Sentences with phrase «investigates complaints about»

For example, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission investigates complaints about discrimination stemming from a list of prohibited grounds set out in the legislation (race, sex, religion etc.) If the Commission decides that an individual was wrongfully discriminated against because they drove a red car, then it has stepped outside its jurisdiction.

The Judicial Conduct Board investigates complaints about judges and recommends any needed action to the court.

As Public Advocate — she serves as a direct link between New Yorkers and their government — acts as a watchdog over City agencies — and investigates complaints about City services.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK refuses to investigate complaints about advertisements directed at health workers.

Police were investigating a complaint about a noisy street sweeper behind a store at 9265 159th St., reports said.

It's been about a year since a revitalized Citizen's Review Board started investigating complaints about Syracuse Police officers, but their first annual report, which covers the last half of 2012, shows progress.

The parliamentary standards commissioner, John Lyon, announced that he would investigate a complaint about the former defence secretary lodged by Labour MP John Mann, after Mann asked him to examine allegations that Fox allowed Werritty to live rent - free in his London flat, which allowed him to run a business from a property funded by parliamentary allowances.

Recently, it was leaked that the commission was investigating a complaint about the second most powerful Senator in the Majority Republican conference, Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, over allegations that surfaced in an unrelated corruption trial.

ALBANY — A good - government advocate said New York's ethics commission is «like a black box» for not revealing whether it is investigating a complaint about political parties» alleged lobbying.

«We investigate all complaints about research conduct...

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

Chris Clark, 44, said he was walking his Rottweiler, Quincy, and his landlord's Chesapeake Bay retriever, Missy, when he heard a police officer shouting at him — Officer Slobodan Juric, who was investigating a complaint about a suspicious person in the area.

Additionally, the Securities Division of the North Carolina Secretary of State uses the software to investigate complaints about securities fraud.

However, Butler ruled that Mulgrew had to turn over his notes, noting «the nature of the legal profession is such that the Law Society could not investigate complaints about its members without access to privileged information.»

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

Martino Recchia was homeless, living on the streets of Los Angeles, and caring for 20 birds when animal control officers showed up at his tent to investigate complaints about the animals in 2011.

9/28/2015 - Advocate General Of ECJ Rules EU Data Protection Authorities Can Investigate Complaints About Safe Harbor Programme

Section 26 of the EUA which deals with the broader jurisdiction of the AUC to investigate complaints about the conduct of the AESO continues unchanged except that the section envisages possibly limiting access to this jurisdiction by means of regulation.

Investigate complaints about tolling operators, provided that they have first been raised with the tolling operator.

FOS only has a very narrow jurisdiction to investigate complaints about the amount of fees, premiums, charge or interest rate — the main categories are:

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Investigate complaints about service and equipment, and take corrective action

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

Upon learning about the allegations, Verizon began «an immediate investigation» and learned XPO has hired an outside firm to investigate the complaints, he says.

«If there is a complaint about a product, we investigate it right away to make sure the issue doesn't arise in the future.»

Complaints may arise about or in relation to an applicant or client before, during or after the initial assessment process and must include objective evidence that can be investigated.

This state of affairs is actually better than usual: the ASA refuses to even investigate many of the complaints about baby milk advertisements registered with it.

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.

In several of the cases of bullying complaints, there is also a concern about the way the school has handled the allegations, failing to investigate accusations of bullying and physical abuse by teachers in some cases... «In four Steiner schools, the Department has received complaints about physical abuse from teachers towards pupils, including spitting in a pupil's face, making sexual innuendos and throwing a rounders bat at a pupil.

Canadian actress Sarah Edmondson said filed a complaint with DOH about the woman who allegedly performed the branding, Danielle Roberts, but the agency refused to investigate the incident because it did not «occur within the doctor - patient relationship.»

In an interview with The Independent, Mr Grieve said people were feeling forced to «bleat» to the police about minor problems, while officers were also forced to waste their time investigating trivial complaints.

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.

«We have received complaints about the smell of cigarette smoke on the sixth floor of the (Legislative Office Building) and are currently investigating those complaints,» said Office of General Services spokeswoman Heather Groll.

In addition, the order asked the health department to provide «all documents reflecting complaints of unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthy conditions in NYCHA Public Housing or DHS Homeless Shelters,» including any complaints about leaks, water damage, lead paint, rodents or insects, as well as any documents showing whether or not any city or state agency responded to, investigated, or evaluated the complaints.

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.

Kathleen Hogan, Warren County district attorney, asked about a complaint of possible fraud in the 2008 election that wasn't investigated until 2010.

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.

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 Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is currently investigating a number of MPs over complaints about their use of expenses.

Last fall, during a private meeting at Town Hall between Lewza and Barbara Kerr, a member of the Town Board, Lewza acknowledged to Kerr that he hired Walsh, a private attorney who is chairman of the Republican Committee in the town of Ballston, to investigate people he suspected of leaking information about Wilson's complaint, according to a person briefed on the meeting.

The U.N. and Iraqi political leaders called for investigating electoral - fraud complaints and sought manual recounts in some districts, as questions intensified about the legitimacy of the recent parliamentary vote.

Hart told the Assembly Committee on Children and Families the CPS worker who investigated multiple complaints about Kuzdal «failed.»

It also emerged last night that Ray Collins, general secretary of the Labour party, has received a complaint from NEC member Peter Kenyon about apparent anomalies in who is put before Brown's so - called «star chamber» to investigate and discipline wrongdoing over expenses.

The Conservatives are under scrutiny about whether they properly investigated verbal complaints about the Conservative election aide Mark Clarke, who is at the centre of allegations of attempted blackmail, bullying and sexual harassment.

The speaker of the House of Commons is now investigating a complaint from two Conservative MPs that the then prime minister, Tony Blair, misled parliament about the affair.

The NYPD says it has not received any complaints about Schneiderman yet, but the department promises to investigate thoroughly if a complaint comes through.

Decorated former homicide detective Ron Iddles is being investigated by police after a complaint was made about his handling of the probe into the double Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt and capitalised when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and

Decorated former homicide detective Ron Iddles is being investigated by police after a complaint was made about his handling of the probe into the double

Since 2010, his department has investigated 27 other complaints about school closings and none resulted in a finding of a civil rights violation.

The Education Department is investigating complaints — filed under the 1964 Civil Rights Act — about school closings in six cities: the District, Newark, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York and Chicago.