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The retailer further stated that it does not actively seek out such illegal material, and its employees have not received training from law enforcement to learn how to find it.

Mr Drake - Brockman noted that an employee who was terminated or disadvantaged by an employer for a discriminatory reason - for example, on the basis of sex, race or disability - would still be able to access «unlawful termination» remedies under the new workplace relations laws or seek redress under State and Federal anti-discrimination laws.

In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

You must not seek to keep your employees» state personal income taxes, nor should you seek the right to sell your corporate income tax credits to other companies.

Parent is involved in several lawsuits in which the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid overtime compensation and other damages based on allegations that various employees of Electronic Data Systems Corporation («EDS») or Parent have been misclassified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and / or in violation of the California Labor Code or other state laws.

We can support new mothers by giving salaried public employees time and a place to express milk at work, and requiring that state agencies seek the mother - friendly designation that ensures mothers have a clean, private place to pump milk for their babies.

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

Gov. David Paterson has made good on his pledge to send the Legislature a bill seeking the power to furlough all unionized and «non-essential» state employees in the executive branch one day between May 10 and May 14.

Meanwhile, Kaloyeros — who despite his fall remained one of the state's highest - compensated employees in 2016 — is seeking to retain his faculty position at SUNY Poly.

With that said, and although the decision was made, one which must have been difficult for the Board of Elections; I must state that the negative influences internally and externally within the Republican party of those such as John Haggerty and Bart Haggerty (employees, supporters, friends, and colleagues of New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich); and the ever so trivial personal and territorial egos of Myrna Littlewort and Gigi Salvador has caused the results of the disqualifying the nomination and designation of the only candidate seeking ballot, a Hispanic Republican in the 35th Assembly District, Eric M. Mingott.

Levy, who is seeking the GOP nod for governor, said the new state legislation creating a tier five for new state and municipal employees would cut the overtime allowed in the final average salaries to 15 percent, but the impact of that measure will not be felt for decades.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

«At a time when the Paterson administration is seeking to lay off rank and file state employees, there is no way this administration can justify this action,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue in a press release.

The Trump administration sought to undermine public - sector labor unions with a brief submitted on Dec. 6 in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Budget bills posted late last night showed a long - sought pay raise schedule for management - confidential workers — state employees who are not members of a public - workers union — that would be in place through 2018.

The Organization of Management Confidential Employees is pushing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a letter released on Thursday to include long - sought retroactive pay for the state workers.

According to the budget briefing book, the governor will «seek a partnership with state employee unions to reduce workforce costs.»

Paterson also asked another state employee, Deneane Browne, who knows both the governor and the accuser, to contact the woman before she was to appear in court last month seeking an order of protection against Johnson, the paper said.

The federal subpoena issued in late April seeking information about the actions of certain Executive Chamber employees on behalf of a number of companies mentions two firms that were represented by Howe at 2013 state governmental meetings, according to records and a person with knowledge of the document.

Taconic sought to address the issue immediately by providing DEC, the New York State Department of Health and the Rensselaer County Department of Health with sampling results, installing carbon filtration on facility wells and providing bottled water to employees and company - owned residences.»

McKinney says he would re-open contracts and seek concessions from state employees to make pension and health care costs more affordable.

Businesses, and their employees and principals, which hold or seek state contracts or receive state economic development funding?

Cuomo's subpoena to the Democratic - controlled state Senate sought to determine how and why the current and former Soundview Health Network board members, as well as past and present clinic employees, were placed on the Senate payroll.

A bill released Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and sent to state lawmakers would ban employers in New York from seeking wage and salary histories from prospective employees, a move designed to curtail the pay gap between men and women.

The study is meant to build upon other efforts aimed at women in the workplace, including a provision that sought to eliminate a loophole in state law that blocked employees from discussing their salaries.

PEF has won a dispute with the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance in which they were seeking records of an agency employee and union activist, Usher Pillar, who wanted a copy of his internal investigation report.

State officials are warning New Yorkers to beware of new scams this tax season that target company payroll and human resources workers, with con artists sending emails posing as company executives seeking employee Social Security numbers.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.

Ed Gilbert, a state employee who ran for the Town Board last year, filed petitions seeking the Conservative Party's nomination in the district, which covers Columbia County and parts of Rensselaer and Saratoga counties.

