Sentences with phrase «equity law as»

Officials cited the county's new pay equity law as reason for providing First Assistant County Attorney Eugenia Condon a $ 6,386 increase.

Conners also used the pay equity law as reason for three top - level staffers receiving $ 10,074 increases, bringing them to $ 108,321 each.

Not exact matches

As the American Association of University Women notes in its Policy Guide to Equal Pay in the States, pay equity laws are robust and wide - ranging in states like California and Delaware.

This map, created by labor and employment - focused law firm Fisher Phillips, highlights legislative differences between states by showing which ones have gender - specific pay protections, gender - specific protections as well as protections for other categories (such as race, religion or national origin), or no state - specific pay equity laws at all.

And as Don Schroeder, a partner at the law firm Foley and Lardner, tells CNBC Make It, by performing regular pay equity audits, employers, at some point, will «likely close the pay gap.»

The SEC's review comes after the agency put together a dedicated group earlier this year to examine private equity and hedge funds that had to register with it as part of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law, Reuters first reported in April.

Still, the Telluride program is worth the 4 percent you give up to be part of it - because of the other benefits: 70 mentors and seven entrepreneurs - in - residence with impeccable credentials and experience in fields such as entrepreneurship, law, private equity, accounting, human resources, marketing technology, and more.

He added that other employment law changes, such as part - time pay equity in Ontario will put additional pressure on operating costs.

He spent his early career as a corporate attorney for Bingham McCutchen and McCarter & English, where he specialized in providing business law services related to venture - capital financing, public - equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Furthermore, the rules governing companies listed on the NYSE and incorporated under Delaware law require us to submit certain matters to a vote of shareholders for approval, such as mergers, large share issuances or similar transactions, and the approval of equity - based compensation plans.

With the new law, as long as you raise less than $ 1.4 million in an equity crowdfunding round, you only have to file a short document of 3 or 4 pages.

As a result of changes to the tax laws, we expect that equity awards granted or other compensation provided under arrangements entered into or materially modified on or after November 2, 2017 generally will not be deductible to the extent they result in compensation to certain of our named executive officers for or after 2017 that exceeds $ 1 million in any one year for any such officer.

It was only in the fall of 2013, that the federal securities laws in the US were amended under Title II of the Jobs Act to allow advertising when selling to accredited investors (often referred to as Title II equity crowdfunding or Rule 506 (c) equity crowdfunding).

For equity awards granted prior to recent tax law changes, these conditions were intended to qualify the stock - based awards as tax - deductible compensation under Section 162 (m)(4)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Entrepreneurs can also conduct equity crowdfunding campaigns in Canada relying on other exemptions from the prospectus and registration requirements of Canadian securities laws such as the accredited investor exemption, and offering memorandum exemption (both exemptions available across Canada).

The New York based firm has so far successfully navigated through blue sky laws in three states, Washington, Virginia, and Maryland, to allow individual investors with as little as $ 100 to participate in equity real estate crowdfunded deals.

Alternative investments, such as hedge funds, private equity, private debt and private real estate funds are not suitable for all investors and are only open to «accredited» or «qualified» investors within the meaning of U.S. securities laws.

As security laws abroad are rehashed to be more conducive to equity crowdfunding — which I believe will happen in an accelerated, if not domino, fashion after the action unfolds in the U.S. — internationally geography will become increasingly irrelevant.

I make $ 1.0 million a year a year as an equity partner in a large international law firm and through real estate investing.

First, the «returns on equities» here are typically taken to be earnings yields, which as we've frequently noted, are affected by cyclical variations in profit margins that make them notoriously poor indicators of long - term prospective returns (see Two Point Three Sigmas Above the Norm and Margins, Multiples and the Iron Law of Valuation).

Yes, the tax reform law is more advantageous to private capital strategies, such as venture capital and growth equity.

Alternative investments, such as hedge funds and private equity funds are only available to persons who are «accredited investors» or «qualified purchasers» within the meaning of U.S. securities laws.

«If the image of God and the law of God were completely obliterated from man's soul by sin, if no «faint outlines» of the original remained, men would have no conception of justice, righteousness, or peace to use as the foundation of the human standards of equity.

