Sentences with phrase «claims against their union»

Sian Reeves, pupil barrister, at 1 Temple Gardens, says that although it is inevitable that the decision will encourage disgruntled female workers to bring discrimination claims against their union, it may not be the end of the story.

Discussions in this group include a supposed York policy that will expel any student bringing legal action against the school, and how to form a claim against the union with the majority of the membership.

We pursue claims against unions and their representatives when our clients have been subjected to illegal secondary boycotts or criminal activity.

Not exact matches

«U.S. companies could claim foreign tax credits against their U.S. tax bill for any tax - related payments to European Union member states.»

The following year, Monaco filed suit against the State of Mississippi in the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high court refused to hear Monaco's claim on the grounds that the «Court has no jurisdiction of a suit brought by a foreign state against a state of the Union without her consent.»

The entrepreneur, Jack Phillips, claimed that participating in such a union would violate his religious views, though a local Colorado court ruled against him 2015.

According to an opinion by columnist Ronald Littlepage in the Florida Times - Union, «A representative of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, Neil Aikenhead, went so far in another e-mail as to make the ridiculous accusation that the higher standard «would be a crime against the environment» and that «this crime would be perpetrated by the St. Johns Riverkeeper, who while claiming to be working for the river, is in fact knowingly doing the precise opposite.»

Von Hayek and his comrades assert that the roots of the crisis are to be found in the ominous and excessive power of unions, and in a more general way, of the labour movement; according to them, unions have undermined the base of private accumulation (of investment) by their salary claims and by their pressure against the rise by the State of the parasitical social expenses without end.

Eliot Spitzer and current executive director of the nonprofit Union Settlement, says prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims brought against government employees, as Cuomo has proposed, is probably illegal and also bad policy.

Brennan Center Responds to Senator Skelos's False Claims Last week, Senate Republican Conference leader Dean Skelos published an op - ed in the Albany Times - Union arguing against public financing of state elections.

Gov. Cuomo has said publicly he will not contest a lawsuit filed against him and the state by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which claims the lack of collective bargaining for the state's 60,000 farm workers is unconstitutional.

The Transit Workers Union (TWU) has filed suit against Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City of New York, claiming that Vision Zero is unconstitutionally vague.

One of the TV ads from the New York State Teachers Union's Vote COPE that claimed Hanna approved sales tax increases, was declared inaccurate, as were claimes that O'Brien voted against bridge repair funding.

Anna Soubry claimed there would be a Commons majority against leaving the single market and customs union.

The former prime minister spoke against the break up of the union at the Edinburgh Book Festival, claiming Chris Hoy's victory demonstrated the UK is stronger when it can pool its resources.

This, the 12 labour unions and the public sector workers have kicked against the new system citing various reasons, including claims that workers will pay double charges should they get their salaries through the e-zwich platform.

Four Democratic Congress members representing parts of Brooklyn rallied with unions and Mayor Bill de Blasio's head of the municipal hospital system against what they claimed was the deadly threat that Republicans in Washington will go through with longstanding plans to erase President Barack Obama's signature health care bill — and then fail to replace it with a comparable program.

Mr Johnson led Labour's fight to remain in the European Union but clashed with Jeremy Corbyn, claiming that the leader's office had been «working against» the party's efforts.

It was recently reported that more than forty percent of European Union citizens hold anti-Semitic views and agree with the oft repeated claim that Israel is committing genocidal acts against Palestinians.

Unions had pushed back against proposals to give state staffers more leeway in dealing with claims.

In 2013, the parents of two students at a school in Encinitas, California filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) claiming that yoga is a religious practice that should not be taught in public schools.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has spoken out against the government's Prevent strategy to combat extremism, claiming it shuts down open debate in the classroom.

In the (most unlikely) event of a claim being raised against a member for an accident to a student, get in contact with the National Education Union.

CMSA is perhaps best known for having fired a pregnant teacher in 2010 who was involved in organizing a union at the school, then defending itself against a labor relations board action by claiming it was a private, not a public school.

The Australian Education Union has vowed to fight against any changes, and claims the Government is attempting to create a smokescreen in order to make cuts to education funding.

The Connecticut Parents Union, for example, has helped Marie Menard, file suit against the Stratford school district after it charged her with what can laughingly be called stealing education for allowing her daughter to claim her home as a residence for her two grandchildren in order to avoid sending them to failure mills.

