An
allegation is a claim or accusation made by someone, suggesting that a person has done something wrong or illegal.
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The takeaway for employers with labour pains is that if you become aware of
allegations of sexual harassment in your workplace you simply can not ignore the issue.
Following a number of funding
allegations against all parties, there is general consensus that a cap on donations is needed.
If you've been charged with a crime, you need an aggressive criminal defense attorney to fight for you against
allegations made.
There are a lot of
allegations in the country, about people in office; many of them have been proved to be or not to be the case.
There had been a long series of
allegations by the mother toward the father beginning in the early months of the pregnancy.
In other instances, while signs may be obvious, nursing homes may
deny allegations of abuse or even say your loved one caused his or her own injuries.
The education secretary will allow heads to tackle pupils making false
allegations about teachers through criminal charges.
For example, personal injury claims or claims based
on allegations of harassment are not bases for a borrower defense application.
I think we still need to do our best to dig into the science — as well as
into allegations of misconduct.
A significant part of my practice involves highly charged custody litigation, some of which
involve allegations of sexual abuse and parental alienation.
She explained that the power dynamics in the legal profession made it difficult for her to come forward
with allegations against a sitting judge.
Under Greek law, parliament must first
investigate allegations against lawmakers before they can be stripped of immunity and prosecuted by judicial authorities.
This is an important distinction to make in a pending case like this one, even though the percentage of
false allegations in abuse cases is quite small.
Employers have a corresponding duty to take reasonable steps to investigate discrimination and
harassment allegations made by their employees [4].
Our cases include
allegations from federal constitutional challenges to state tort violations.
Some family litigants make false
allegations as a way of gaining an advantage in family proceedings.
If you need assistance for compliance issues or to conduct confidential investigations into
serious allegations involving your business, speak with our white collar criminal defense attorneys today.
The three main parties are under pressure to come up with a new formula for party funding
after allegations of corruption.
Many of them received jail terms running into hundreds of years, on
corruption allegations that boiled down to schemes for funding their political parties.
The government adviser hired to get 120,000 «problem families» back to work resigned yesterday
amid allegations of fraud at her firm.
Otherwise they will have to
face allegations from the opposition that they didn't do anything about it.
If you are getting weary of more sexual
assault allegations coming out every day, you are not alone.
Once the patent is identified, in this way, the plaintiff must also
include allegations which identify the activities of the defendant which are alleged to amount to infringement of the patent.
The situation is similar
for allegations of a youth criminal record or of children protection proceedings, in most provinces and territories.
It was not immediately clear
if allegations of insider trading would cause any interest from regulators.
An aggressive defense to charges of this nature is absolutely necessary in light of what's at stake and the increased scrutiny placed on
such allegations by prosecutors and the media.
«When I was given the specific
allegations at the beginning of last year I immediately asked our chief whip to investigate,» he said.
When allegations against foster carers arise, legally, an investigation must be launched to ensure the safety of the child in question.
Whether she's admitted to the
other allegations in the suit against her, I don't know.
Whether or not this was purely due to his absence or the
recent allegations made against him is difficult to confirm, but it certainly wasn't comfortable to watch.
Yup sexual misconduct is distraction from the gospel as is
allegations regarded as truth without due process.
Members said the
new allegations further support their claims of dysfunction.
The harassment
allegations came on top of the company's other woes, including declining sales.
The majority of those with reported damages involved
allegations relating to property management, agency, or property condition disclosure.
The court ruled that a jury could conclude that the evidence
supported allegations for familial discrimination.
It outlines policies and procedures for the church to
address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and deals with reconciliation, accountability and prevention.
Other young men became depressed and suicidal after being the victim of a false
rape allegation on campus.
Our biggest concern is that the bill doesn't require college administrators to
report allegations of sexual violence to law enforcement.
The failure of employers to
take allegations seriously, with one - third of incidents not being followed up and nearly a fifth not even being acknowledged.
He
dismissed allegations that matching funds would allow corrupt incumbents to gain access to public money, arguing that it would instead expand the field of candidates running.
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