Sentences with phrase «action against a worker»

Under current law, it is illegal for an employer to take adverse action against a worker with a disability due to the disability.

Taking an adverse employment action against a worker simply because of biased assumptions about family caregivers is no more appropriate than taking an adverse employment action against someone based on stereotypes about their race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

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the suit claims that Tesla allowed factory workers to use racist epithets, failed to take corrective action against harassers and fired black workers who complained.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

Prominent Republicans warned President Donald Trump on Wednesday against taking further trade actions that could harm American workers, even as top administration officials meeting in Davos, Switzerland, rose to the defense of the president's «America...

Workers at the New York solar installer that tried to disappear without a peep last week have filed a class action lawsuit against the firm, alleging that it violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)

The National Beef lawsuit is the latest in a string of class action lawsuits brought by Kistler on behalf of workers against meatpacking plants and food processing companies.

A strike at Britain's leading chocolate maker Cadbury's, drew one step closer on Saturday 18 July as workers begin to vote on action against the company's broken pay promises.

Baby Milk Action has been asked to support a campaign in Ireland against baby food companies sponsoring awards to health workers.

Wyeth advertising to health workers makes similar claims to those the ASA has ruled against today, but the ASA refuses to take action over advertising directed at health professionals (example below from Community Practitioner, July 2012).

A survey for the High Pay Centre showed huge public support for action against executive pay, with two - thirds of people demanding worker representation on remuneration committees, a move the government refused to enforce last week despite official recommendations.

Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.

Over a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

But Hammond took no action against rising, and unpredictable zero hour contracts — contracts which have left workers facing an uncertain, insecure future and more reliant than ever before on social spending.

He told the workers to adopt new work ethics to regain public confidence and warned of swift and decisive action against acts of indiscipline.

The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU commend Governor Cuomo for taking bold, progressive action in protecting our residents, and we will continue to fight with him against the devastating health care cuts in Washington.»

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

The government struck back as de Blasio vowed to take action against a city worker who equated Albany with «Star Wars» evil Empire on an official Web site.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

Lawyers for Charlotte Osei also demanded the list of workers who were behind the petition «to enable us commence legal action against them for the defamatory statements contained in their petition failing which our client will be constrained to proceed against you alone as defendant in the suit our client intends to commence against them since you are to all intents and purposes, their agent.»

At the same time, fast food workers and activists in 33 other countries around the world will also be taking action against low pay.

The government struck back Monday as Mayor de Blasio vowed to take action against a city worker who equated Albany with «Star Wars» evil Empire on an official Web site.

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On March 8, 1857, garment workers staged one of the world's first organized actions by working women, striking against the inhumane working conditions in New York City textile factories.

Although the AFT has scheduled a «labor action» during the convention (Sunday afternoon), instead of protesting against the Chicago attack on the teachers in six schools (and a few others not as complete or dramatic), the nation's teacher union will be protesting at a hospital (St. Joseph's) on the lakefront in support of the nurses and other hospital staff trying to organize medical workers at Resurrection hospitals in Chicago.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

If the workers comp insurer thinks that you're liable, they'll take action against you (your policy, actually) to recover the money they paid out.

Global Witness is concerned by reports that where the Burmese authorities have taken action against the timber trade, this has sometimes involved violent attacks on Chinese migrant workers by the army.

While the animal's nipping beak seems to have had little discouraging effect on the platform worker, as an observer it's hard not to interpret the turtle's actions as a simple rebuke against the whole hazardous practice of underwater drilling.

Workers who have been retaliated against for reporting discrimination can take legal action to resolve the situation and achieve justice.

Toronto lawyer launches multi-million dollar class action lawsuit on behalf of injured workers against WSIB, Toronto Star

(3) If a worker suffers a work - related injury and the conduct of an employer who is not the worker's employer, or of a worker of an employer who is not the worker's employer, causes or contributes to the work - related injury, neither the worker who suffers the work - related injury, nor their personal representative, dependent, or employer, has any cause of action against that other worker or other employer.

