Sentences with phrase «policy is against the law»

Turns out that this so - called policy is against the law.

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There's no law against offering severance payments consistent with your employment policies to help cushion the blow as well.

The Republican wave in 2010 was fueled by voter backlash against Obama's policies, headlined by the health care law that quickly became known as «Obamacare.»

These do not appear to be fake accounts, and since they don't seem to have violated any laws or Facebook policies, the company does not appear to be taking any action against them.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

One of the reasons that atheists comment here is that religious beliefs unfortunately impact laws and government policy and our laws.The idiocy of religion unfortunately permeates much of our society, so the more we can fight back and speak out against religious idiocy, and the more visibly, the better.

By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.

Concluding a book on The Cheating of America Charles Lewis and Bill Allison return the issue of tax evasion and tax policies to the basic question of order vs. anarchy «The role of law is one of the greatest inheritances of civilization, the great bedrock against anarchy and barbarism.

The suit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the college by the Becket Fund, the same law firm that is representing multiple lawsuits against the HHS policy.

I have myself taken part in a demonstration against a public policy that was later described by «the other side» as being violent and hateful, with the intent to intimidate the school board into breaking the law.

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Their conclusion is stark: «Current law and policy is a form of legalised cruelty against adult kangaroos and joeys.»

Examples of other policies to be considered include Workers» Compensation if required by state law; Property insurance to cover buildings and contents against loss due to fire, wind, theft, vandalism, etc.; Equipment insurance to cover equipment that may move from location to location; and Auto insurance if vehicles are owned.

We have warned time and time again that the policies and laws dreamt up to make things as unpleasant as possible for undocumented migrants, will also cause discrimination against migrants who are here legally, as well as against ethnic minority British citizens.

Trump had been publicly discussing ending the agreement, so one could argue that Kerry may have broken the spirit of the law, (or you could argue that he was simply acting as a lobbyist and 100 % legally because the meeting was regarding existing policy), but even if you take the argument that he deliberately went against what Trump was proposing as a likely outcome, Kerry didn't violate the Logan act because it was still policy at the time.

Until the laws stop selectively enforcing policy against flagrant abusers of trust, ethics, unfair civic and labor practices, and integrity from within city and state government, there will certainly be a rampant element of corruption, low morale that dishonors a tainted leadership façade, and societal decay from the top downward.

«I voted against the NY - SAFE Act when it was first proposed and have joined law - abiding gun owners in calling for full repeal of this over-reaching, flawed policy ever since it was rushed into law,» Seward said in a statement.

Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies, including two who were Yale graduate students.

Indeed, even if he had asked for a donation - which he hotly denies - that would not have been against the law... If there is to be an inquiry, it should be into the far more serious question of whether Peter Mandelson allowed his friendship with Mr Deripaska to influence EU policy on aluminium tariffs?

Schulz, who has waged court battles against the SAFE Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.

City lawyers last week asked Judge Shira Scheindlin to hold off on implementing the reforms she ordered to the NYPD's stop - and - frisk policy, warning that that the restrictions could lead to a huge spike in crime and saying her ruling against stop - and - frisk was «rife with errors of law.»

The amicus brief argues that the DOJ denying sanctuary cities the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, a prominent federal funding source for local enfacement agencies, is against federal law, seizes local control in public safety policy and «poses serious challenges for local governments.»

That outcome was stunning given the speaker's long identification with the LGBT community — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community Center.

There are striking parallels between Buhari's first stint in power as military dictator and his current democratic presidency - oil prices have crashed; appointments have favoured the North; important political allies have been displaced; governance is focused almost exclusively on a war against corruption; concerns over rule of law and human rights are re-surfacing; and economic policy is floundering!

Cabrera, who is a longtime foe of marriage equality and a leader in the effort that recently overturned the public schools» policy against church congregations using their space for worship services, has for years worked with the Family Research Council, an organization condemned as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

And it's at the center of a law enforcement action against department store chain Lord & Taylor for its allegedly deceptive use of native advertising — the first case of its kind since the FTC released its Enforcement Policy Statement in December.

