Sentences with phrase «imposing additional obligations»

Yet, such mechanisms only work imperfectly because host States can benefit by unilaterally breaching their original obligation after an investor has made its investment, for example the construction of a power plant or factory, by imposing additional obligations or even expropriating the investment.

However, the Ninth Circuit sided with the plaintiffs, saying that the ADA imposes additional obligations not covered under IDEA.

The latter judgment reiterates a similar point in substantive terms: not only can Member States organize transmission system operators as public companies, they can also impose additional obligations on energy providers, if these requirements are justified on overriding grounds of the public interest.

Of course, the existence of an attorney - client relationship imposes additional obligations on the investigative attorneys.

To impose the additional obligations of [the third and fourth proposals] upon the many thousands of non incorporated law practices whose participants are required to observe their professional and other conduct obligations anyway is clearly unwarranted... [A regulator's audit] has the potential to interfere at a micro level in the running of a business, and is fraught with difficulty... This proposal is also seriously at odds with the expressed desire to reduce compliance costs... We recognize that risk management, improved practice management and a sound understanding of applied ethics will support improved practice.

Not exact matches

Voluntary groups are now in a very dark moral place, «imposing zero - hours contracts on staff, asking unpaid volunteers to take on additional obligations they feel morally unable to refuse, and in many cases, prioritising core services around a narrower spectrum of people in need».

The Act imposes additional duties upon Federal agency employers intended to reinvigorate their longstanding obligation to provide a work environment free of discrimination and retaliation.

The fixing of a maximum price in the case at hand, by limiting the ability of electricity providers to pass on the extra costs to final users, means that the supply obligation must be complied with by means of the electricity providers» own financial resources; by contrast, the national legislation at issue in Association Vent de Colère, by enabling the electricity distributors to cash in a tax imposed on the consumers, guaranteed that the additional costs resulting from an obligation to purchase wind - generated electricity would be offset.

While the engineer was ultimately acquitted of the charges of criminal negligence, and the OHSA charges were withdrawn, it appears the Legislature has taken additional steps to prevent similar events in the future by imposing proactive obligations upon employers to provide the MOL with notice of any structural issues identified within the workplace.

This interest involves the customer trying to impose an additional set of obligations on the service provider that, if complied with, will increase the likelihood that the services will be satisfactory and will achieve the customer's objectives.

Ever - evolving jurisprudence, along with recent developments in legislation, have also imposed additional challenges, new obligations and in some cases require thinking «outside the box» as employers and service providers alike are faced with new and increasingly complex requests for accommodation.

Several states have enacted laws restricting the discretion that employers have in using credit reports for employment decisions, limiting when an employer can lawfully use credit reports and imposing additional notice and disclosure obligations on employers who do intend to use them.

The Bureau has considered suggestions from industry to impose additional substantive and procedural obligations on both creditors and settlement agents, including suggestions by some commenters for dividing responsibility for specific disclosures between settlement agents and creditors.