Sentences with phrase «challenging unfair practices»

Firstly, people who are losing their jobs, particularly those on low incomes, will be unable to seek free advice to challenge unfair practices and payments owed, the cost of which could ultimately impact on the economy and welfare system.

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South Korea's antitrust regulator fined Qualcomm 1.03 trillion won ($ 854 million) in December for what it called unfair practices in patent licensing, a decision the U.S. chipmaker said it will challenge in court.

Canada's case challenges the United States» use of tariffs to punish unfair trade practices and protect its markets, saying those actions violate World Trade Organization rules.

Confirming the complexity of the challenge at hand, a recent Central Connecticut State University dissertation study that engaged more than 200 black teachers state - wide found that, «Black teachers perceive salary, inadequate teacher support (particularly minority teacher support), unfair human resource recruiting and hiring practices, and poor perceptions of teaching to be the primary obstacles to becoming and remaining a teacher.»

The Taylor Review has made some welcome recommendations for making it easier and cheaper for people to challenge unfair work practices through employment tribunals.

Her firm covers a broad range of workplace issues facing employers including; union organizing, contract negotiations, arbitrations, unemployment challenges, unfair labor practices, workplace investigations, lay - offs, employee discipline, performance problems, employee handbooks, policies and procedures, and downsizing.

In May 2016, the European Commission published updated guidance on unfair commercial practices to respond, amongst other things, to the challenges presented by the digital world.

The laws around payment under commercial contracts have recently been amended to allow certain representative bodies to challenge the use of «grossly unfair» payment terms and practices.

For we have the means to challenge not only unfair business practices among publishers, but also anti-competitive pricing of «bundled» subscriptions.

Capital for companies or investors faced with challenging business environments caused by the unfair business practices of another party.

We also have significant experience in administrative and other regulatory litigation, including agency rule challenges, regulatory investigations under state and federal false claims acts and unfair trade practice statutes, and defending clients in related individual and class action civil suits.

Because California statutes and state rules of court frequently present unique challenges for corporate defendants, the Los Angeles litigation group has teamed with its counterparts in K&L Gates» San Francisco, Palo Alto and Orange County offices to organize a California litigation practice that offers niche competencies in addressing special challenges such as California Unfair Competition Law (Section 17200) lawsuits.

The act protects employees» rights to bargain collectively and helps non-union private sector employees who work together to challenge unfair labor practices.