Sentences with phrase «rather than federal laws»

Life insurance is governed primarily by the State, rather than Federal laws.

This authority arises under state common law, rather than federal law, so the relevant legal authority would differ from state to state, but would be present in almost every state.

Most First Nations employers are properly subject to provincial, rather than federal law.

As a general rule, employees are employees at will in Colorado, unless otherwise provided, which means that you can be fired at any time, with or without cause, for any reason other than those prohibited by law (e.g. race, gender, religion, whistleblowing in some cases) including a few reasons particular to Colorado law rather than federal law, such as...

Not exact matches

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appfederal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appFederal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

Morrison says she has always supported letting consumers know which products have GMO ingredients, but she wants one piece of federal legislation rather than 50 state laws.

For the big alcohol players waiting for a change in U.S. federal law before investing in cannabis products, the shift could come sooner rather than later, he said.

November 2010 — Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is «E pluribus unum» rather than «In God We Trust», as established by federal law.

I think it's very safe to say this is a (misinterpreted) rule of the facility and staff of this Head Start preschool, rather than a broad requirement / law by the federal government as many of these blogs are implying.

In the United States, most all voting law is found at the state level rather than the federal level.

Perhaps that would give them time to review federal regulations so that legislators would pass laws rather than mere outlines that they expect the executive to fill out.

All three cases involved a common issue — a new definition by the Supreme Court requiring a formal exercise of government power rather than just a meeting or phone call to prove a quid pro quo bribery scheme under the federal law prohibiting «honest services fraud.»

Rather than adhere to the law, Andrew thought he was above it, going so far as to taunt the federal government by keeping the signs up, thinking they would never come take them down.

Rather than press Congress to pass a law to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Obama administration used federal stimulus money to encourage states to accept its policy preferences and waivers from NCLB's penalties to ensure those policies were implemented.

In other words, local control is primarily a matter of state policy rather than a constraint imposed by federal or state constitutional law on the states» role in education.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

While we are encouraged by the quick action by leaders of the 114th Congress to update the law, we fear that the current discussion draft proposed by Senator Alexander abdicates the federal role rather than advance it.

The federal law focuses on «proficiency» rather than «growth» as a factor in assessing a school's performance, but a consensus among education experts has emerged that both should be considered in evaluating a school's performance.

Heavier sanctions required for schools that do not boost test scores have previously been shown to be counter-productive; • The requirement that limited English proficient students score «proficient» on English exams is self - contradictory, as is the provision that most children with special needs demonstrate competency in the same manner as other students; • Education is being damaged as students are coached to pass tests rather than taught a rich curriculum that will help prepare them for life in the 21st Century; and • The federal government has failed to adequately fund the law.

Statewide Voucher Program — Income Eligibility Limit: Increase the annual family income eligibility level, beginning in the 2018 - 19 school year, so that a pupil could participate in the statewide voucher program with a family income of less than 220 percent of the federal poverty level rather than less than 185 percent of FPL as under current law.

The federal law has long needed revision to emphasize yearly growth rather than meeting an arbitrary, inconsistent bar called «proficiency.»

Whatever one thinks of the appropriate federal role in education, there are surely strong reasons in our constitutional democracy to prefer that we get to where we are going through law rather than executive edict.

Currently, however, public reporting efforts in most states are geared toward compliance with state and federal laws, rather than being intentionally designed to meet people's needs.

Congress added a little more confusion in 2016 when a change was made so that special category federal employees (i.e., law enforcement officers, firefighters, Customs and Border Protection Officers, Air Traffic Controllers, Supreme Court and Capitol Police Officers, Nuclear Materials Couriers, and DSS Special Agents in the State Department) had a dividing line of 50, rather than 55 for penalty free withdrawals from their TSP accounts.

Issuing Company: ETF Securities Ltd Ticker: PPLT Expense Ratio: 0.60 % Tax Treatment: From the prospectus, «Under current law, gains recognized by individuals from the sale of «collectibles,» including physical platinum, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28 %, rather than the 15 % rate applicable to most other long - term capital gains.»

You'll see this or similar language in the prospectus of many metals ETFs: Under current law, gains recognized by individuals from the sale of «collectibles,» including physical platinum, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28 %, rather than the 15 % rate applicable to most other long - term capital gains.

