Sentences with phrase «legislation protects people»

The scope of the legislation protects people from discrimination and harassment in employment, in the provision of services to the public, in housing, and from the promotion of hate.

Domestic equality legislation protects people from illegitimate discrimination and so engenders a public space where individual liberty can thrive.

The next decade saw repeated, but unsuccessful, attempts to pass legislation protecting people from misuse of genetic data.

It is clear that human rights legislation protects persons who have, or have had, an actual or perceived disability.

Not exact matches

Although there is a long history stretching back to the 1990s of legislation aimed at protecting religious minorities, a new batch of bills has cropped up in reaction to state movements to grant LGBT people the right to marry.

For example, in response to concerns that Samsung Smart TVs were spying on people in their living rooms, California introduced legislation to fix the problem and protect consumer privacy.

And while there are now growing calls in the country for legislation to protect people's data — in a bid to steer off the next democracy - denting Cambridge Analytica scandal, at very least — any such process will take a lot of political will.

Economists view many labor markets as being in disequilibrium due to how legislation and public policy protect people and their jobs, or the amount they are compensated for their labor.

He continued: «Despite the claims of some, that religious freedom will be protected, all proposed legislation to date has been totally inadequate to safeguard people who work for church - run institutions such as schools, hospitals and universities.

Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, called the legislation «a vital step toward protecting conscience freedom for millions of the world's most vulnerable, most oppressed people.»

The protest was aimed at urging lawmakers to favor legislation that would protect 800,000 young people from deportation.

«One is the absence of domestic legislation, which would fully protect the organic attribution claims of legitimate, industry standard - abiding business people who invest in building up their own organic brands and business,» Xenophon said.

Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.

The fast food industry saw that some communities did want to protect their collective public health, so they've now bought conservative politicians in some areas to create legislation to stop the people of the community creating laws to protect themselves.

Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman is the new lead sponsor of legislation aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in a variety of key areas such as the workplace and in housing.

The question isn't about the difference of opinion they have with people like the Republican dean Peter King on the substance of legislation intended to protect New York jobs.

«As the Senator for the 31st District, I have fought for families and workers, and passed legislation to protect the rights, income, and quality of life for the people of my community, and for all New Yorkers.»

They called on the lead sponsors of the bills, Councilmembers Antonio Reynoso and Ritchie Torres, to pass the legislation in order to protect women, transgender and gender non-conforming people from police abuses.

At noon, SUNY Old Westbury President Dr. Calvin O. Butts joins community leaders and Dreamers to show support and defend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and urge Congress to enact legislation that protects these young people, SUNY Old Westbury, Student Union, Multipurpose Room A, Old Westbury.

The British Lung Foundation has campaigned on this serious child health issue since 2010, and during that time we have seen a wide range of people and organisations with diverse interests all voice their support for legislation to protect children from passive smoke in motor vehicles.

Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer authored the NY measure, called it «common sense legislation which aims to protect innocent people from violence,» adding:

«We will take responsibility for protecting our own people,» de Blasio said when asked about the proposed state legislation.

«We will take responsibility for protecting our own people,» de Blasio said when asked about proposed state legislation.

Kessner fought to pass local legislation to ban hydrofracking and bath salts, to improve water - shutoff procedures, and to protect the civil rights of people regardless of gender identity, among others.

From investing in infrastructure and taking on the credit card companies to protect consumers to creating transparency in Washington and helping pass FMAP legislation which is estimated to save more than 200,000 jobs in our state, working people can be confident that Senator Gillibrand will continue to fight on their behalf in Washington.

With the current attacks on working people it is most important that the Labour Party and trades unions work effectively together — poor working conditions and low wages require more union organisation and legislation to protect workers.

When he did release a statement shortly before 5 p.m., Trump said the attack «once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislation reforms to protect the American people.»

He has fought successfully to protect and increase funding for Medicaid, school health clinics, AIDS services, and other health concerns and was the author of legislation to provide legal services for persons with disabilities.

«This legislation empowers loved ones and law enforcement to take immediate legal action to protect public safety if they notice dangerous behavior by people who may be at risk,» Pleu said.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today announced he is introducing new legislation, the «Knockout Assault Deterrent Act», to protect innocent bystanders from being victimized by the so - called «Knockout Game» — a brutal new trend whereby gangs of youths target unsuspecting people and sucker - punch them in an attempt to make them unconscious — in some cases causing serious injury and even death.

Fellow Congressman, Brian Higgins says, people of good will should support common sense legislation that will help protect the American people.

Without this historic link, there would no way of ensuring working people are elected to parliament, local and devolved government, and to the European parliament, from where much of the legislation protecting working people originates.

Ms. Sawastynowicz said the Town Board should reconsider the legislation and «protect the people who live here, who love the North Fork.»

«By fighting to roll back vital legislation that protects the people of the Empire State, Collins is demonstrating once again that he is beholden to no one but the gun lobby and entrenched special interests.»

Co-sponsored legislation to strengthen Ulster County's human rights laws to ensure that ALL people are protected and given equality under the law.

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration and legislative leaders have reached agreement on language to protect religious institutions from obligations to recognize same - sex marriage, two people involved in the negotiations said on Friday afternoon, potentially paving the way for a vote on the marriage legislation.

He has gotten money to build new schools; passed legislation allowing day care workers to unionize and protecting livery car drivers from violent crimes; and created a scholarship fund for the children of people killed on American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens in 2001 on its way to Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital.

«Gun legislation is a very important and controversial issue right now, but our findings show that some laws, specifically those to strengthen background checks and require a permit to purchase a firearm, will not deny people the right to bear arms, but will help protect the public,» says Lee.

Collins championed the public sharing of genome data and pushed for legislation to protect people against discrimination based on their genes.

We (libraries and people who care about equity) really need to be looking at how legislation can continue to protect the rights that have allowed libraries and educational institutions to make books available to everyone.

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Extending the current Dangerous Dogs legislation to cover private property where a dog is permitted to be will also help protect people such as postal workers, telecoms engineers, and others whose work often takes them onto private land.

To protect pets and people from antifreeze poisoning, product manufacturers as well as some humane groups propose adding a bitter, taste - aversive agent such as denatonium benzoate (Bitrex ®) to ethylene glycol - containing automobile antifreeze, and federal legislation has been proposed to this effect.

This show begins with legal expert Bob Ferber, who discusses the limitations of breed specific legislation as a tool to protect people from dog bites.

She has also worked on legislation to protect dogs as well as people, including anti-tethering, humane care and confinement, and owner responsibility laws.

The clear message was that while most people support increased legislation to protect the marine environment, they felt that the government was not doing enough to enforce the existing laws.

What I find was that although Mencius did not have the concept of Western legislation and freedom, but his concept of» Serve the people and protect people's welfare as the ways and means to attract other nations to follow» vs conquering the world with military might does sound like the supplement of the deficiency of the western democracy.

On the other, there's that unpleasant paternalistic we - need - the - green - belt - to - protect - the - poor - people - from - urban - sprawl brigade, who forget that it's such legislation which locks people into concentrated developments, and precludes them from building for themselves, where they'd like to.

But the court has made it clear that we don't need to wait for legislation that will likely never come: «[T] he State has a constitutional obligation to protect the public's interest in natural resources held in trust for the common benefit of the people of the State.»

But as in previous surveys, far fewer people considered protecting the environment through such regulation more important than keeping energy prices low — an obstacle, obviously, for proposed legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.