Sentences with phrase «also prohibit acts»

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Wheeler's new rules — which would prohibit blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet content — would also reclassify broadband and internet service providers, or ISPs, as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

Also, be mindful that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act prohibits employers from asking if a veteran was honorably discharged.

The laws also create a framework for reporting incidents, including allowing workers to contact police, prohibiting hotels from firing workers who speak out and monitoring guests who act improperly toward staff.

Also excluded from the final memorandum, but included in the draft, was a specific order for the DOL to analyze prohibited transaction exemptions, which were an integral part of the rule, and to consult with DOJ about whether the fiduciary rule violates the «Administrative Procedure Act or any other applicable statute.»

The Government also welcomes the ACCC's plan to review more cases so that restrictive provisions in leases between supermarkets and shopping centres that prevent or delay the entry of other supermarkets into a centre are prohibited under Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act), where appropriate.

DO N'T forget, under the Equality Act 2010, discriminating against someone because they are with a breastfeeding mother is also prohibited, so companions of breastfeeding mothers who are also treated unfairly may have a claim, too.»

Also requires employers to make a reasonable accommodation to provide appropriate private space that is not a bathroom stall, and prohibits discrimination against an employee who exercises or attempts to exercise the rights provided under this act.

Agbakoba in a statemet on Monday alleged that the appointment made by the Federal Government of Nigeria, contravenes the provisions of S. 14 of the Constitution and also the Federal Character Commission, Act and the provisions of Sections 42 of the Constitution of Nigeria that prohibits discrimination of any of Nigeria's ethnic groups such as, in this case, the South East.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Assemblyman Charles Lavine, also a Democratic Nassau County executive candidate, introduced an amendment to the SAFE Act that would prohibit any individual convicted of a hate crime from possessing a firearm.

The Debt Reform Act also prohibits the state from issuing debt without voter approval.

The Voting Rights Act did not prohibit geography in determining Legislative Districts (contrary to liberal pop culture which also says that First Amendment separated church and state.

It would immediately void Cuomo's SAFE Act provision that expanded rifle and shotgun bans while also prohibiting how many rounds of ammo can be in a firearm at a given time.

The Liberty Act would also prohibit state and local agencies from expending resources to help the federal government create or maintain a database or registry based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or national or ethnic origin — a response to President Donald Trump's so - called «Muslim ban,» an executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries from entering the country.

Prompted by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or buying political ads, requires anyone who purchases an online political ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.

Also US - related, ADA is the «Americans with Disabilities Act» of 1990, a law that «prohibits unjustified discrimination based on disability» at the workplace.

Act 10 reduced collective bargaining rights for most state and municipal employees, including K - 12 teachers.11 The law also weakened unions by mandating annual recertification elections and prohibiting paycheck deductions for dues collection.

The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act also prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

The Fair Housing Act also prohibits discrimination in residential real estate transactions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

The Banking Act of 1933 (Glass - Steagall)-- The Banking Act of 1933, also known as the Glass - Steagall Act, prohibited banks from participating in both commercial banking and investing banking, requiring them to choose one specialty over the other, in an effort to prevent another crash similar to the one that led to the Great Depression.

The CARD Act also prohibits changing due dates, weekend deadlines, and payment deadlines that are due in the middle of the day.

MS. MITHAL: Yes, and I should also note, so there's another area; there's the Equal Credit Opportunity Act which we also enforce, so we do enforce laws prohibiting discrimination in credit.

The law also prohibits retaliation for filing a complaint, supporting an investigation, or opposing a violation under the Act.

The Hayden Act also required that impounded animals be scanned for microchip identification, prohibited shelters from gassing animals with carbon monoxide, and barred animal abusers from adopting shelter animals within three years of conviction.

Proposed as a revision to the state's Pet Purchase Protection Act, the year - old law hailed nationally as a tough check on puppy mills, the Senate - approved bill sought to also prohibit kennels, shelters or animal rescue organizations from purchasing dogs or cats from the commercial breeders.

N. J. Statutes Section 4:22 - 19 New Jersey also prohibits the use of succinylcholine chloride, curare, curariform drugs, or any other substance which acts as a neuromuscular blocking agent.

It also wants to see secondary regulations introduced under the Animal Welfare Act, which would prohibit the sale of puppies in pet shops.

This proposal also includes various changes to the E15 misfueling mitigation regulations (E15 MMR) which are minor technical corrections and amendments to sections dealing with labeling, E15 surveys, product transfer documents, and prohibited acts; and changes to the survey requirements associated with the ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) program.