Rather, it's a bleaker look at the consequences of American policy (or the lack thereof), from the way in which the U.S. flaunts Germany's privacy laws to the way in which doles out «justice»: Do those who adapt the tactics of their enemies in order to defeat them not run the risk of becoming the very thing they fought against?

The laws need to be reasonable and as President, I have the right to veto any law that is against school / district policy.

According to the guidelines schools still «violate Federal law when they evenhandedly [emphasis added] implement facially neutral policies» that were adopted with no intent to discriminate «but nonetheless have an unjustified effect of discriminating against students on the basis of race.»

A Department for Education spokesman said: «Determining admissions policies on the basis of wealth is both morally wrong and against the law.

In each of our projects, we're fighting against unjust laws and policies that keep children from getting the great public education they deserve.

Advocates, parents, and policymakers must push back against these policies to ensure that all children, including those with disabilities, get the education they deserve and is afforded to them by federal law.

Excellent point — and now Charters are not required by law or policy to reduce racial isolation in fact, nearly every single charter school in CT is more racial isolated than the community they draw from and consistently discriminate against Latino Students, students who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who require special education services.

Once you bought a policy, you were protected by law against the carrier raising your rates or terminating your policy based solely on your personal claims.

Vehicle insurance — remember it's against the law to drive if you don't have a valid insurance policy

It is our policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, disability (unrelated in nature and extent to an individual's ability to perform the job), Vietnam Era or disabled veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Animal Haven will not retaliate against an employee who in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice of Animal Haven, or of another individual or entity with whom Animal Haven has a business relationship, on the basis of a reasonable belief that the practice is in violation of law, or a clear mandate of public policy.

Animal Haven will not retaliate against employees who disclose or threaten to disclose to a supervisor or a public body, any activity, policy, or practice of Animal Haven that the employee reasonably believes is in violation of a law, or a rule, or regulation mandated pursuant to law or is in violation of a clear mandate of public policy concerning.

Little Shelter will not retaliate against an employee who, in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice of Little Shelter, or of another individual or entity with whom Little Shelter had a business relationship, on the basisof a reasonable belief that the practice is in violation of law or a clear mandate of public policy.

But judges often refuse to enforce dead owners» requests that their pets be euthanized, on the grounds that those requests are «against public policy or unethical,» says Gerry W. Beyer, a professor at Texas Tech University School of Law who recently posted a short analysis of these kinds of cases on his blog.

But I also believe that restrictive laws or policies that discriminate against dogs based on breed alone without considering any other factors are very much missing the point.

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In short, the current Ontario green energy policies have run up against Pielke's iron law of climate change: when citizens are faced with a major trade - off between the economy and the environment, the former will almost always prevail (Pielke 2010).

Contracts that violate local law are void in just about every jurisdiction, as are contracts against clearly defined public policy.

Even if claims against individual health care providers were likely to be successful, it should be added that tort law challenges to individual decision - makers may not be ideal from the perspective of patients with rare diseases as a group, as the individualized outcome in tort cases does not necessarily lead to the larger, policy change desired by many patients.

The opinion recites four considerations that would tend to establish an ethical duty for a lawyer to warn the client against using a business device or system for electronic communication: Where the client has already communicated by electronic means or has indicated an intention to do so; where the client is employed in a position that would provide access to a workplace device or system; given the circumstances, the employer or a third party has the ability to access the email communications and; that as far as the lawyer knows, the employer's internal policy and the jurisdiction's laws do not clearly protect the privacy of the employee's personal email communications via a business device or system.

For the reasons given by the Court of Appeal, we are all of the opinion that the exclusion from the insurance policy based on art. 2402 of the Civil Code of Québec may not be set up against the heirs of the insured, as that article must, even in light of s. 34 (1) of the federal Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I - 21, be interpreted having regard to the principles of interpretation that apply in the area of insurance law so as to favour the precision and certainty of the grounds for exclusion in such matters.

Trinity Western University may have been given the green light for its law school by the B.C. government and preliminary approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and stalaw school by the B.C. government and preliminary approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and staLaw Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and stalaw societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff.

An activist against the war and in favor of drug - policy reform, he was executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws from 1983 to 1986 and of the Ralph Nader - connected group Democracy Rising, which opposed the 2003 Iraq war.