Sentences with phrase «human rights firm»

While working on his master's degree Colin articled at Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, a labour and human rights firm in Toronto.

Charles Kuhn, who joins Clydes from criminal law and human rights firm Hickman & Rose, is best known for acting for Ryan Reich, who the Serious Fraud Office alleged had attempt to rig benchmark borrowing rates.

Not exact matches

The 25 - year - old human - resources veteran at staffing firm Robert Half International remembers the COO who hired an executive assistant right before a trip to Tokyo.

Since then, the firm has done work for such high - profile clients as the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Paul Gross — directed film Hyena Road.

According to Citizen Lab, a censorship watchdog at the University of Toronto, Netsweeper's customers have allegedly included telecom firms in a number of countries — including Qatar, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates — that have troubled records in terms of human rights and political freedoms.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The commission reports to Nick Clegg and Ken Clarke, two firm supporters of the Human Rights Act, and is populated with lawyers who are unlikely to recommend major change.

After training as a solicitor he specialised in human rights law and set up the firm Christian Khan with fellow lawyer Louise Christian.

The former UN special representative for business and human rights John Ruggie wrote to the justice minister to make just this point, while human rights lawyers firm Leigh, Day & Co have been equally critical.

He said the Falana law firm had decided to file for the enforcement of the fundamental human rights of the victim.

A Lagos - based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, whose law firm was handling the matter, had said the actions of the security agency were against all known laws of a democratic society.

Eleven prisoners died of cancer from 2010 through 2013, and six others have been diagnosed with cancer at the State Correctional Institution Fayette, said the report, released by the Abolitionist Law Center, a public interest law firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform group.

Right now, humans are the only hominid species on Earth, but it seems unlikely to remain the case, notes Juan Enriquez, CEO of Biotechnomy, a life - sciences investment firm, and a founding director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School.

SITU Research is an interdisciplinary design firm based in Brooklyn, New York that focuses on integrating design strategies, methodologies and instrumentation in the service of human rights fact - finding and reporting in both legal and advocacy contexts.

It is my firm belief that human rights representatives should respect and take into account the diversity of cultures and religions on every human right issue that comes up.

The lawyer representing Brown's suit in New York pro bono is Jay Lefkowitz, a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis who previously worked as former President George W. Bush's deputy assistant for domestic policy and special envoy for human rights in North Korea.

The company that wants to build the mine, Indian firm Adani, has a global reputation for tax evasion, human rights abuses and ignoring environmental regulations.

Firms face legal action if Equality and Human Rights Commission uncovers evidence of systemic failures

«This training is a key part of White & Case's commitment to increasing knowledge of human rights issues and is consistent with our Firm being a signatory to the UN Global Compact,» says Jacquelyn MacLennan, partner and Global Pro Bono Practice Leader.

Interesting case study on how niche human rights and personal injury law firm Leigh Day is using Linetime Liberate software, including workflow and matter management plus BI business intelligence reporting.

In addition, he has worked in the firm's London office and conducted internal investigations of anti-corruption and human rights compliance issues for multinational corporations and their subsidiaries across many international jurisdictions.

An equity partner in a law firm can be considered an employee and therefore can go before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal to get redress for alleged human rights violations, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights TribuHuman Rights Tribunal to get redress for alleged human rights violations, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights TribRights Tribunal to get redress for alleged human rights violations, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribuhuman rights violations, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribrights violations, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights TribuHuman Rights TribRights Tribunal).

Lawyers from the firm's Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore offices offered pro bono support to train and help Cambodian lawyers representing child victims of human trafficking and other human rights abuse in legal proceedings.

B.C. no longer has mandatory retirement at 65 and since McCormick wasn't ready to retire, he took the unusual action of taking his firm to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal claiming age discrimination.

I suspect that a random collection of forty years of Ontario Human Rights Codes would be more trouble than they're worth, and the ODI will have a firm handle on statutes in a short time.

It is by these means that the firm represents a relationship with Mr. McCormick that is more reflective of an employer / employee relationship, favouring an overall finding that Mr. McCormick is «employed» by Fasken for the purposes of the [human rights] code.»

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to all five magic circle firms to warn that it could take legal action if they fail to take appropriate action to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.

