Sentences with phrase «imposing standards more»

In the case of farm animals, nothing in this section may be construed as imposing standards more stringent than generally accepted practices.

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«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «in tech» is something that seems to happen far more frequently (and reflexively) where women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many, many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate in the industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.

Brokerage firms are sensitive about discussing sales incentives as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers imposing a higher standard of customer care on their sales practices and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is warning the firms to vet potential hires more carefully.

It would be more difficult to keep those commission - based accounts, the industry has said, if the fiduciary standard were imposed.

Analysts who retain sympathy for the gold standard, like self - confessed «gold bug» John Mauldin, have always understood that the main argument in favor of gold is that it imposes an unbreakable trade and capital flow discipline — indeed that is also the main argument against gold — but many of them have tended to de-emphasize reserve currency economics mainly, I think, because this particular problem is to them subsumed under their more general concerns about money.

Mortgage lenders commonly impose higher standards for borrowers who are seeking a jumbo loan, simply because there's more money involved.

For example, the auto emissions standards to which Japanese manufacturers responded more quickly than American companies were imposed by governments.

The «gay cake» ruling against Ashers Bakery is another example of double standards being imposed, say Free Church of Scotland moderator David... More

It may seem crude and misconceived by our standards, but our standards may not be imposed on that epoch more than three thousand years ago.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

The State Department of Health should get tough with nursing home operators and impose more fines for nursing - home health and safety standards.

In April, ministers intend to impose an increase in pensions contributions for public servants that will hit living standards even more.

«The plans to use academy chains to drive up standards is nothing more than yet another strategy to seek to promote and impose the Government's ideological academisation programme, despite the fact that there is no evidence that this raises standards.

«The nation could achieve more than half of its GHG reduction goals without imposing any new standards on automobiles or manufacturing,» Sabate said.

Mavalvala's more recent research focuses on minimizing, if not circumventing, barriers imposed by quantum physics on the precision of standard optical interferometers.

Hanssen's self - imposed lofty standards and values are somewhat at odds with his rather kinky sexual preferences, and with his habit of spending far more than he earns.

The CB plan simply distributes retirement compensation more evenly across teachers» careers — increasing retirement compensation for younger teachers, reducing the current large experience premium, and eliminating the penalty imposed on those who teach beyond the standard, arbitrary retirement age.

Three ideas stand out: Assessments aligned with CCSS must give students greater skin in the game by requiring them to pass assessments in order to graduate; tests should be linked to two or more different types of diplomas rather than imposing a rigid single standard for all; and low - income and minority students should receive far greater support than they currently do.

Imposing even more uniformity with national standards will only compound that problem.

Clearly children's diets need attention, and there have been a number of initiatives to break the unhealthy eating habit, including: The National Healthy Schools Programme (1998 to 2009), which included healthy and nutritious foods being made available in school canteens and vending machines; The School Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they produce.

Nowhere was this more startlingly true than in the case of the early childhood standards — those imposed on kindergarten through grade 3.

Instead, the basic strategy of the Gates Foundation is to use science (or, more accurately, the appearance of science) to identify the «best» educational practices and then use political influence to create a system of national standards, curricular materials, and testing to impose those «best practices» on schools nationwide.

However, it addresses so many of NSBA's objectives, such as requiring the U.S. Department of Education to collaborate with local school leaders and not simply impose its will on them, eliminating the existing one - size - fits - all approach to school accountability, providing more state and local opportunity to shape workable school improvement plans, and ensuring state control over academic standards, while excluding «portability» (i.e., vouchers).

Evers said the proposal reminds him of the federal education law No Child Left Behind, which required schools that did not meet federal - imposed standards after four or more years to be placed into «corrective action,» which could have resulted in replacing teachers, converting the school into a charter school or closing it altogether.

Should the state impose more rigorous teacher evaluation standards, perhaps outside of collective bargaining, and should those standards be based substantially on students» standardized test scores?

The bill would maintain current fruit and vegetable requirements for school meals but relax the whole grain and sodium requirements to help schools that have struggled to meet more stringent standards imposed by the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010.

