Therefore, TIGR may use PII
on Federal government employees and contractors, including OIG employees and contractors, to track time, manage travel and expenses, and conduct internal audits and investigations.
Not exact matches
By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as
employees,
federal, state and local
governments potentially miss out
on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.
BUSINESSES in Western Australia are demanding more guidance from the
federal government on proposed changes to
employee living - away - from - home benefits.
On June 8, as the investigation proceeded, the incident response team shared with relevant agencies that there was a high degree of confidence that OPM systems containing information related to the background investigations of current, former, and prospective
Federal government employees, and those for whom a federal background investigation was conducted, may have been exfil
Federal government employees, and those for whom a
federal background investigation was conducted, may have been exfil
federal background investigation was conducted, may have been exfiltrated.
On a
federal level, the Harper
government has steered clear of calls for increasing mandatory
employee - employer contributions to the CPP in favour of a policy that enables voluntary contributions under professional management.
Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the
federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag
on employment growth just as state and local
governments are beginning to recover (blue is the
federal government; green is state
government; red means local
government; and private sector employment, excluding farm
employees, is orange).
President Donald Trump
on Tuesday signed a law that ensures
federal employees traveling
on government... KEEP READING
Second, growing accrual surpluses in the
federal government employees» pension accounts allowed the
government to amortize these surpluses
on an annual basis.
Nicholas Berthaume, a former
employee of the US
Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation for installing Bitcoin mining software
on one of the
government servers he was supposed to manage.
On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the
federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our
employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»
Any claim based upon an act or omission of an
employee of the
Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty
on the part of a
federal agency or an
employee of the
Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
«It bears restating that Nigeria is a federation of states, and no trade union can alter this
federal reality by imposing on an employer state government the terms that federal employees have agreed with the Federal Gove
federal reality by imposing
on an employer state
government the terms that federal employees have agreed with the Federal G
government the terms that
federal employees have agreed with the Federal Gove
federal employees have agreed with the
Federal Gove
Federal GovernmentGovernment.
The National Union of Air Transport
Employees (NUATE)
on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the scrapping of the Ministry of Aviation by the
Federal Government.
For the
federal government to take
on the project alone, the nonprofit Forest Service
Employees for Environmental Ethics estimated the price tag would be at least $ 1 billion.
In the United States, the
federal government and many states have focused
on encouraging organizations to adopt healthy workplace practices and institute
employee wellness programs.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit (aiu3) Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) American Alliance of Museums (AAM) American Association of Classified School
Employees (AACSE) American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) American Association of School Administrators (AASA) American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) American Council
on Education (ACE) American Counseling Association (ACA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Institutes for Research (AIR) American Library Association (ALA) American Medical Student Association (AMSA) American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASHA) American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) Apollo Education Group ASCD Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Association of American Publishers (AAP) Association of American Universities (AAU) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU) Association of Public and Land - grant Universities (APLU) Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) Boston University (BU) California Department of Education (CDE) California State University Office of
Federal Relations (CSU) Center
on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Citizen Schools Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) Consortium for School Networking (COSN) Cornerstone
Government Affairs (CGA) Council for a Strong America (CSA) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) DeVry Education Group Easter Seals Education Industry Association (EIA) FED ED
Federal Management Strategies First Focus Campaign for Children George Washington University (GWU) Georgetown University Office of
Federal Relations Harvard University Office of
Federal Relations Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HESCE) indiCo International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education (JHU - CRRE) Kent State University Knowledge Alliance Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Magnet Schools of America, Inc. (MSA) Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Association for Music Education (NAFME) National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) National Association of Graduate - Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS) National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC) National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP) National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) National Center
on Time & Learning (NCTL) National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) National Coalition of Classified Education Support
Employee Unions (NCCESEU) National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER) National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE) National Education Association (NEA) National HEP / CAMP Association National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) National Rural Education Association (NREA) National School Boards Association (NSBA) National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) National Superintendents Roundtable (NSR) National Title I Association (NASTID) Northwestern University Penn Hill Group Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) State University of New York (SUNY) Teach For America (TFA) Texas A&M University (TAMU) The College Board The Ohio State University (OSU) The Pell Alliance The Sheridan Group The Y (YMCA) UNCF United States Student Association (USSA) University of California (UC) University of Chicago University of Maryland (UMD) University of Maryland University College (UMUC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Wisconsin System (UWS) US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) Washington Partners, LLC WestEd
Impact Aid provides critical funding to over 1,200 public school districts nationwide that educate military children, children residing
on Indian lands, children living in
federal low - rent housing facilities, children of civilian
employees of the
federal government, and the children in school districts with significant tax - exempt
federal property.
(a) There is established within the
Federal Government an Interagency Committee
on Handicapped
Employees (hereinafter in this section referred to as the «Committee»), comprised of such members as the President may select, including the following (or their designees whose positions are Executive Level IV or higher): the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, the Administrator of Veterans» Affairs, and the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare.
These provisions strengthen protections for
Federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse, and modify rules
on the use of nondisclosure policies or agreements by
government agencies.
As a result, HMIS contains PII
on federal, State, and local
government employees and contractors that require access to HMIS.
Allotment loans are another option for
federal government employees with bad credit to get the cash they need
on terms that are more favorable.
