Sentences with phrase «safety bill which»

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor - Awuah, has indicated that his Ministry is developing an Occupational Health and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public spaces.

Not exact matches

The bill is based on a bill of rights created by the Youth Sports Safety Alliance, an organization committed to keeping young athletes safe founded by the National Athletic Trainers» Association which now counts more than 100 organizations (including MomsTEAM) as members.

WASHINGTON - In response to the passage of Senate Bill 1492, which directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to build a public awareness campaign to promote online safety tactics to protect children on the Internet, while also setting up a working group on the issue.

WASHINGTON - October 1, 2008 — In response to the passage of Senate Bill 1492, which directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to build a public awareness campaign to promote online safety tactics to protect children on the Internet, while also setting up a working group on the issue, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), Stephen Balkam, made the following statsafety tactics to protect children on the Internet, while also setting up a working group on the issue, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), Stephen Balkam, made the following statSafety Institute (FOSI), Stephen Balkam, made the following statement:

2011 has been a monumental year that saw the culmination of more than 35 years of efforts with the passage of our licensure bill, as well as the Safety in Youth Sports Act which addresses concussion management.

This bipartisan bill would protect our children from potentially contaminated meat and poultry processed or raised in China, which has a horrific and deadly track record in food safety.

In January, the coalition — which includes Kavanagh, Hoylman, Simon, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Giffords, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence — announced its support for New York's ERPO bill.

The bill, which would suspend registration for up to six months, is designed to boost pedestrian safety.

60 blocks have failed fire tests, including 3 NHS buildings and they have another 500 to be looked at, which leaves them with a # 600 million cladding safety bill.

Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»

Safety Net payments, which are calculated monthly, have already reached $ 1.96 million this year, compared with a total bill of $ 1.18 million for all of 2011.

But a new version of the bill, which was amended with an eye toward addressing some public safety concerns of a trio of key GOP members, was quietly introduced two days ago, and supporters say there is some last minute movement on the measure.

Exceptions are made for public safety (per standing law), the active duty military (per a bill which did get passed to approve it), and things which are funded outside the standard budgeting process (such as Social Security).

The City Council approved a construction safety bill in September, which requires workers to complete at least 40 hours of safety training by 2020.

It turned out to be convenient for Cuomo that the Education Department released the data — which showed that the vast majority of teachers were high performing under the system — the day before the «safety net» bill was sent to Cuomo's desk.

The bill, which passed unanimously in both chambers last June, would have narrowed the definition of a safety net to include: a public hospital, with the exception of SUNY; a federally designated critical access or sole community hospital; or a hospital that has at least 50 percent of its patients uninsured or on Medicaid, 40 percent of its inpatient population covered by Medicaid, not more than 25 percent of its discharges using commercial insurance, and at least 3 percent of its patients uninsured.

The public safety bill, which is being drafted, requires the executive to submit any prison closure plan a year in advance to the legislature for ratification or amendment.

He cited the party's support for Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which the union opposed because it did not include construction safety mandates.

There is little in the bill to protect us from divisive decision - making by an elected commissioner, which may have more to do with re-election than overall public safety.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today a range of reforms to suppress violence and crime in the city's troubled homeless shelter system — which include plans to have cops train on - site security staff and place an NYPD unit in charge of drawing up a comprehensive safety plan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to lay out his preliminary budget this afternoon which is expected to focus on public safety.

CAB SAFETY — «Proposed NYC Law Would Create A Public Database Of Ride - Hail Sexual Assault Reports,» by Buzzfeed News» Charlie Warzel: «New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick will introduce a bill [Thursday] to create a public record of all sexual assault and harassment incidents that happen inside vehicles operated by New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission - licensed companies and owners (which include Uber, Lyft, and other ride - hail services).

Bratton's comments came at a wide - ranging state Senate hearing on public safety during which he forcefully defended comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made after a grand jury declined to indict in the Eric Garner case and acknowledged the size of the NYPD's patrol force is too small.

The bill, which the police unions opposed, was defeated in the Public Safety Committee in February by a 7 - 2 vote.

The bills follow years of debate over the safety of genetically modified foods, which were introduced in the early l990s.

Using the rooftops of town buildings and a nearby landfill that has been capped to house solar panels will give the town all the energy it needs, which in turn will provide greater public safety and lower tax bills, Fleming said.