Though the work isn't glamorous and probably would not generate human rights awards for the firms, the WSJ suggests that helping DOJ would be a service to the country.

The firm practises in all areas of employment and labour law including human rights law, disability and accommodation, workplace investigations, employment litigation, privacy law, workplace bullying and harassment, collective bargaining, employment standards and workplace health and safety issues.

In a June 28 decision, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario vice chairwoman Ena Chadha sided with the Elias and dismissed all of Visic's allegations, almost three years after she first made them and nearly four years since her termination by the firm.

The law firms are immune from human rights law.

The firm's lawyers work in all labour - related forums including grievance arbitration, federal and provincial labour boards, human rights tribunals and workers compensation tribunals.

John Ruggie, UN Secretary - General's Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, has announced a study involving 15 corporate law firms from around the world «to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights.&rHuman Rights, has announced a study involving 15 corporate law firms from around the world «to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights.&Rights, has announced a study involving 15 corporate law firms from around the world «to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights.&rhuman rights.&rights.»

The firm's areas of practice include: advising the multinational and multi-jurisdictional employer; Industrial Relations Board proceedings; collective agreements and bargaining; compensation and benefits plans; construction labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation.

Touching on the course of history for human rights and detailing the way Polish society perceives the migrant crisis currently ongoing in the EU, with a very sincere analysis, here Aleksandra Kowalik, Principal at the Law Firm Kowalik, talks about progress in the realm of human rights and how legal...

The firm is recognized among the 100 Best Workplaces for Women by FORTUNE magazine; one of the Best Law Firms for Women by Working Mother / Flextime Lawyers; and as a top - ranking firm in the Corporate Equality Index by the Human Rights Foundation.

In the SCC decision, an equity partner at a B.C. law firm was deemed not to be an employee, and excluded from the anti-discrimination provisions of that province's statutory human rights regime.

Last year, the HRTO dismissed another human rights complaint by Visic, this time against her articling firm, after her principal requested to see her official transcript.

The firm advocates strongly on human rights issues by representing victims of human rights violations before the Senegalese and international courts.

She practises administrative law and civil litigation in the areas of equality rights, professional regulation, labour and employment law and human rights with her firm Symes and Street.

This isn't a struggle for Harrison Pensa: even among law firms, which often do more than their fair share of volunteer activities, HP is remarkably committed to public service and community work (take the Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl and the Claude and Elaine Pensa Lecture in Human Rights as just two examples).

This is not only the right thing to do, it is good business sense for anyone seeking to restructure a firm successfully and preserve as much of the human capital component of the firm's going concern value.

A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint filed by a Vancouver lawyer who alleges his former employer asked him not to bring his male partner to a firm social event, and that he remove references in his online firm bio to involvement in the Canadian Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity group.

As the only student in a small general service firm, you'll get a taste of all our practice areas, including charity & non ‑ profit law, commercial law, real estate, human rights, landlord and tenant law, employment law, construction, corporate governance & structuring, estate law and civil litigation.

The firm provides specialized expertise in dealing with issues of human rights, sexual harassment, workers compensation, policing and military employment law, disability and absenteeism management, pensions, workplace health and safety and pay equity.

Cloisters acts for both claimants and defendants in all practice areas and its clients are broad and diverse ranging from the world's biggest law firms to in - house legal departments, trade unions, law centres, high street firms, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and many professional associations.

We are honored to have been recognized for these efforts, including being named «100 Best Law Firms for Female Attorneys» and «100 Best Law Firm for Minority Attorneys» by Law360 and achieving a perfect score on the 2016 Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index..

With an interest in human rights and social justice, Jennifer articled for the Canadian Autoworkers Unions (now UNIFOR) and the union side labour and employment law firm Green and Chercover (now Ursel Phillps Fellows Hopkinson) and was called to the Bar in June 2008.

Hodge Jones & Allen is one of the leading law firms in the UK specialising in human rights cases (Chambers 2016).

Combining the personal touch of a small firm with the expertise and experience of Bay Street, SJO Legal Professional Corporation is a successful, unique and cost - effective firm offering advice and advocacy in employment, human rights and civil litigation.