Sentences with phrase «stepped up enforcement»

According to NAPBS, the NCLC allegation that criminal background checks make it more difficult for workers to obtain employment is not supported by the facts since the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) «has stepped up enforcement against employers who discriminate based on criminal history.»

Though a very desirable location for new projects, Japan has recently stepped up enforcement in the cryptocurrency space, following the enormous $ 500 million Coincheck hack.

Noteworthy as well is that the police in BC have greatly stepped up enforcement.

The topic of state aid has increased in prominence since the financial crisis and the European Commission (EC) has stepped up its enforcement activity in this area in order to avoid distortions of competition arising from the injection of state funds, either directly or indirectly, for example through preferential tax treatment.

«We consider ourselves to be the independent retailer's best friend, and accordingly, we've just stepped up our enforcement of MAP pricing with MAP TRAP, a sophisticated online price monitoring and enforcement software system,» says Gruber.

«It's politics,» said Lantz of the proposed regulations and the stepped up enforcement of the dog law.

During two week - long periods of stepped up enforcement to date, police in Hartford have written approximately 4,956 tickets and Syracuse police have issued 4,446 tickets for violations involving drivers talking or texting on cell phones.

Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies have stepped up enforcement of a ban on swimming at a popular and often dangerous waterhole in Ithaca.

Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies have stepped up enforcement of a ban on swimming at a popular

In recent years, the state has raised the penalties for distracted driving and stepped up enforcement.

While Governor Cuomo is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for stepped up enforcement against undocumented immigrants, an immigrant rights group is calling him a hypocrite for keeping campaign contributions from a billionaire who's company is headquartered in the same Buffalo building as ICE.

For one thing, Patterson's reportedly stepped up enforcement since hearing about the blooming scandal:

Canada has stepped up its enforcement of the CFPOA following criticism from the OECD for lack of prosecutions under its foreign anti-bribery legislation.

Nearly 300 people filed solar - related complaints with the state last year, an increase of 25 %, according to the California Contractors State Licensing Board, which pledged to step up enforcement.

The anxiety was sparked by surprise comments from White House spokesman Sean Spicer last month that the government would likely step up its enforcement of drug laws.

CPS is taking a similar approach on its own to step up enforcement in the future.

In mid-August, on the day before Enck was to meet with residents concerned that the state had not done enough to address the issue of oil trains and industrial pollution at public housing near the Port of Albany, the state announced it would devote hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment for the area and step up enforcement of rules regulating diesel trucks.

DFS would also be responsible to step up their enforcement of these zombie and bank - owned homes.

«We need the laws strengthened, we need to end vacancy decontrol, step up enforcement so that landlords can just stop registering and say they spent the money and raise the rent so the apartment is no longer on the rolls,» McKee said.

Cuomo's announcement includes having the State Police step up enforcement efforts as well as increase their presence at businesses in order to ensure they are comply with the state's anti-drug laws as well as emergency regulations that ban the sale, manufacturing and distribution of synthetic drugs.

It also eased the threat that the Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions — a staunch foe of legalization — would step up enforcement of federal prohibitions on sales and use of marijuana in states such as Colorado.

To step up enforcement of the new plan, the NYPD will add 110 enforcement officers, with the additional salaries will be covered through new fines generated.

«We plan on stepping up enforcement regarding noise complaints.

A new push to step up enforcement of the pooper - scooper law in the Bronx, formally titled «Don't Be a Pooper - trator» was announced yesterday at the Bedford Park Senior Center by Bronx Borugh President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and the city's Sanitation commissioner, John Doherty.

FHA will step up its enforcement efforts for FHA - approved lenders with regard to aggressive marketing to borrowers with previous foreclosures and remind lenders of their duty to fully underwrite loan applications.

We commend the Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement for doing an overall fine job to protect dogs in Pennsylvania kennels, and also commend the Bureau and Gov. Rendell for stepping up enforcement of the laws.

Mexico, while sadly very late in the race against extinction, is stepping up enforcement to save the last vaquitas.

Fortunately, the EPA is stepping up its enforcement efforts to mitigate HCFCs leaks, but the regulation of refrigerant leakage must be expanded to include leakage and venting of HFCs.

Second, authorities are now stepping up enforcement — 38 FCPA cases were brought last year.

You can expect that state and local law enforcement agencies across the nation will be stepping up their enforcement efforts all month, especially this week.

Moreover, litigation rises in an economic downturn as regulators step up enforcement and organizations file more lawsuits to collect money owed.

The legislation would offer a road to legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, eliminate backlogs of legal immigration cases and step up enforcement, among other measures.

Richard Fenning, chief executive of consultancy Control Risks, which produced the survey, says that governments and companies across the world are increasingly aware of the importance of countering corruption, with China and Brazil in particular stepping up enforcement in the past year.

According to this press release, Toronto is «stepping up enforcement» of its leash by - law.

In short, China is aware that virtual currency trading still exists despite its best efforts to curb it domestically, and it now plans to step up enforcement by purposefully blocking access to certain sites and platforms.

The scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica, in which pro-Trump and Brexit messages were sent to voters, likely motivated Facebook to step up its enforcement policies.

China is once again stepping up its enforcement of policies prohibiting cryptocurrency trading, amid reports that domestic traders have managed to circumvent these restrictions by accessing offshore exchanges.

Cryptocurrency regulation is a big deal, and governments around the world are stepping up their enforcement on noncompliant companies in the Industry.

Good questions — I suggest you ask a lawyer about the specifics, but it seems the RESPA is stepping up enforcement across the board.

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Every few months, it offers users new tools to mute racial slurs or report threats, but even though the company says it has stepped up its rules enforcement by an order of magnitude, users who report abuse typically hear there's nothing to be done about it.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law - enforcement channels after North Korea's fifth nuclear test, the White House said.

One way is by pushing China's state intellectual property office this year to step up law enforcement of relevant laws, Xi said.

This bill would increase enforcement, step up requirements for federal and state agencies to update records, give states financial incentives to report to NICS, and penalize agencies that don't upload their records.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»

In a press release on the governor's website, Cuomo explained that he has «directed state law enforcement officials to step up security at high - profile locations around the state, including our airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.»

He says he's directed state law enforcement officials to step up and security and patrols at high - profile locations across New York, including airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.

In New York City, law enforcement is stepping up its presence at key areas in the wake of the explosion.

The Deputy Governor said the Police and other law enforcement Agencies should step up their game and ensure that the suspect was rearrested and brought to justice without delay.

Following a police raid Wednesday on five Brooklyn bodegas after a wave of suspected overdoses of synthetic marijuana, Cuomo today announced stepped - up enforcement efforts to crack down on the illegal sale of the drug known as K2.