Sentences with phrase «pay practices against»

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(Three - quarters of votes cast at the company's annual meeting in April went against Barrick's pay practices, and the company has vowed reform.)

At Google, an audit of their pay practices by the Department of Labor found «systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,» showing, one official has said, six to seven standard deviations between pay for men and women in nearly every job category.

Apple has already come clean on its practice of slowing down older iPhones to prevent against unnecessary shutdowns, but Cook put a slightly different spin on things, saying «a lot of people weren't paying attention» when Apple originally released the iOS 10.2.1 update that started throttling chip speeds.

Macquarie chairman Peter Warne was quick to defend Mr Moore's remuneration on Friday even after concerns last year about the company's pay practices and opaque structure led to a 15 per cent protest vote against the remuneration report.

But many American practices go against the grain of the more comfortable and communitarian cultural systems of their own societies - the Japanese with life - long employment for their workers, the Germans with their unions having a say in management under co-determination, and the French with their government supporting the right of unions to pressure business from retrenching, by requiring large compensation to be paid to laid - off workers.»

Current bureau practices suggest that new laws, recommended by the panel, must be enacted to prevent COINTELPRO redux: the FBI still has a half - million domestic intelligence files and has budgeted for the current fiscal year $ 7 million to pay domestic security informants — twice that spent for informants against organized crime.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

For potential American riders, then, their options are either to hope to be discovered on a poorly funded, often woefully short American course, or to pay their own way to go up against riders who are much more practiced and better subsidized in Europe.

What's worse, the case against the tax harmonsation is incredibly weak and largely based on misconceptions about who pays and how Capital Gains works in practice.

NYC Councilmember Corey Johnson said, «While the federal government seeks to pit the business community against the environment, New York understands that it's not only possible but beneficial for companies to pair good paying jobs with sustainable practices.

It's hard to step away from the emotion on these occasions, but there are some arguing AGAINST the practice of paying tribute to the fallen at the start of PMQs.

The practice of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims lodged against public officials was upheld in 2008 after a taxpayer filed suit in State Supreme Court to challenge a $ 500,000 settlement paid to woman who accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's then - counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

Parents and advocates from the Shuang Wen School / PS 184M — which the DOE is investigating for its paid after - school program and enrollment practices, among other issues — announced a federal lawsuit against the department and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a press conference Monday outside the agency's Chambers Street headquarters.

Critics compared the legal - financing industry to mob loan - sharking and modern - day slavery during a hearing Wednesday into the controversial practice of paying plaintiffs cash in advance against potential lawsuit settlements.

Before revealing his results in the current issue of Journalism Practice, Goyanes explains just what the paid online news model is up against, stating that» [This] study shows that online users were more likely to pay for those digital products whose main value proposition consists of providing entertainment (music) and solutions (software and apps), but less likely to pay for those providing knowledge (such as an online newspaper).»

Some in the publishing industry have railed against the practice of paid reviews — at least ones that promise a positive review and are written by teams of reviewers who do not actually read the books — as just one more way that self - publishing and digital publishing is ruining books.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

Players who have played Yakuza 5 or Zero will get the hang of all of the fighting mechanics immediately, while newcomers will need to pay attention to the tutorials, and practice against the cities many little 3 person gangs littered in streets and alleyways.

Otherwise evangelised game developer CD Projekt Red has promised to «immediately cease» its questionable practice of sending letters to alleged pirates of The Witcher 2, and threatening legal action against them unless they pay nearly $ 1000.

Any carbon reduction and offset provider that meets the ICROA eligibility criteria, commits to being audited against ICROA's Code of Best Practice, and pays timely dues.

As a first step, we should dismantle the web of policies that overwhelmingly favors fossil - fuel production and use and actively discriminates against new technologies and practices that would reduce harmful emissions... The second step is to institute federal, state, and local policies that reverse the disincentives created by the existing policy structure and force users to pay the costs of extracting, transporting, and burning fossil fuels.

As you may recall, in a 5 - 4 decision back in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that Ledbetter's claim against her employer for paying her less than her male counterparts because of her gender was time barred because her present lower pay arose out of salary decisions made years earlier, well outside of the 180 - day statute of limitations for discriminatory employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Compelling to arbitration — and ultimately obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all claims — a statewide putative class and representative action brought against a craft store chain in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that involved meal and rest break, failure to pay wages, inaccurate wage statements, unfair business practices, and PAGA claims;

The CBSA was ordered to cease its discriminatory practices against employees seeking accommodation based on family status for the purposes of childcare responsibilities and to pay compensation and damages.

