Sentences with phrase «for investigating complaints»

The Commission on Judicial Conduct is the state agency responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct and, when necessary, for recommending disciplinary actions insuring judicial independence and public accountability.

As the person responsible for investigating complaints about Ontario government services, you would expect André Marin to have his hands full, and he does.

If you or your organization would like more information on best practices for investigating complaints of harassment or any other employment issue, please contact an attorney in the Labor and Employment practice group.

The DPS is responsible for investigating complaints against the professional conduct of police officers.

It codified definitions around consent and misconduct, and determined timelines for investigating complaints.

After having the jeep for two days, they had the audacity to charge me labor for investigating my complaint, then finding out what was wrong with the jeep and then replacing the battery.

The employer's obligation is two-fold: they need to follow a proper protocol for investigating a complaint and take appropriate corrective action where harassment is substantiated.

Not exact matches

This transparency regarding ongoing complaints should be coupled with a strong program educating employees on the procedure for raising a complaint, the certainty that they won't be penalized for coming forward, and the assurance that the company will investigate and take action when appropriate.

However, the founder and editor of the site, Ed Magedson, refuses to take down false complaints, though he will investigate them for a fee.

Earlier this month, The Journal reported that regulators for the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were investigating two separate complaints by former employees of the startup.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has asked for Hernandez to be investigated after receiving numerous complaints about his ministry.

«If there was not a formal investigative process or way for employee complaints to be investigated, a good first step would be to implement one,» Hudson says.

Consumer complaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIcomplaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIComplaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today.

While the USPTO does not investigate complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters / promotion firms, under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, the USPTO will provide a public forum for the publication of complaints concerning invention promoters / promotion firms.

It would require employers to record complaints and investigate them, though critics point out that the bill does not provide a definition of sexual harassment or outline consequences for the accused.

It is one year now, since we started investigating this website and are happy to report that no complaints were recorded for the broker.

Verizon is investigating complaints of sexual harassment filed by eight women against a Memphis firm it contracts with for shipping of cellphones.

Lord Carlile emphasised that the review was not to establish the truth of Carol's claims, but only to investigate the Church's handling of the case and establish best practice for handling future complaints.

Their letter of petition for change received important recognition when the French government agreed to set up a special commission to investigate its complaints.

This injury occurred during overtime and Schnyder is currently being investigated by prosecutors for any criminal complaint that could be filed against him.

Now, Republicans in western New York are filing complaints to the Board of Elections to have the races from 2014 in their areas investigated for wrongdoing as well.

In addition, last year alone our NMW enforcement teams secured over # 4.6 million in wage arrears for more than 22,000 workers through investigating complaints and careful targeting of unscrupulous employers.»

The Public Advocate, or the Chief Ombudsman, is responsible for presiding over City Council meetings and processing and investigating citizen complaints.

There is an independent commissioner for standards whose duty it is to investigate specific complaints that members have breached the code.

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Claire McCaskill are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reverse a decision from her department's Office for Civil Rights changing the way it investigates complaints, arguing that the move would hamper investigations into sexual assault on college campuses.

The complaint asks the Authorities Budget Office to investigate the State Environmental Facilities Corporation for potential violations of the Public Authorities Reform Act it engaged in while fast tracking the approval of a $ 256m loan for the Thruway Authority to pay for Tappan Zee Bridge construction.

Donald Trump is crediting New York's never - ending corruption scandals for prodding the state's ethics agency to investigate his complaint that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit up Trump's relatives and associates for campaign contributions while investigating his business school.

The Public Advocate also serves as an ombudsman for city government, providing oversight for city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints about city services and making proposals to address the shortcomings and failures of those services.

The Public Integrity Commission has refused to heed a call to investigate whether four members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team violated the Public Officers Law, saying a complaint filed by the Center for Justice and Democracy «failed to establish a basis» for the probe.

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.

That's because the Civilian Complaint Review Board has not yet weighed in on the new rule for when police don't have a search warrant and the union is worried its members will be second - guessed by that group, which investigates police abuse allegations, or even face charges if they comply.

MIDTOWN — Civilian Complaint Review Board leaders defended their new head Thursday after he was investigated for inappropriate workplace behavior in 2013, including calling an area where Hispanic workers sat as «el Barrio,» according to reports and the agency.

As is stipulated in Section 3 of the Ghana International Trade Commission Act, 2016 (Act 926), GITC is, amongst others, to investigate and adjudicate on complaints by domestic producers relating to dumping, subsidisation and import upsurges; adjudicate on complaints by importers relating to customs valuation; and recommend tariff levels to Government for specific sectors of the economy.

The Western New York Law Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice both have been actively investigating the complaints it has received.

The Public Advocate serves as an ombudsman for city government, providing oversight for city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints about city services and making proposals to address perceived shortcomings or failures of those services.

Mr. Cuomo had suggested creating a new arm within the commission specifically to investigate harassment complaints, but Ms. Young said on Friday that it was unclear where that proposal stood, or if there would be money available to pay for it.

Eight more colleges in New York State have been added to the federal list of schools being investigated for sexual abuse complaints.

The Citizen Review Board investigates complaints against police officers in the city and is currently suing police Chief Frank Fowler for not responding to four complaints.

Under a 10 - step procedure devised by the governor's office for state agencies, internal complaints are supposed to be investigated by an affirmative action officer.

The commission investigated Monserrate's fund, to which a number of lawmakers also contributed, based on a joint complaint filed by Common Cause / NY, the NY League of Women Voters and NYPIRG, which also publicized the findings (had it not been for a press release from Blair Horner this morning, I would have had no idea this decision had even been reached).

The Syracuse City Council voted unanimously to override Mayor Stephanie Miner's veto and provide $ 15,000 for the Citizen Review Board to hire consultants to help investigate complaints of police misconduct.

The beating death of a Brooklyn toddler was an «entirely predictable result» of systemic problems with how the Administration for Children's Services investigates child - abuse complaints on nights and weekends, the New York City Department of Investigation said.

«As the top state law enforcement officials charged with investigating consumer complaints of fraudulent, deceptive and abusive financial practices in our respective states, we know from first - hand experience that the need for strong consumer financial protection is undiminished in the years since the financial crisis.»

State IG Catherine Leahy Scott has for several months been investigating operations at the state Office of Technology Services after receiving emailed complaints about a lengthy list of alleged spending abuses and waste in the agency, which oversees the data systems for a variety of state functions.

It seemed so simple: file a complaint, get it investigated and wait for the results.

A spokeswoman for Schneiderman would not say what the BFI was investigating, although former employees of some of Sen. Diaz's not - for - profits say the FBI interviewed them about complaints they made concerning the senator.

The hunt for the missing two discs continues, with the Metropolitan police taking the lead in the search and the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which oversees the HMRC, investigating the original security breach at the agency's Washington office.

In Malta, the ethics committee met repeatedly in 2013 and 2014 to investigate a complaint filed against then - town clerk Flo Sickels, who was accused of making a deputy clerk campaign for Sickels and do other work for the Malta Republican Committee.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The city council on Monday voted unanimously to override Mayor Stephanie Miner's veto and provide $ 15,000 for the Citizen Review Board to hire consultants to help investigate complaints of police misconduct.

Add to that the fact that the commission has already been dogged for meeting in private, for answering to a longtime Cuomo aide, and for failing to investigate complaints by good government groups regarding Cuomo's use of third - party groups for lobbying.