While Bourdain is an accomplished writer, and clearly took pleasure in the gastronomic experience itself, it is also painfully obvious that much of that pleasure stems from the prohibited nature of the act.

In many other countries it is also prohibited to act in a situation where you are not independent or there is a Conflict of Interest but this isn't taken as seriously as it is in the UK and we often find a lawyer acting for both sides on a foreign transaction.

The Court is also expected to address gay marriage due to the conflict between Defense of Marriage Act and various state laws allowing and prohibiting gay marriage, and to look at portions of the Voting Rights Act requiring some states with a history of voter discrimination to receive approval from the Justice Department to change election or voting laws.

It is also a criminal offence for a third party to act as a broker for surrogates and intended parents, and advertising — whether as a surrogate or someone looking for a surrogate — is prohibited.

For example, the Illinois Whistleblower Act now prohibits an employer from not only retaliating, but also threatening to retaliate against an employee if the act or omission threatened would constitute retaliation under the AcAct now prohibits an employer from not only retaliating, but also threatening to retaliate against an employee if the act or omission threatened would constitute retaliation under the Acact or omission threatened would constitute retaliation under the ActAct.5

Engagement in «sexual acts», prohibited or not, is not the determinative factor in the identification of an individual's difference by that individual, or by the potential persecutor, and therefore this lack of recognition of the rights of gay and lesbian minors, which is also excluded by the prohibition on «homosexual acts», is of a fundamental importance to this exceptionally vulnerable group, based both on age and sexual or gender identity.

In R (E) v Governing Body of JFS [2009] UKSC 15, [2010] 1 All ER 319 the Supreme Court held that the Race Relations Act 1976 did not only prohibit discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin as defined by the wide cultural / historic test in Mandla v Dowell Lee [1983] 2 AC 548, [1983] 1 All ER 1062, but also in the narrower, more traditional sense of lineage or descent — indeed, prior to Mandla a narrow test based on birth or descent would have been required in order to establish discrimination on ethnic origin grounds.

'' «Some spyware also appears to violate the Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510 - 22, which prohibits intercepting your private Internet communications without your consent.

The appeal court also upheld the officer's six - year sentence, rejecting his argument that the five - year minimum for attempted murder with a restricted or prohibited firearm was never intended to apply to police officers acting in the line of duty.

The Employment Standards Code s. 125 also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who assert their rights under the Act, make a complaint under the Act, or give evidence in any hearing of proceeding under the Act.

Lord Boyd also gave directions under section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 prohibiting the publication of A's name or other identifying details and directing that no picture of him should be published or broadcast [2]; [10]- [13].

She also advises issuers, financial institutions, private funds and investment managers regarding reporting of beneficial ownership under Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act and regarding the application of the fiduciary and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA to investment products and services.

Businesses with four or more employees should also comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) which prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their citizenship status.

Harassment in the workplace is also prohibited under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act.

In addition to the «general» misleading advertising provisions, the Competition Act also contains a number of other criminal and civil provisions that prohibit or regulate specific types of marketing practices, including deceptive telemarketing, deceptive prize notices, double ticketing, multi-level marketing, pyramid selling schemes, performance claims, false or misleading ordinary selling price claims, testimonials, bait and switch selling, selling products above advertised prices and promotional contests.

The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sex discrimination and so, according to the EEOC, sexual orientation discrimination also violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

For disabled employees, the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA») not only prohibits disability discrimination, but also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to ensure that disabled employees are able to perform their main job functions.

Enabling or counseling such acts would also be prohibited... [more]

The Act prohibits agreements or arrangements which restrict or distort competition (such as price - fixing or bid - rigging), it also prohibits providers or purchasers from abusing a «dominant market position» for example by restricting patient choice, refusing to supply services, applying different terms to different commissioners without proper justification, or excluding competitors from access to an essential facility, such as a hospital.

However, the US Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was enacted to address racial discrimination, also covered employment and prohibited discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sex.

In addition to the «general» misleading advertising provisions discussed above, the Competition Act also contains a number of other criminal and civil provisions that prohibit or regulate specific types of marketing practices, including deceptive telemarketing, deceptive prize notices, double ticketing, multi-level marketing, pyramid selling schemes, performance claims, ordinary price claims (e.g., in relation to sales), test and testimonial claims, bait and switch selling and promotional contests.

Enabling or counseling such acts would also be prohibited.

The system made up of rules established by an act of parliament, custom or practice enjoining or prohibiting certain action (see also COMMON LAW)