Some
federal employees and
employees of state or local
government agencies may be eligible for pensions that are based
on earnings not covered by Social Security.
Q: I'm a
federal government employee and was thinking about take some time and using my RRSPs to live
on during that time (1 year).
The province says the
federal government has agreed to facilitate plan registration and data - sharing arrangements and will work with Ontario
on issues such as collecting employer and
employee contributions.
Another source we could use is the
federal government's annual reports
on the Employment Equity Act, which contains data
on federally regulated workplaces of 100 +
employees.
Federal government worker Average age at retirement: 58 Years of service: 26 Years collecting a pension: 27 Estimated value of pension at retirement: $ 560,000 to $ 660,000 (based
on a projected real return of 2.8 % to 4.3 % a year) Amount of pension currently contributed by the
employee: 33 % Pension benefit is equivalent to what percentage of worker's salary?
The expansion of Roth accounts marches
on as the Thrift Savings Plan (affectionately known as the TSP), serving some 3.3 million
employees of the
federal government, announces it has completed the work to make Roth accounts available in this plan.
The
federal government recently put out a number of rules and other guidance
on how employers are and are not allowed to reimburse
employees based
on what benefits they are offered (see the FAQs available here, especially FAQ 22 and Technical Release 2013 - 03.
So if a funding deficit arises in a TBP (because of underfunding, or lower - than - expected investment returns, say), part or all of it can be compensated for by reducing accrued benefits to
employees whereas a traditional DB plan would require the entire deficit to be funded by increased contributions
on the part of the employer — the
federal government (and by extension, the taxpayer).
Notably, the
federal government which has over two million
employees in this country continues to use credit checks
on its
employees as a condition of employment.
By requesting, obtaining or using a Credit Card from us you agree that we may release information in our records regarding you and your Credit Account: (a) to comply with
government agency or court orders; (b) to share your credit performance with credit reporting agencies and other creditors who we reasonably believe are or may be doing business with you
on your Credit Account; (c) to provide information
on your Credit Account to any third party who we believe is conducting an inquiry in accordance with the
Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; (d) to share information with our
employees, agents or representatives performing work for us in connection with your Credit Account; or (e) as otherwise permitted by the Bank's privacy policy.
In recent years, critics say militants have been threatening
government employees working
on federal land from as far north as Washington to as far south as Texas.
Big Pharma is ruthless, to its
employees; but it can't take
on the FDA and is quite tame compared with what
Federal government gets away with.
If
federal statutory law expressly commands that all covered
federal employees shall be «free from any discrimination based
on... race,» does that forbid the
federal government from adopting race - based affirmative action plans?
In addition to US
government scientists having no first amendment protection, and in addition to confidentiality agreements being standard for so many
government positions and posts, now there is the illegal
federal «gag order»
on all National Weather Service and NOAA
employees to consider.
Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting climate change, and later became the head of climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a
federal employee, he filed a lawsuit against the
federal government charging inaction
on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).
The
Federal Acquisition Regulation now has strict procedures that limit who can be awarded contracts and who
on the contractor's team can be involved (no retired military or
government employees).
The
federal government recognizes the dangerous working conditions offshore
employees face
on a daily basis and have granted certain protections to them in the event of an injury or deadly accident.
The
Federal Government, federally regulated employers, companies and organizations in Yukon Territory, and all ten provincial
governments must give their reservist
employees» unpaid time off to attend military deployment
on missions either in Canada or internationally and for military training.
If an injury occurred in the scope of the
employee's job or the
employee was acting
on behalf of the
government, then the FTCA allows private citizens to sue the
government for damages caused by the negligence of
federal employees.
And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal Law Blog had the scoop
on a «hot off the presses» ruling by
federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG partners in pressuring the firm not to advance them legal fees (I originally blogged about the matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or
employee rights when
government comes knocking
on the corporate door).
The power of Congress to impose
federal income and payroll taxes encompasses
employees of state and local
governments, as well as private sector
employees, even though this means that state and local
governments have to file
federal withholding tax returns
on a regular basis.
Countless
federal records are being lost to posterity because
federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create
on government computers, send by e-mail and post
on the Web.
Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal
governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other
federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal financial regulatory requirements Handling
federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and
federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores
on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure
federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs
Government Relations: Handling state and
federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing
employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and
federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the
Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal
governments with tribal, state and
federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.
On March 22, 2017, the Canadian
Federal Government released Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class («Budget 2017») which proposes more flexible parental, maternity and caregiving leaves and Employment Insurance («EI») benefits to support
employees in balancing work and their family responsibilities.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex - based wage discrimination; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local
governments; Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the
federal government; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based
on genetic information about an applicant,
employee, or former
employee; and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
Mat concentrates his practice
on the representation of military personnel and
federal government sector
employees.
However, many feel that both the
federal and Quebec
governments should have enhanced the existing CPP and QPP retirement systems instead rather than rely
on employees to contribute to a savings - type scheme.
Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits
on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the
federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public
employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.
The remainder of the litigation, against the United States
government for the alleged involvement of
federal employees in administering plaintiff's compassionate use protocol, was ultimately dismissed a couple of months ago
on grounds of sovereign immunity.