function of the office, some say, is not being embraced enough by Ms. James — even sympathetic Democrats privately question whether Ms. James, a colleague of Mr. de Blasio's when they served in the City Council together, will ever be able to seriously act as a watchdog for Mr. de Blasio.

The ombudsman Ann Abraham said last year that the government was guilty of maladministration.

«It is disgrace that the government continue to defy the ombudsman and deny all responsibility for pensions that have been lost under their watch,» he said.

«Ministers insist the settlement is fair in tough economic times, and point out that Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary ombudsman, in her ruling on the scandal, said it was appropriate to consider potential impact on public purse of any payment of compensation.»

The ombudsman office can also help with less formal options, such as reporting a complaint in an anonymous letter to a department chair, says Melissa Brodrick, an ombudswoman at Harvard Medical School.

Given the risks involved, international students and postdocs experiencing workplace conflicts may want to start with services that ensure confidentiality, such as the ombudsman office, says Margaret Hellwarth, an international scholar adviser at the University of California, Davis.

NIH Ombudsman Howard Gadlin says that postdocs can be especially reluctant to come forward, even if they have a strong case.

The European Ombudsman, a sort of conduct guard for E.U. institutions, «spent quite a lot of time investigating this, and in the end ruled that we had to release the data,» says Martin Harvey - Allchurch, EMA's head of communications.

Anne Longfield, said a specialist ombudsman is needed to represent the rights of children to social media companies.

«I'm glad that we were able to settle things for my child, but in my role as SBOE ombudsman I feel there has been all this miscommunication,» she says.

He also said he would create an «ombudsman» position in the state Department of Education to help families with children who are home - schooled or who are looking to use other education opportunities outside the standard public - school system.

Sullivan, writing in her role as the newspaper's ombudsman, said she has heard from many readers «that The Times is demonizing Amazon and -LSB-...]

The Financial Ombudsman Service says that every week for the past six months is going to be.

The agency's ombudsman, Rohit Chopra, said complaints related to this issue are growing more common because the practice is catching so many consumers by surprise.

The CFPB's student loan ombudsman draws parallels with mortgage crisis and says student debt is hurting the housing market...

CFPB ombudsman, Seth Frotman, said, «Despite having the right to an income driven plan, borrowers still struggle to enroll.

The Ombudsman has said this is generally acceptable as it is returning you to the position you would be in without charges (and is still a win after all).

Here you need to rely on the «fairness argument», focusing on the problems charges have caused you, as the Ombudsman has said it is unlikely to consider «templated arguments».

If your first letter doesn't work, before going further you may want to give the bank a call, or write another letter saying you're going to the Ombudsman and you think your case is strong, but would prefer to sort it out quickly.

Send it a letter to say you're discontinuing from court and wish for it to consider your case or you will be complaining to the Ombudsman.

The ombudsman will then look at each case individually, so if yours is a matter of you saying one thing happened but the company disagrees, the ombudsman will decide if it thinks the company acted fairly.