Just as the administration called for in its 2010 NCLB reauthorization proposal, POTUS wants to employ more than a one - time program, or temporary waivers, to impose «college and career - ready standards,» which — thanks to RTTT and waivers — is essentially synonymous with Common Core.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has imposed a $ 1 million civil penalty on Harbor Freight Tools, an equipment importer, for failing to issue a timely recall of more than 800,000 after - market trailer light kits that violate Federal safety standards.

It might only be 2 inches, but the added ride height gives the Dune an instantly more imposing and more purposeful air than the standard Beetle.

A more rigid frame, in combination with a widened track and retuned suspensions (Z85, standard on 2WD and 4WD models; and Z71, the optional Off - Road suspension), supplies the needed capability without imposing the typical vices of a heavy - duty platform.

The exterior appearance is imposing as ever, if only a bit flash thanks to a white paint finish, a new aero pack and a radiator grille that is actually more discrete than the standard one.

Unless you and your spouse had more assets than you needed, a marriage breakdown imposes a drop in your standard of living or a return to the working world.

The bill imposes standards for humane care and sanitary conditions for commercial kennels with 60 or more dogs and sets license fees as well as criminal fines up to $ 1000 per offense and civil penalties up to $ 1000 per day.

We've seen more than 200 pieces of legislation introduced this year that would impose new restrictions and standards on existing licensees, like pet dealers.

We've expressed puzzlement that the agency wants to impose more stringent standards when the existing ones are working — lowering ozone levels 18 percent between 2000 and 2013 according to EPA's own data.

«Not only would most of the existing plants be allowed to pollute several times more than could be achieved by adopting the best clean technologies available,» the environmental NGO said, «but EU standards would also be significantly weaker than those imposed in other parts of the world, including China.»

Unfortunately, the current standards used by ENGOs in Canada are such that we could have a policy that was 4 - 6 times more stringent than those imposed or proposed anywhere else in the world and have it be seen as weak, modest, and lagging behind.

Battered and abused by the regulatory behemoth, the automakers fear that the state of California --- which has a special waiver to impose more aggressive tailpipe emissions regulations, though no power over CAFE standards — will create a regulatory situation in which different rules apply in California than in other states.

The data quality standards required by the FDQA and OMB's guidelines are more specific and more stringent than the «arbitrary and capricious» and «rational basis» standards imposed during judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.

These are: Implement a «carbon tax» (or make polluters pay); impose really tough emission standards; create a secure global trade regime in low carbon fuels; develop ways of financing the transfer of the best available technology for creating and, more importantly, saving energy; and require governments to invest in research and early - stage innovation.

We may, therefore, be seeing a change in the approach to sentencing in OH&S cases where jail sentences will be requested by Crown prosecutors and imposed more frequently by courts on individuals convicted of offences involving the breach of OH&S standards, serious injuries or significant incidents.

Thus the Master of the Rolls has moved to impose for instance more two judge courts, a higher standard for permission and the removal of oral renewal.

Therefore, a strict liability standard is more applicable because it imposes constructive knowledge of the item on the manufacturer.

Imposing a more restrictive standard for mental stress entitlement sends a message that workers claiming entitlement for these conditions are a greater risk for fraud, that their conditions are «all in their head,» or that they are frail.

If the tribal laws impose more stringent privacy standards on disclosures for research, such as requiring informed consent in all cases, nothing in the final rule would preclude compliance with those more stringent privacy standards.

To impose a temporary mental health hold one must typically show probable cause to believe that the person is a threat to themselves or others, and must meet a higher standard of proof over a longer period of time to show a danger to themselves or others for a more permanent involuntary commitment to a mental institution.

Of course, you'll pay a premium for coverage (more on that here), but the benefits are more expansive and the standards for receiving them are less stringent than those imposed by the SSA.

Ever since the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, airports in the United States have imposed more stringent security standards for both domestic and international flights.

An RN I worked with this summer — someone with fifteen years experience — said that routine patient care is also getting more difficult for a registered nurse, due to the quality care requirements and patient satisfaction standards imposed by Medicare regulations.

We license the more than 24,000 individuals and brokerages engaged in real estate sales, rental property and strata management, we enforce standards of conduct, we investigate complaints from the public against licensees, and we impose disciplinary sanctions under the Real Estate Services Act.