Our goals for this week were to galvanize charter school educators and administrators against teachers» union pressures for strikes and walkouts, dispel false claims to set the record straight in the media, reenergize parents and students, and bring urgency to legislators to pass strong charter laws and fund the ones already passed.

And then there is the simple fact that the unions are actively fighting against charter school teachers even as they claim to be representing them.

In 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada to prevent the implementation, claiming the ESA program was unconstitutional.

Senator Ed Muskie from Maine was the party establishment's choice, but his campaign fizzled when a supposedly forged letter to the Manchester Union Leader claimed that he was prejudiced against Americans of French - Canadian descent.

In Maryland, a border state with a large secessionist population, one woman claimed a Union soldier thrust his hands against her bosom, under the pretense of looking for concealed arms.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) can pay compensation if a bank, building society or credit union is unable to pay claims against it.

The Cooper Union has established separate policies, published elsewhere, to adjudicate claims of academic dishonesty, sexual and relationship violence, and claims of discrimination or harassment against a protected class (e.g., race, sex, gender expression and identity, and disability).

Successfully defending a claim for a failure to inform and consult under TUPE brought by trade union against a transport operator.

However, the CJEU considered a claim for damages brought against the European Union pursuant to Articles 268 and 340 (2) TFEU an effective remedy of general application for asserting and penalising such a breach, «since such a claim can cover all the situations where a reasonable period of time has been exceeded in proceedings» (para 93).

The women were trapped because their employer was not prepared to enforce equal opportunities against the wishes of the union, though it expressed sympathy to their claims.

Plaintiff brought a separate claim against Commercial Union for its failure to promptly settle the underinsured claim, pursuant to G.L. c. 93A and G.L. c. 176D.

The application claimed that the Labourers» policy against dual union membership was a mere pretext, passed in order to give two of the trustees of the Local 1059 Benefit Trust, Jim MacKinnon (who is also the business manager of Local 1059) and Brandon MacKinnon (who is also the President of Local 1059) the ability to «confiscate» Garcia's «dollar bank» credits and divert them to the benefit of other beneficiaries.

The shrinkage comes after a rocky 2007, the blog notes, «marked by a host of 3 - 2 decisions divided down party lines, a complaint issued against it by the AFL - CIO which claimed the board was systematically destroying the right of employees to unionize and conduct union activities, and a congressional hearing where members of the Board were called before U.S. lawmakers to explain the situation.»

Ryan also represents employees who are not members of trade unions in employment law matters and litigates disability claims made by employees against insurance companies.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a negligence claim brought against the CAW - Canada, holding that the national union should not be held liable for the acts of an affiliated local or its members.

As a pupil, Zac was also involved in: R (on the application of RWE Generation UK Plc) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2016] 1 CMLR 17, a challenge against a decision modifying the charges imposed on users of the National Grid (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); Speed Medical Examination Services Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585, a judicial review challenging reforms to the process for handling whiplash claims (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); and an application for interim relief by a company that had been redesignated under a European Union sanctions regime (as a pupil assisting Maya Lester).

The group defended the Welsh Rugby Union against a claim brought by Regional Rugby Wales, and drafted a multimillion - pound participation agreement between the parties.

Matthew leads a team comprising lawyers, legal executives and litigation assistants in claims on behalf of union members against local authority and NHS employers.

If a dispute involves a number of defendants based in different European Union member states, the English Court will have jurisdiction to determine the matter against all defendants if (a) one defendant is domiciled in England and (b) the claims against the various defendants are so closely connected that it is expedient to hear them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments.

In a decision issued on January 30, 2017, a Board of Inquiry of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission concluded that a union insurance fund had discriminated against a disabled claimant when it denied his claim for medical marijuana.

Represented the United States government in a claim under the rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce against the Soviet Union and its successor, the Russian Federation, for the bugging of the new United States Embassy in Moscow and other breaches of agreements for the Embassy's construction.

In the claim against HMRC, the Western Sahara Campaign UK is challenging the lawfulness of the manner in which the Association Agreement has been implemented by the European Union and its Member States.

Reports claimed barristers and solicitors were considering the unprecedented step of forming a union to start industrial action against the Courts Service.

We have advised and assisted technology industry companies, including Rautaruukki Plc, Outotec Plc, Patria Plc, Konecranes Plc and Abloy Oy, as well as forest industry companies, such as UPM Plc, Stora Enso Plc and Metsä Group, in precedent - setting cases regarding criminal and damage claims against labour unions based on illegal strikes.