Note: If the beneficiary is a spouse as defined by federal law, then he or she may elect to assume ownership of the contract rather than withdrawing or turning assets into an income stream.1

If you fall under the law's requirements, you'll have to pay 23.8 percent in federal income taxes on your home - sale profits over and above the $ 250,000 / $ 500,000 exclusion rather than the 20 percent rate that you'd otherwise face.

After the federal Renewable Fuel Standard was signed into law in 2007, many corn growers decided to plant corn year after year to profit from higher prices, rather than switching between corn and soybeans, for example.

This past weekend, the Sacramento Bee carried a lengthy article, Visionary law's litigious legacy (11/12/06), on how California's implementation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has lead to litigation over ADA violations, which end in payouts to individual plaintiffs and lawyers rather than access for the disabled.

According to the SCC decision, the doctrine emerged in case law at the Federal Court level, rather than legislatively.

It makes unnecessary the two step analysis of the applicability of provincial laws suggested by s. 88 of the Indian Act, RSC 1985, c I - 5 (at least so far as provincial laws are claimed to apply to «Indians» rather than «lands reserved») and the Court's decision in Dick, [1985] 2 SCR 309 — in fact we don't need s. 88 any longer since there are no longer any inapplicable provincial laws that need to be made applicable by operation of a federal statute.

But my initial reaction is that it's unfortunate (but not surprising) that for both Supreme Court nominations, the president has chosen well - connected insiders with ties to the executive branch, rather than individuals who are more likely to bring a more «independent» perspective to issues of government and especially presidential power... On the other hand, I'm pleased that Miers is (a) not from an elite law school; (b) not a federal judge; and (c) spent the vast majority of her career outside the beltway.

The Federal Court of Appeal held that the proper question was therefore whether the Memo was privileged under the laws of those provinces, rather than what the law should be based on the policy concerns of the Federal Court judge.

On March 5, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal appeals court in Washington should not have vacated the award, holding that nothing in the treaty overcame the normal assumption in US law that arbitrators rather than courts should decide disputes over the meaning of procedural conditions to arbitration.

Rather than retrofit the law schools into a rag - tag version of the Federal Judicial Center, why not build from existing and potential resources to fit the right tool to the job?

Second, this blog is always on the lookout for differences in interpretation or application that the courts find between the Federal Arbitration Act and the New York Convention, especially that part that is codified as U.S. law in 9 U.S.C.. Here, the Court of Appeals states that: A «district court ‟ s primary authority to compel arbitration in the international context comes from 9 U.S.C. § 206, rather than from 9 U.S.C. § 4».

Near as I can tell, your board does not have to be entirely majority U.S. Citizens but this is an application of State Law for incorporation laws, rather than Federal, in so far as I can find on the short notice.

(Failure to recall would also violate different federal laws punishable by fines and injunctions rather than money damages for harm done.)

The cases that have considered the power have been about finding the «protected core» of the Federal power, on which Provincial laws may not impinge, rather than the outer limit of the Federal power.

Canadian practice is to give the whole convention, including final clauses, the force of law by legislation, rather than trying to pick and choose which clauses a province or the federal government must legislate, and which can be left to international institutions.

In the US, in general, discrimination based on national origin is forbidden by federal employment law, so prospective employers should be asking about work authorization rather than nationality.

Cassels knew about this conflict from the outset; yet, rather than declining to act for the GMCL dealers and referring to an unconflicted law firm, or even telling the dealers about the retainer with the Federal Government, continued to act for both the Federal Government and the dealers.»

«Through statements, reports and enforcement actions the SEC has made it clear that federal securities laws apply regardless of whether the offered security — a purposefully broad and flexible term — is labeled a «coin» or «utility token» rather than a stock, bond or investment contract,» Clayton and Giancarlo said.

Under the old tax law, because the spouse receiving alimony or spousal maintenance is usually in a lower tax bracket after a divorce, more money stays with the divorcing couple rather than going to the Federal Government.

Guidelines for an Unlicensed Personal Assistant An «Unlicensed Personal Assistant» who works exclusively for a licensee will ordinarily be an employee rather than an independent contractor under Mississippi and Federal tax, unemployment and workers» compensation law.

The District Court ruled that the requirement for owners and their agents to disclose the presence of lead - based paint to prospective buyers and tenants went into effect on Oct. 28, 1995, the date the federal law became effective, rather than on Sept. 6, 1996, as provided in the rules of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency.