Sentences with phrase «justice worker who»

While these programs vary from courthouse to courthouse, they usually involve a community justice worker who can assist you with completing diversion.

Not exact matches

In my last post I noted a recent memo from a higher - up at the Department of Justice, trying to intimidate public service workers who want to get involved in the current election campaign.

«Now is the time for all those who value justice and equality in holding Uber accountable, not only in its complicity with Trump's hateful policies but also for impoverishing workers,» the TWA statement read.

For example, Urban Ministries Inc., the African American publisher of the curriculum I analyzed for the book, has hired young seminarians who are thinking about what it means to be both a worker of justice and a faithful Christian.

Arnold, who led the Bruderhof Communities for two decades, was a pastor, author, and tireless worker for peace, reconciliation, and justice.

Ben & Jerry's has agreed to implement the Milk with Dignity (MD) Program, a multi-year plan created by Migrant Justice in 2014, which aims to improve working conditions of dairy farm workers who supply the milk for the ice cream manufacturer.

The Times Union editorial board should support Congressman John Faso's effort and the efforts of state legislators on behalf of worker safety, on behalf of civil justice and on behalf of all New Yorkers who struggle to find affordable housing.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Justice announced today that since it reopened in 2011, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) has paid over $ 1.52 billion to first responders, recovery workers, and residents who suffered physical ha

Minor party presidential candidates who qualified for the New Jersey ballot are the nominees of the American Third Position, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Justice, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Socialist Workers parties.

In Maryland, workers began the removal of a statue honoring Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who presided over the Dred Scott decision.

The statement added, «The EFCC boss expressed concern over the delay usually experienced in dispensing corruption cases and the conspiracy (in some cases) between the criminals and judicial workers / law enforcement agents to make violators of law escape justice, citing the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, who was set free with the connivance of a prison warder and court registrar after being convicted by court.»

Mr. Molo, in rejecting the government's charge that his client's actions were illegal, said Mr. Silver's referrals of patients with asbestos claims to the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg was a means of getting «economic justice» for them, many of whom were blue - collar workers who had «unfairly and unjustly» contracted mesothelioma, a particularly deadly form of cancer, through work with asbestos.

Officials with Local 371 and the Public Employees Federation, the state's second - largest public labor union, said they are forming a coalition to convince state leaders to review the Justice Center's effects on the workers who are investigated.

By stiffening the penalties, protecting workers who come forward, and ensuring that unpaid wages are collected, the new law provides the tools we need to ensure justice for the hundreds of thousands of workers in New York who are impacted each year.»

«This is bittersweet vindication,» says attorney Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project, who is representing affected residents, workers, and students in the World Trade Center area.

The justices will hear the case of Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee who objects to paying fees to the union, which represents 35,000 state workers.

The solutions to school pushout supported by the Dignity in Schools campaign include shifting funding from school police to counselors and social workers; funding and using transformative and restorative justice, mediation and positive interventions; ensuring that states and districts focus on school climate under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and ending the pushout and arresting of students of color, LGBTQ youth, students who are homeless, and students with disabilities.

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

He's taken to a remote community led by a charismatic counter-cultural sociopath known as Freeboot who's obsessed with the supposed hidden messages buried within old Beatles lyrics and the disintegration of workers» rights, the escalating differential between the haves and the have - nots, and the slap - on - the - wrist «justice» doled out in cases of billion - dollar corporate malfeasance.

I am a social worker who fights for social justice but sadly do not see an end to this injustice.

And now we move to the next level, which is a multiracial, people of color alliance that is hosted by the Movement for Black Lives action table, but has immigrant justice folks, climate justice folks, Black feminists, education workers, folks who're doing anti - war / anti-militarism work, folks who are veterans.

Each visit represents a spoke in the wheel of social justice, from demanding that Arch Coal protect Blair Mountain in West Virginia from mountaintop removal to supporting the 45,000 workers who are currently on strike at Verizon to protect their workplace benefits.

The Ministry of Justice says it will support the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, meaning offenders who attack emergency service workers such as ambulance and NHS staff, firefighters, police officers etc. will receive a twice-fold maximum prison seWorkers (Offences) Bill, meaning offenders who attack emergency service workers such as ambulance and NHS staff, firefighters, police officers etc. will receive a twice-fold maximum prison seworkers such as ambulance and NHS staff, firefighters, police officers etc. will receive a twice-fold maximum prison sentence.

Workers who have been harmed through chemical exposure can rely on our team to help them seek justice.

Workers who have been retaliated against for reporting discrimination can take legal action to resolve the situation and achieve justice.

