Sentences with phrase «legislation changes implemented»

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Yet even if federal and provincial finance ministers agree to enhance the CPP at their meeting this December, it would take at least until 2016 to implement the requisite legislation and begin phasing in the premium rate changes.
The Prime Minister has committed the government to immediately passing legislation that would implement the income tax changes promised in the election platform.
[62] She called for «a profound culture change and radical legislation» to close the pay gap, and recommended measures to require companies where women make a successful complaint of pay discrimination to audit their practices and implement plans to ensure that men and women are paid equally for equal work.
First, the legislation would make clear that all evaluation systems currently implemented will not sunset by remaining in effect unless there are agreed to changes by the district and local bargaining unit.
THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.
NEW YORK CITY — One of the sponsors of legislation that would require police to obtain consent to conduct searches without a warrant or probable cause said he plans to push forward with the bills after Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito negotiated what critics call a «back - door deal» to allow the NYPD to instead implement some of the changes themselves.
According to independent legal advice given to the Welsh Liberal Democrats, as neither the Welsh Ministers nor the Secretary of State has the power to change that formula, implementing the rate relief recommendations would require primary legislation either by way of an Act of the Assembly or an Act of Parliament.
«In October I wrote to our federal representatives urging them to support federal legislation allowing the USPS to implement a business model free of certain government restrictions that have hampered their growth and ability to compete in a changing mail delivery environment.
The state has started implementing a policy mandating the deletion of emails older than 90 days; state lawmakers are drafting legislation to change the policy, he notes.
«I think it's also very good that the NYPD, starting last year continuing through this year, implemented its own approach on these issues and changed the reality on the ground in an effective way but I'm also comfortable this legislation is consistent with the approach the NYPD has taken and is a good piece of reform legislation
Once the final report is delivered the government need to put secondary legislation before Parliament to implement the changes.
So goes budgeting in Albany, where leaders often declare a targeted policy change or tax cut, then wait to see how the ideas can be implemented within actual legislation.
I can do my bit, but member states can change legislation and implement legislation so that it stops.
Here's the problem: even if our nation fully implemented most of the recommended legislation in the next decade, we still would be far behind other nations that made bolder changes years ago.
California's standards board for educator training and professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.
«Advance Illinois was founded to pass and implement game - changing legislation on behalf of Illinois» public education students,» said William Daley, Founding Co-Chair and Advance Illinois Board Member.
To effect large - scale change, like implementing vouchers and expanding charter schools, Betsy DeVos will need to convince Congress to enact new legislation and to appropriate funds in ways that reflect her priorities.
Legislation and policy changes, including implementing statewide minimum admissions requirements and restricting...
There are many reasons for the lower scores: the new standards being taught changed and are being implemented unevenly across school districts (Warren and Murphy 2014; McLaughlin, Glaab and Carrasco 2014, Harrington 2016); the definition of having met the standards changed; and the testing method changed (London and Warren 2015).1 While it is true that these assessments are in many ways not comparable (indeed, legislation passed in 2013 prohibits the CDE and local education agencies from doing so), 2 it is useful to understand which districts and schools are doing consistently well on both tests, and whether districts doing well on the SBAC English language arts (ELA) also do well on the SBAC math.
Only the smallest changes — to meet with regional legislation — will be implemented.
I have high hopes President Barack Obama, from my home State of Illinois, will change all that and proceed to execute many promised political reforms in Washington, D. C. High on his list should be implementing immediate and effective Congressional legislation about the consequences of human - induced, global warming and climate change.
Although Canadians have made some commitments to combat climate change (e.g., their ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions legislation), industry interests pushing forward on extraction are dominating climate concerns and leaving Alberta's regulators struggling to successfully implement their policies.
Now, there could be a number of reasons for this: a) he's genuinely unsure how best to navigate the political waters to get climate legislation passed, and is cautiously gathering data, b) curbing emissions and fighting climate change truly does not rank among his highest priorities, c) he's slyly implementing political gamesmanship to push the issue through external forces like imbuing his EPA with the ability to regulate greenhouse gases, or d) a combination of all three.
But if executive agencies want to move forward with market - based solutions to climate change, there is no reason to wait for new legislation: the GWSA already provides the authority for the administration to implement market - based solutions, either on our own or in partnership with our partners in RGGI states and Canadian provinces.
We assist education providers to influence, implement and comply with changes in legislation and policy.
Under the new proposed legislation, various new scheduling changes would be implemented on January 1, 2019.
Even if the legislation is tabled in the spring it is widely anticipated that the changes will not be implemented overnight, with some predicting that the Canadian recreational marijuana market may not be fully open and legal until as late as 2019.
Advising the Government of Nigeria on the privatisation of the port sector in Nigeria (including a complete review of the existing legislation and operation of the then existing port structure in Nigeria, recommendations on the consultation process and the road map for privatisation and drafting the new legislation and scheme to be introduced to implement the agreed changes).
BC's legislation to implement the CISG did specify its restrictive declaration (S.B.C. 1990 c. 20 s. 2), and when the province changed its policy, it amended its statute accordingly (S.B.C. 1992 c. 31 s. 13).
As healthcare legislation has changed and states have implemented billing transparency laws, facilities have experienced an increased need for billing specialists.
It is essential that Government's seeking to implement changes to land rights or native title regimes, with the consent of traditional owners, must be careful to ensure that the legislation contains provisions that provide clear and effective decision - making processes; safeguards for the protection of Indigenous rights; and adequate resources so that land councils are able to effectively engage and advise on issues relating to the complex legal, economic, cultural and social implications of leasing Indigenous lands.
More detailed analysis of the Principles, against other Commonwealth and State policies, must be undertaken before changes are made to legislation that are aimed at implementing the NIC Principles or some other leasing scheme.
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