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Competition policy (SME focus; need for equity; treat SMEs as «consumers» when dealing with larger businesses - extend unfair terms contracts to small business; need «legal precedents or statutory definitions» as part of unconscionable conduct framework); competition laws (focus on unfair terms and unconscionable behaviour; mention of MMP but not in context of s 46; access - call for broader access; price signalling (not clear)-RRB-; administration

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

Justice Bozimo reminded participants, «as judicial officers, we must discharge our duties following the law, equity and good conscience, regardless of which direction the political winds are blowing.

Hochul said she was «confident» that Democrats could capture the Senate this year, and pass the Women's Equality Act, which would increase pay equity provisions and sexual harassment penalties as well as change abortion law to decriminalize the practice.

Former Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a leader of the WEQ — an effort created at least in part as a Cuomo campaign tactic to highlight the Westchester county executive's socially conservative views — said she would be delivering the pledge to Mr. Astorino this afternoon, putting him in the position of likely rejecting a promise to pass legislation that would strengthen pay equity and abortion laws.

The bill, known as the Climate and Community Protection Act, would set into law the Cuomo administration's target goals for clean energy while also ensuring equity for frontline communities workers.

While the Democratic - led Assembly has passed the legislation — which covers topics like pay equity, pregnancy discrimination and human trafficking — as an omnibus bill, Republicans in the Senate have been opposed to an abortion plank, which seeks to align state abortion law with federal law, setting up a continuing stalemate between both houses.

Sheehan walked the gathering through what she said are some of the many highlights of her first term, including Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion as part of the community police initiative; restructuring the city budget; lobbying for additional state aid; developing an equity agenda; engaging marginalized communities; transforming neighborhoods like Sheridan Hollow and Park South.

Cuomo also plans to «establish a private equity pilot program» that would allow as many as five corporations to invest in health care facilities, which is currently illegal under New York State law.

During his time as senator, Obama co-sponsored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Plan Beneficiaries Act, and Early Treatment for HIV Act.

However, the conference has approved various pieces of the agenda as separate items, including pay equity requirements, anti-housing discrimination and a law meant to crack down on human trafficking.

Astorino advisor Bill O'Reilly on State of Politics Live this morning said Astorino as governor would sign into law nine of the 10 measures, including bills aimed at pay equity, anti-human trafficking legislation and a bill aimed to curtail housing discrimination.

On the floor of our own NYS Senate, a Republican majority has put its personal beliefs before the rights of women by blocking the proposed Reproductive Health Act since 2013, as well as blocking the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act in 2016 and opposing the Achieve Pay Equity Law.

Federal funding agencies have traditionally addressed sexual harassment in academia under the gender equity provisions — known as Title IX — of a 1972 education law.

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We have alumni who work in public policy organizations, serve on local school boards, practice education law, and fight for equity in school finance or, as physicians in low - income communities, provide quality health care for children.

As Kantor (1991) indicated, the significance of ESEA was twofold: (1) it characterized the federal role in advancing educational equity, much in the same merit as other Civil Rights laws; and (2) it institutionalized the federal role and influence in education policAs Kantor (1991) indicated, the significance of ESEA was twofold: (1) it characterized the federal role in advancing educational equity, much in the same merit as other Civil Rights laws; and (2) it institutionalized the federal role and influence in education policas other Civil Rights laws; and (2) it institutionalized the federal role and influence in education policy.

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This marks an important step along the path to implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in a way that allows the law to live up to its potential as a tool for enhancing educational excellence and equity.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association.

«Congress must remember ESEA's origins and focus on providing equity and opportunity to all students as they work to revise the law.

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

However, the law requires districts to include certain practices, such as relying on multiple objective measures in placement decisions, using student performance data to ensure equity and efficacy, and ensuring the consistency of placement policies between elementary and high school districts.

The FEAs have taken many forms, including: sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) implementation in Texas; community - based equity assessment in Texas; IDRA's Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) program implementation in reading in Louisiana; gender equity also in Louisiana; implementation of a multicultural framework in staff development to support student success in New Mexico; parent leadership in New Mexico; unitary status planning in Arkansas; English as a second language (ESL) classroom strategies in Arkansas; service learning in Oklahoma; and meeting civil rights requirements under the law in Oklahoma.

As the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), this law prioritizes excellence and equity for all students and educators.

I spoke with the principals assembled by NAESP about their hopes for the implications for the new law, and the conversation touched on topics as wide - ranging as funding equity, fair pay for teachers, and supports for English - language learners, as well as the concept of more uninterrupted time to focus on instruction that Campbell, who is a former principal, asserts is currently missing from most school days.