Spain's Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) asked the Court of Justice whether the EU's Working Time Directive precluded certain Spanish legislation under which a worker who becomes unfit for work during a period of paid annual leave is not entitled subsequently to that annual leave.

Last week, the Court of Justice further protected this entitlement when it held that «a worker who becomes unfit for work during his paid annual leave is entitled at a later point in time to a period of leave of the same duration as that of his sick leave.»

students worked with The Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.

Focusing on common legal problems faced by people with low or moderate incomes, Steps to Justice also aims to assist first - contact community workers, who are often the trusted intermediaries for many experiencing legal problems.

Even if a law or legal policy or practice is designed to include persons with disabilities, persons may be denied or delayed in exercising their rights under these laws because of the attitudes of justice system workers, service providers and others who implement them.

In 2003, Baron & Budd assisted the non-profit organization Public Justice in Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers, a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding compensation for railroad workers who have been diagnosed with asbestos diseases.

You need a workers compensation attorney who will seek justice on your behalf.

In a decision that will have significant and potentially very costly implications for employers operating in the gig economy, the European Court of Justice has today ruled that a self - employed contractor, who was actually a worker, is entitled to be paid...

The Justice of the Peace adjudicator who heard one case decided that the fees were not illegal and ordered one of the workers to pay.

On Thursday, April 26, CPCS had the pleasure of honoring exceptional members of our community — attorneys from the public and private counsel divisions, as well as a social worker, investigator and administrative professional — who work tirelessly to insure that CPCS meets our mission: to fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals; to zealously advocate for the rights of individuals; and to promote just public policy to protect the rights of all.

Justice Thomas obviously concluded the union's arguments have a chance of success, writing on page 20 that the legislation «guts the bargaining process by removing an effective leverage on the part of the workers who, as a result of other provincial laws, can not withdraw their labour.

As to the first question, the Court of Justice held that European Union law must be interpreted as meaning that it is for the Member States to define the concept of «workers who have an employment contract or an employment relationship» in Clause 2.1 of the PTWD, and, in particular, to determine whether judges fall within that concept.

On November 2, lawyers from Miami Law's Health Rights Clinic, with Florida Legal Services and the Community Justice Project, sued DCF and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the Miami Workers Center, New Florida Majority, and a class of disabled individuals claiming that the system discriminated against persons with disabilities who could not endure these conditions.

Any worker who feels that he or she has been the victim of inappropriate workplace behavior may wish to contact a lawyer to investigate his or her options for seeking justice.

A third category of access to justice initiatives seeks to provide legal support services by delivering legal information to the public through websites or through front line workers who are often not legally trained.

There is case law from the European Court of Justice («ECJ») which makes clear that a worker who is incapacitated before or during a period of statutory holiday is entitled to reschedule the holiday for a later date.

Grace Pluchino, a community legal worker at the forefront of tenants» rights for the past 30 years, is this year's recipient of the Sidney B. Linden Award given by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to honour exceptional individuals who help low - income Ontarians in the pursuit of access to justice.

The judges who hear discrimination cases would have expertise in discrimination law and, hopefully, would actually care about American workers and equal justice.

We are searching for the unsung heroes of the justice system: those who are innovative, tireless, and passionate drivers of access to justice, whether they're on the front lines or behind the scenes, lawyers or community workers, lifetime achievers or rising stars.

O'Brien v Ministry of Justice [2013] 1 WLR 522, SC, [2013] UKSC 6 Whether judges are workers who have an employment contract or employment relationship and, if they are, whether it is permissible for national law to discriminate between full - time and part - time judges, or between different kinds of part - time judges in the provision of pensions.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that employees of Ontario's Office of the Worker Adviser and Office of the Employer Adviser who provide legal services relating to the Occupational Health and Safety Act must be licensed paralegals.

I'll close with this quote from USSC Chief Justice Hughes in the 1937 decision in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, he states: «The exploitation of a class of workers who are in an unequal position with respect to bargaining power and are thus relatively defenseless against the denial of a living wage is not only detrimental to their health and well being, but casts a direct burden for their support upon the community.»

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28

Lord Justice Auld, who delivered the main judgment in the appellate court, (concurred in by his two colleagues), was adamant that there was no distinction to be drawn between the fact that this case concerned the duty of care owed by social workers, in contrast to East Berkshire which considered the ambit of the duty of care of doctors.

Those who spoke with In Justice Today said that «the legislation stands to do more harm than good by failing to distinguish between trafficking victims and sex workers, eliminating sex workers» source of income, and hampering anti-trafficking investigations.»