Whether you need an overtime pay attorney in Los Angeles, a wrongful termination lawyer in San Diego, or an employment discrimination lawyer in Southern California, our employment law firm tenaciously takes on current or former employers who engage in unlawful practices against employees.

PII protects the insured and its clients against the cost of defending claims or paying damages if errors or omissions are made by the practice.

In practice, one reason that the business is actually unlikely to sue you in this situation (unless they discovered that more than $ 50,000 was taken) is that having lost your job and paid them $ 50,000 you may not be able to pay even a large judgment if it was awarded against you (although such a judgment, if entered, would probably not be dischargeable in bankruptcy under U.S. law).

Professional Practice Dispute — Successfully Defended Against Business Dispute; Opposing Party Ordered to Pay on Counterclaim

CosmoLex cloud based legal practice management software now includes a Positive Pay integration feature that protects your practice against fraud.

If an insurer either refuses to defend a claim on behalf of an insured or to pay a claim when liability is obvious, it may be necessary to file a seperage action directly against the insurance company, alleging bad faith insurance practices and attempting to force them to fulfill their duties.

Firms are not training talent, clients are not paying for it, and we're in a race against various players (accounting firms, off - shore out - sourcing, multi-disciplinary practices and alternate business structures, tech startups, etc.) to commoditize legal services and wring out value from the old, inefficient models of the past.

For example, a former registrant who gives up his registration (and stopped paying taxes) to protest the government's spending on war, is as subject to measures against unauthorized practice (and unauthorized use of title) as anyone else: College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia v. Fischer, 2014 BCSC 985.

Almost always, the risk of paying the other party's costs is also assuaged, not by statute (because the Class Proceedings Act creates a presumption of costs against the unsuccessful party), but by the evolution of class action practice.

However, if you have a successful practice or business that can potentially be subjected to huge estate taxes upon your death, then you must opt to go for a permanent insurance, or whole life insurance that will kick in action when you die and provide a cash stream for the family to pay off the estate taxes and insure them against financial risk.

Facebook representatives have since responded, «We will not change our practice of refusing to pay rewards to researchers who have tested vulnerabilities against real users.»

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357 DOS 02 Matter of DOS v. Elias - failure to appear at hearing; failure to pay judgment; proper business practices; deposits; DOS fails its burden of proof; restitution; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; respondent failed to fully satisfy a judgment obtained against him without showing that he was unable to do so; a rental broker is entitled to compensation only after procuring a rental agreement between tenant and landlord; retaining part or all of the deposit without obtaining a rental agreement demonstrates untrustworthiness and incompetency; restitution may be ordered as a condition to retention of the broker's license where he has received money to which he is not entitled; unlawful for broker to operate real estate brokerage business at an address other than that which was stated on his application; broker operated his real estate business out of an address prior to obtaining a license for that address; DOS failed to prove that respondent commingled and converted deposits; real estate brokers license suspended for four months and an additional period of time until respondent proves he has paid the balance of the judgment

25 DOS 97 Matter of DOS v. Costello - amendment of pleading to conform to the proof; proper business practices; failure to pay judgment; pleadings may be amended to conform to the proof so long as an issue has been fully litigated and is closely enough related to the stated charges that there is no surprise or prejudice to the respondent; broker conducting business under name other than on license demonstrates incompetency; failure by broker to satisfy judgment demonstrates untrustworthiness; broker may be held liable for failure to satisfy judgment against corporation where broker controls the corporation; $ 750 fine and license suspension until judgment satisfied

122 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Smith - failure to pay judgment; unauthorized practice of law; salesperson breaches fiduciary duty to principal by inducing principal to make two loans to other persons, guarantying payment of said loans, failing to honor those guarantees and failing to satisfy a judgment entered against him; unauthorized practice of law by drafting promissory note; $ 1,000.00 fine and suspension of license until proof of satisfaction of judgment

«NAR supports open internet rules that protect American businesses and consumers by preventing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) not only from blocking, throttling, or discriminating against internet traffic and prohibit paid prioritization arrangements, but also interconnection issues and other anti-competitive practices,» NAR said in its comments.