Former state officers and employees are broadly prohibited from lobbying, or seeking contracts from their former agencies for two years after they leave state service.

That step had long been sought by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

The contract agreement with Council 82 — which Cuomo's office labeled «historic» — comes as the governor is trying to seek concessions from the other public employee unions in the state.

Lawyers for the state and a coalition of state employee unions have negotiated a settlement of the unions» long - running federal lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of more than 2,500 unionized workers who were laid off in 2003 by then - Gov.

But labor contracts for the vast majority of the state's 190,000 employees expire on March 31, giving Mr. Cuomo an opening to seek changes at a time of public unease toward government workers» benefits.

«On at least three occasions, between 2011 and 2016, while employed as the Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, and on at least two occasions during his employment by the Cuomo Campaign,» prosecutors say, Percoco threatened the director of state operations, a spokesperson for the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, a deputy commissioner at the Office of General Services, and «an Executive Chamber employee who sought to work» at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest state workers union, is weighing in on this morning's reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is thinking of following in his father's footsteps and seeking a massive reduction in the state workforce in his first executive budget.

Also unlike the City Council plan, the emerging state rules would not require that existing part - time employees be offered hours before a business seeks help from the outside.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The city of Syracuse will begin hiring employees next month for a new Office of Innovation that will seek solutions to the city's infrastructure problems, Mayor Stephanie Miner will announce tonight in her State of the City address.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions after the weakened labor groups decided Thursday against seeking recertification votes in the state that was the forefront in this year's fight over union rights.

Women's rights: Cuomo reiterated his support for abortion rights He wants to ban employers from asking job - seekers about their past pay, and will seek to require state contractors to report the gender and pay of employees.

My primary opponent Tom Foley says, «I'm not going to cut spending» and tells state employee union leaders he won't seek any contract concessions — even reasonable ones — to help balance the budget.

In 2014, following a two - year investigation by the FBI and state attorney general's office, Tanski pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in Saratoga County and admitted using six accomplices, including his employees, to conceal large political donations to Wormuth at a time when she was seeking to run for re-election.

This will give fodder to the crowd that claims that defined benefit plans do a better job of retaining employees than 401k - style defined contribution plans and support those seeking to preserve the status quo in most other states.

New Jersey has been ordered to restore funds for urban schools, while in Florida a class action brought by the state's teachers union seeks to protect state employee pensions from the budget knife, a fresh field of litigation.

Having failed to right the ship of state, Malloy engaged in a desperate attempt to save his political career by telling Connecticut's voters that there was no state budget deficit this year and that he would eliminate the $ 1.4 billion dollar projected budget shortfall for this coming year without having to raise taxes, cut services or seek concessions from the state employee unions.

But the Supreme Court, seeking middle ground between individual and collective rights, unanimously ruled that states could require public employees to pay agency fees, so long as they only covered the costs of collective bargaining.

Wisconsin's largest teachers» union sought to focus public attention on how teachers, their families and students — not just state employees — would be affected by the changes.

However, all individuals seeking employment within the New Hampshire Department of Education must complete a School Employee Criminal History Records Check and fingerprint clearance on both a state and federal level.

We'll also be contacting the state Department of Finance, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, the California State Teachers Retirement System, the California Public Employee Retirement System, the Brown administration, state lawmakers and staff from both sides of the aisle, school officials, teachers and their union representatives, parents and interest groups — asking for help understanding this topic and also sharing our findings to seek further commstate Department of Finance, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, the California State Teachers Retirement System, the California Public Employee Retirement System, the Brown administration, state lawmakers and staff from both sides of the aisle, school officials, teachers and their union representatives, parents and interest groups — asking for help understanding this topic and also sharing our findings to seek further commState Teachers Retirement System, the California Public Employee Retirement System, the Brown administration, state lawmakers and staff from both sides of the aisle, school officials, teachers and their union representatives, parents and interest groups — asking for help understanding this topic and also sharing our findings to seek further commstate lawmakers and staff from both sides of the aisle, school officials, teachers and their union representatives, parents and interest groups — asking for help understanding this topic and also sharing our findings to seek further comments.

Democrats sought unsuccessfully Thursday to add bigger raises for state employees and retirees and to cut private school vouchers from the Senate budget before it passed 33 - 15 along party lines.