It should also have the power to force all relevant organisations to comply with the code and the power to
investigate breaches of the code.
Not exact matches
But he's been sent home, suspended, while his department «
investigates» him for an alleged
breach of the public service Values and Ethics
Code.
Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to
investigate Coles for
breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty
of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition
of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension
of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation
of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf
of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process
of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply
of drinking milk») and mandatory
code of conduct (wants mandatory
code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.
In addition, he backed the creation
of a new independent body to oversee the ministerial
code of conduct and
investigate alleged
breaches - currently, only Tony Blair can order a probe into his ministers» behaviour.
Labour's Commons motion on whether Jeremy Hunt should be
investigated for
breaching the Ministerial
Code in his handling
of the BSkyB bid has been rejected - the Government won the vote
of confidence in Hunt by 290 to 252.
Two Labour members
of the committee have called for the prime minister to be
investigated for
breaching the ministerial
code by ignoring Mawer.
Two other peers who were
investigated by the Sunday Times — the former Labour ministers Lord Cunningham
of Felling and Lord O'Neill
of Clackmannan — were cleared
of any
breach of the Lords
code of conduct.
That the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should
investigate breaches of the ministerial
code.
A requirement for potential
breaches of the Ministerial
Code to be
investigated by the Standards Commissioner
This case demonstrates the difficulty
of finding a
breach of the
Code solely for the failure to
investigate.
There is a line
of decisions from the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario («Tribunal») where employers have been found liable for
breaching the
Code for failing to
investigate even though the Tribunal dismissed the allegation
of workplace discrimination.
However, a question arises as to whether an employer will have
breached the Ontario Human Rights
Code («
Code») if it fails to
investigate a complaint
of workplace discrimination even though, had it conducted a proper investigation, it would have found that there was no discrimination.
That said, recent Tribunal decisions have found that an employer will not have
breached the
Code for failing to
investigate a complaint
of workplace discrimination if no discriminatory act occurred.
When the board formed a special committee to
investigate her conduct for
breaching confidentiality, under the auspices
of the BCMA
Code of Conduct, she petitioned the court to dissolve the special committee.
Code s. 1798.82 (a)-RRB-, which empowers its Attorney General to
investigate and pursue legal action against businesses in violation
of its provisions, as well as requiring mandatory notifications to consumers, defines «
breach of the security
of the system» as «unauthorized acquisition
of computerized data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity
of personal information maintained by the person or business.»