Sentences with phrase «protected by legislation»

Indeed, the Act does not include any mechanisms by which a union's constitutional right to freedom of expression may be balanced with the interests protected by the legislation.

Your right to organize or join a union is protected by legislation.

Doyle said leading Democrats were working to ensure that consumers are protected by the legislation.

All marine reserves are protected by this legislation.

If all 30 additional states passed ERPO bills, 83 % of Americans would be protected by this legislation.

Organic production in Australia has been protected by legislation since 1992, with amendments coming into force in 1998.

Not exact matches

To deal with trolls» propensity to target small businesses, the administration wants new legislation that will «protect off - the - shelf use by consumers and businesses» from frivolous patent litigation.

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Notably, seven provinces opposed to the legislation, which, «in its drafting, if not in its intent, had serious and, in the view of the vast majority of witnesses, fatal flaws as to the constitutional violation of sections 92 and 91 of the British North America Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of speech, expression and association as protected by that very Charter of Rights and Freedoms,» Segal said.

«Bipartisan legislation proposed by Senators Tim Johnson (D - S.D.) and Mike Crapo (R - Idaho) would restructure the nation's housing finance system while protecting taxpayers and ensuring that the mistakes of the past are not repeated.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

EDMONTON — In response to PC legislation claiming to increase government accountability, NDP Leader Rachel Notley called for a series of changes that would effectively protect Albertans from several forms of inappropriate behavior demonstrated by the PCs over the last several years.

Together these state officials and advocates remain determined to preserve the ability of their respective jurisdictions to protect consumers by enforcing existing rate caps that were either enacted by voter referendum or state legislation.

TBBMC will be the first mine Bitcoin in Europe are financed by investors in a limited liability company, protected by UK legislation.

In a way, Congress has protected the jobs of 600,000 Americans by not passing this legislation.

Economists are rightly skeptical of moral arguments about market abuse, as such arguments are usually followed by legislation that protects companies of the old, stodgy type from young upstarts or that just feathers a nonmarket or quasi-market nest.

In the first decades of the twentieth century, most Protestant churches worked together to enact legislation that would protect women and children from the factory system, limit the hours worked by all, and improve wages.

«Most corporate leaders, while proudly exercising their constitutionally protected right to influence elections and legislation, deny that they are making public policy merely by doing business.

Legislation was enacted to protect the slave, and in the great legal revision represented by our Book of Deuteronomy these provisions received notable strengthening.

Organisers fear current legislation risks creating a «less diverse and inclusive» healthcare system by not properly protecting staff for «unjust discrimination».

introducing legislation to establish an «effects test» in national competition law to protect small businesses from the impact of anti-competitive conduct by large, counterparty businesses

The pitiful excuse given by the Treasurer for protecting the supermarket duopoly from this legislation - again, from his second reading speech - was:

Firstly, an idea is not protected by copyright legislation.

The UK seafood industry is regulated by a body of legislation designed to protect the consumer and the marine environment.

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

By June 2006, 36 states had enacted legislation to protect breastfeeding mothers and their children.

cards» used to get around the inconvenience of reality by saying: the legisation was written with gender or racial bias as its «true agenda» — or, argue that homebirth is protected and not subject to legislation or government oversight because it is the religious belief of the mother that «God hath so commanded me.»

Unfortunately, their ability to do so is being undermined by formula companies, and by the lack of support and leadership from government in protecting them via legislation.

By way of contrast, read this unsponsored article in the Irish Examiner (23 October 2014): We need milk law legislation to really protects mothers and babies.

Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (D - South San Francisco) has announced legislation that would protect the public by requiring licensure for athletic trainers in California — the only

These include: cultural beliefs and pressures (e.g. anxiety about breastfeeding in public, beliefs about adequacy of milk supply); lack of availability of trained support; legislation to protect women who are breastfeeding; and commercial pressures from marketing and advertising of formula by manufacturers (Save the Children 2013).

Legislation protects families from misleading marketing by the baby feeding industry, and ensures safe and high quality breastmilk substitutes are available for those babies who need them.

The right to breastfeed anywhere, anytime is protected, for instance, by equality legislation in the UK, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and by U.S. state laws.

Protects the privacy of breastfeeding mothers by ensuring they have break time and a private place to pump (applies to employers with 50 or more employees, see text of legislation for details).

The potential for what Joel Barkan once called «reform coalitions» to protect democratic gains is well illustrated by another piece of legislation recently introduced in Kenya: the «statute law (miscellaneous amendments) bill», 2013.

«I have introduced legislation to require Airbnb and other platforms that allow ads by illegal hotel operators to share information with cities that is critical to ensure public safety and protect affordable housing.

Their favored legislation will allow them bypass rules put in place by localities upon the industry that protect local interests and quality standards and set insurance and training requirements,» the letter states.

The legislation would protect individual privacy by noting the block in which the violator lives in and not any identifying details such as names, addresses or phone numbers.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on developments with legislation originally introduced by BP Adams to protect critical infrastructure in New York State.

«By forming a majority coalition, the bold leadership of the IDC — who throughout their existence have carried most of the legislation important to workers — protects the values and visions of the working - and middle - class and ensures that important policy advances in the Senate.

The two Democrats will hold a press conference tomorrow Wednesday, Sept. 1, along with community and religious leaders, to discuss details of the forum and legislation proposed by the majority to protect immigrants in New York.

This has translated into meaningful legislation that protects them as well as all citizens by improving our members work environment and productivity,» he said.

«This legislation would protect the Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers that were unjustly taken away by Andrew Cuomo,» Collins said last year when he unveiled the legislation.

627 is a much - needed legislation that seeks to protects tenants from being harassed by landlords who are looking to kick them out of their apartments.

I thank the Governor for recognizing the need to protect the significant investments our communities have made by signing this important legislation and I am grateful for all of those — especially Scenic Hudson — who took the time to help us tackle this issue head on.»

The mayoral hopeful and other City Council members announced legislation that would cut fines issued to restaurant owners under the Health Department's restaurant grading system by about 15 percent, reducing the revenue the city receives in the name of protecting small businesses.

Legislation is now essential to lift the shroud of secrecy and to protect workers faced by private equity takeovers.»

The UK government said it believed a ban would be «disproportionate in terms of food safety and animal welfare» and that the welfare of all farmed animals, including clones and their descendants, was already protected by current welfare legislation.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to better protect teens from dangerous exposure to UV radiation by limiting their access to indoor tanning facilities.