Sentences with phrase «leave legislation on»

In this lunchtime seminar, Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discussed the effects of State and Federal family leave legislation on parental leave coverage and usage, with a specific focus on low - income households and other disadvantaged families.

Not exact matches

Slate's Rebecca Gale reports on the five states (plus the District of Columbia) that already have such laws — as well as the 21 states that currently have pending legislation for paid leave laws in the works.

However, Morneau, who also announced the introduction of up to five weeks of parental leave for fathers or non-birth parents to encourage greater sharing of child - rearing responsibilities, did not address a question on the limits of legislation and what the government can do to address societal barriers that could contribute the gender pay gap.

But if those overtures to the provinces fail, the court ruling left the federal government room to regulate in limited areas on its own — that's Hyndman's «move forward with federal legislation» option.

WASHINGTON — Action on gun legislation skidded to a halt Thursday in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump's stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next.

Senate committee hearings on the bill closed on Feb. 28 after the second reading, leaving one final opening to amend the broad - based legislation.

Kansas state Rep. Louis Ruiz, left, and Sen. David Haley, right, both D - Kansas City, confer during a break in negotiations on adoption legislation, Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan..

The proposed legislation looks to establish a violation for electric scooters left on sidewalks that do not have a proper permit from the SFMTA.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

Additionally, the legislation left in place a large number of legal requirements in the ACA, including the essential benefits package requirements, the prohibition on insurers denying or charging more for coverage for those pre-existing conditions, the limits on «medical loss ratios,» and other changes that do not have a direct budgetary effect.

It also technically retained the legislation's individual mandates (though it reduced the penalties to $ 0) and left in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which can make Medicare savings recommendations subject to congressional disapproval on a fast - tracked basis.

They have enacted legislation that would keep most of what is wrong with our existing system but add more regulation, mandates, taxes, and government entitlements on top of it; and the next decade would cost a trillion dollars while still leaving 23 million Americans uninsured.

Right - of - center parties in Western democracies perceive a very low threshold (each piece of welfare state legislation another step on «the road to serfdom»); left - of - center parties believe in a very high threshold, and some in that camp seem to think that there is no limit at all.

The irony, of course, is that while Helms» counterattack on the civil rights legislation left Democrats aghast, they saw nothing unseemly in their own efforts to paint him as Grand Kleagle of the US.

Despite the fact that Member States wanted action, the Commission proposes no effective action, and leaves these products opento the market Nutraingredients: No new legislation needed on «growing...

Depending on who you ask, the legislative session was a productive six months in which a range of policy measures from an increase to the state's minimum wage, paid family leave to new ethics reform and anti-heroin addiction legislation was accomplished.

A state Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation that would make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults, but unlike Cuomo and the Assembly Democrats, state Senate Republicans have offered no specific plan.

The Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation making it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults.

Around 80,000 suspects are on police bail across the country, leaving the government no choice but to push the legislation throw before the supreme court makes its ruling, Mr Herbert explained to MPs.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartments.

In his State of the State address on Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called for the passage of legislation that would ensure that state residents can take 12 weeks of paid family leave for a new child or a serious illness.

As disabled protesters shouted: «Kill the bill, don't kill us,» in a Capitol Hill hearing room, the Senate Budget Committee, with no discussion, quickly approved the legislation on a 12 - 11 party - line vote that left Democrats fuming.

The chair of each committee decides which legislation will leave to be voted on.

Legislators who co-sponsor annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day announce strong new legislation to prevent puppy mills like the one in Montgomery County from leaving dogs out in extreme cold where they could face death; Tedisco and Ball also announce that 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day will be held in Albany on May 28, 2014

SilentHunter, Some of the differences are that a newspaper is publishing an account and a dossier; that this is going to an independent complaints commission which the police do not control; that both supporters as well as opponents of the government will ask questions about this - in parliament, on blogs, and in many other places - no doubt pushing for an inquest with a jury, and be pushing for broader changes in policing to ensure its consistency with the human rights legislation we now have (such as those being advocated by Stuart White here on Next Left).

Trump signed legislation imposing sanctions on Russia and limiting his own authority to lift them, but asserted that the measure included «a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions» and left open the possibility that he might choose not to enforce them as lawmakers intended.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, left, with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, talks about gangs and new legislation he will propose to eradicate them at Central Islip High School on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

At last week's East Hampton Village Board meeting, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. declared that the «handwriting is on the wall» regarding the likelihood of legislation to rein in the use of leaf blowers.

Even leaving aside the issue of Lords reform (where they were not formally defeated but withdrew the legislation in the face of certain defeat) they had previously gone down to defeat in December 2011 on the motion that the House had considered the economy — as a result of an old fashioned Labour ambush, with Labour MPs hiding until enough Conservative MPs had gone home.

Parliament, he insisted, would not be left «in the dark» during the two - year process and would be able to shape future legislation on the incorporation of EU law and potential changes to immigration rules.

After a three - hour debate on Tuesday, for the second time in a week peers amended the legislation that will authorise Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave and pave the way for official Brexit talks to begin.

The IDC launched a digital campaign on Monday with videos featuring Klein touting the conference's legislative accomplishments — they were instrumental in enacting paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage.

With the subsequent erosion of the power of the House of Lords, we have essentially been left with a unicameral parliament in which there are no checks on the government's power to pass legislation.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has been slamming Quinn for failing to allow a vote on the legislation, which would guarantee some paid sick leave for most workers in the city.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

This legislation is based on values that would no longer be acceptable today and leaves many older widows with a stark choice between being alone until death or finding a loving companion late in life and losing a significant part of overall income.

«Last session Senator Murphy stood with 1199SEIU members on important matters to healthcare workers, including increasing the minimum wage and securing the nation's most comprehensive paid family leave program,» said Helen Schaub, the New York State Director of Police and Legislation.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn decided to block a hearing on legislation that would require future mayors to disclose their whereabouts when they leave the city.

«The Left's campaign on payday loans is precisely to use legislation to put Wonga out of business, probably by capping interest rates in a way that makes its business model impossible.

(L - R) Senate co-leader Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, leave a news conference after announcing legislation to combat the rise of heroin use in the state in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Albany.

On Monday, Cuomo signed legislation that extends screening hours at hospitals and clinics, removes insurance hurdles for mammograms and other diagnostic imaging procedures, and offers paid leave for screenings for public employees.

Governor Cuomo is indicating he may very soon release a plan to begin limited hydro fracking in New York, but the state legislature left for the summer without acting on any legislation that would speed up the process, or slow it down.

«Thousands of rapists could escape conviction after a loophole in Home Office legislation left police powerless to hold on to the DNA of potential suspects.

Gun control legislation is one of the few issues on which Clinton is decidedly left of Sanders, whose rural state has lax firearms laws.

Cuomo left the door open to more issues being added by including in the proclamation the possibility of legislation on «other subjects as I may recommend.»

As state lawmakers await a potential budget extender from Gov. Andrew Cuomo this evening, Senate Democrats are calling on the governor include a package of left - leaning legislation that would force Senate Republicans to either accept it or potentially risk a shutdown of state government.

As Andrew Hawkins discusses on p8, Labour has very little parliamentary time left to introduce any further legislation that will pass into law.

With very few exceptions, grounds of discrimination are not defined in legislation but are left to courts, tribunals, and commissions to interpret and explain, based on their detailed experience with particular cases.

Having voted in committee to move forward what turned out to be widely reviled legislation, Faso was left with egg on his face.