«We recommend that these bills remain consistent with recent approaches taken by the City Council and this administration, which has been to work with federal immigration authorities in limited circumstances where there are risks to public safety, while otherwise prioritizing remaining an accessible city,» she said.

However, the TACIS budget for nuclear safety amounts only to 100 million Ecu, which means that the European Community countries would be footing most of the bill.

Mark Brooks: The NJ State Assembly passed bill number A4304 which corresponds with NJ State Senate bill S1977, known as the Internet Dating Safety Act, which is aimed at Online Dating businesses.

Flexer's bill (HB 5866) which was passed with bipartisan support would require dating sites charging fees to provide their customers with safety tips and advice designed to make their dating experience, both on - and offline, safer.

BeatBullying has long been campaigning for the introduction of a Schools Safety Bill and a Cyber-Bullying Act, which would make it explicitly against the law to bully or harass a child, young person and adult in and around school or online.»

(Sec. 4101) The bill establishes the Student Support and Academic Grant Program, through which states and LEAs may receive formula - based grants to support activities related to: (1) well - rounded educational opportunities, (2) student health and safety, and (3) the effective use of technology.

Both houses are calling their bills the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act» which is an insult to the students, parents and teachers who...

The money for teachers, which is part of an aviation safety bill, was approved by the Senate Thursday and will likely pass the House next week when representatives unexpectedly return from August recess.

The bill — which provides subsidies and support for low - income families in need of child care — aims to improve the quality and safety of child care by requiring more training for caregivers, instituting comprehensive background checks for staff along with better inspection of facilities, and requiring annual visits to child care providers.

Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»

The bill directly conflicted with the federal National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which makes clear that the standards adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for required motor vehicle equipment (including headlamps) are to be performance standards, not design standards.

I think Bill Miller's problems boil down to lack of focus on a margin of safety, which is the main key to being a good value manager.

Why not just go for the safety of a Treasury bill, which essentially has a risk - free rate of return?»

MONTREAL — Humane Society International / Canada welcomes the adoption of Bill 51, an act to amend the Quebec Animal Health Protection Act, which will improve the safety and welfare standards of companion animals in the Province.

The California Senate Public Safety Committee is considering Senate Bill 1441, which would prohibit this painful and unnecessary surgery.

Rep. Grimm also is a cosponsor of the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act (H.R. 835), also known as the PUPS Act, a bill which would crack down on puppy mill abuses.

In June 2012, the Quebec government adopted Bill 51, an act to amend the Provincial Animal Health Protection Act, which improves the safety and welfare standards of companion animals in Quebec.

Rep. Blake is sponsoring House Bill 1123 which would bar counties / cities with fewer than 125k people from setting minimum dimensions for single - family home — unless needed for fire and safety reasons.

For example, these organizations are not sufficiently candid about: * The high costs of wind energy; * The added costs of wind energy due to its need for backup generating capacity from traditional energy sources because of the intermittence, variability and unpredictability of wind energy; * The absence of transmission capacity in remote areas where windmills might otherwise be acceptable; * The extent to which wind developers» costs are being shifted to taxpayers and electric customers and hidden in their tax and electric bills; * Scenic impairment and other adverse environmental, health and safety impacts.

The 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report was prepared in response to Senate Bill 1389 (Bowen, Chapter 568, Statutes of 2002), which requires that the California Energy Commission prepare a biennial integrated energy policy report that contains an integrated assessment of major energy trends and issues facing the state's electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuel sectors and provides policy recommendations to conserve resources; protect the environment; ensure reliable, secure, and diverse energy supplies; enhance the state's economy; and protect public health and safety (Public Resources Code, Section 25301 [a]-RRB-.

Perhaps the worst part of the bill is the fact that it won't necessarily mandate automakers to meet the new standards since the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which administers CAFE (but is for all intents and purposes in big auto's back pocket), can tamp down or eliminate them by showing they're not «cost effective» for the industry.

Icarus... your idea of «safety derived from momentum» is still lost on me... I can't see any rational person who is on the fence about bike commuting think they should give it a try because they can now roll through stop signs... if lack of leg strength (which is a problem I don't have) is one of the only arguments for passing such legislation... what are the odds such a bill is going to pass?

Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he «helped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,» including, «Water Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).»

The first tranche of reforms to the regulation of healthcare professionals promised by the government in its white paper, Trust, Assurance and Safety: the Regulation of Health Professionals, is to be delivered shortly by the Health and Social Care Bill, which at the time of writing this column was at Committee stage in the House of Lords.