Typically, such benefits are less than the amount that an employee might have received in a negligence lawsuit against a non-employer defendant for the same injury, but the trade - off is that workers» compensation cases are less likely to be contested and protracted than negligence actions — at least in theory.

Because of Bill 168, the OHSA now requires employers to treat the risk of violence and harassment against workers like other workplace hazards, which must be foreseen and minimized, and which must be governed by incident action plans.

The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change includes individuals as well as Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention, Asian Community Aids Services, Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support), Caregiver Connections Education and Support Organization, Caregivers Action Centre, Durham Region Migrant Solidarity Network, FCJ Refugee House, Fuerza Puwersa, GABRIELA Ontario, IAVGO Community Legal Clinic, Income Security Advocacy Centre, Justice for Migrant Workers, Migrante Ontario, No One Is Illegal — Toronto, Northumberland Community Legal Centre, OCASI — Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, OHIP For All, PCLS Community Legal Clinic, SALCO Community Legal Clinic, Students Against Migrant Exploitation, Social Planning Toronto, UFCW, UNIFOR, Workers Action Centre and Workers United.

Construction workers who are injured on the job may have the right to a legal claim in the form of workers» compensation action against an employer or site supervisor, third parties such as architects, engineers, manufacturers of equipment, or via a personal injury or wrongful death case.

We are a class action litigation firm that represents groups of workers who have the same or similar claims against their current or former employer.

In a much - awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a huge discrimination lawsuit against Wal - Mart that had been filed as a class action by female workers.

Our firm is involved in a class action lawsuit against Overseas and Mac's convenience stores on behalf of temporary foreign workers who paid recruitment fees and / or did not receive jobs after signing employment contracts to work for Mac's, or Subway locations in Mac's stores, in Western Canada.

Here, New Orleans workers» compensation lawyer Charles Lavis understands the nuances of workers» compensation claims, personal injury cases actions against an insurer.

«The Board should be cautious of perpetuating existent mental health stigmas, and rather, should take definitive action to ensure that workers who suffer from chronic mental stress are not discriminated against under the compensation system,» said Buckley.

The Workers» Compensation Health and Safety Board confirm s. 50 (4) of the Workers» Compensation Act allows a cause of action (the claim) by Mr. Postma and Mr. Roy - Jauvin as against Horizon.

Because the incident happened to the worker in the course of work, they argued, she had no right of action against the employer or executive officer of the employer.

Up to 400 former workers at Ravenscraig steelworks and their families could join a mass action against British Steel relating to polyaromatic hydrocarbons, a substance which can cause cancer and other serious illnesses.

This means that employers can not deny employment to, or take an adverse action against, job applicants or workers who serve as caregivers for a minor child or a recipient of care.

This case sets a standard for determination of whether a worker's right of action is taken away against an executive officer of the worker's employer.

Labour and employment law: Following the closure of the Wal - Mart store in Jonquière, Que., in April 2005, the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 503 took legal action against Wal - Mart as a result of changes to the employees» conditions of employment.

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 SO 1997, which regulates Worker's Compensation Benefits in Ontario, provides that a worker of a Schedule 1 employer is not entitled to commence an action against his or her employer for injuries or death arising in the course of emploWorker's Compensation Benefits in Ontario, provides that a worker of a Schedule 1 employer is not entitled to commence an action against his or her employer for injuries or death arising in the course of emploworker of a Schedule 1 employer is not entitled to commence an action against his or her employer for injuries or death arising in the course of employment.

In Lawrence v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 773, in a split decision, the Court of Appeal granted a representation order nunc pro tunc to commence a wrongful dismissal action against a Union after the limitation period had expired because the Union and some of its representatives had defended the proceeding to the point that it was ready for trial.

When injuries are covered by workers» compensation insurance, the law prohibits the employee from filing a civil action against the employer or fellow employees for the injuries.