Sentences with phrase «where changes to legislation»

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Attempting to change the law was also a favorite tactic of Uber, where VanderZanden previously worked, which successfully pushed through legislation in dozens of states that sanctioned its ride - hailing model.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

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.

However, these figures are subject to change as new legislation is enacted or new legal opinions are established that can change status in the a-legal states where direct entry midwives are neither specifically regulated nor specifically prohibited.

The boycott helps to compel it to change its practices where legislation is not yet in place.

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[62] She called for «a profound culture change and radical legislation» to close the pay gap, and recommended measures to require companies where women make a successful complaint of pay discrimination to audit their practices and implement plans to ensure that men and women are paid equally for equal work.

So goes budgeting in Albany, where leaders often declare a targeted policy change or tax cut, then wait to see how the ideas can be implemented within actual legislation.

Even in states where system change has not been prominent in legislative initiatives, it has begun to seep into the working assumptions of SEA leaders who are tasked with responsibility for translating legislation into action.

But just as we warned, in the municipalities where this legislation was adopted there have been no attempts to enforce it and no change in the problem of cat overpopulation, except where private cat welfare groups have established spay / neuter programs And just as we warned, the SPCA immediately used the bylaw to try to shut down a cat rescuer who was doing the work the public thought the SPCA was doing and who kept her cats in much more humane conditions than the SPCA itself.

House Democrats pressing for action on climate policy are having to resort to various work - arounds, in a situation where it is difficult even to get a meaningful climate change hearing, and for now impossible to move significant legislation.

Obviously the situation in the US is a peculiar one, and from where I'm sitting it seems pretty obvious that for the time being any hopes of meaningful legislation (or any legislation at all) to combat climate change are dead — Obama had his chance in the earlier part of his term and didn't take it.

Where is the political leadership in calling for «comprehensive» climate legislation, then IMMEDIATELY changing the subject without so much as a nod to what climate legislation must entail in addition to clean energy?

Campaigning environment journalist Oliver Tickell told the conference that, unlike issues like climate change where it took years to get international legislation in place to reduce greenhouse gases, treaties were already agreed that should prevent plastic reaching the oceans.

Brian Rogers, the executive director of America Rising Advanced Research, was briefly the research director for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, where he worked on a campaign «to pass comprehensive energy and climate change legislation.»

The City of Toronto clarifies that there is no legislation regarding countdowns, but that where there is, it is being changed make it legal to cross even when the counter has started.

But, if the Apprenticeship Levy is to succeed in making apprenticeships a feature of the modern workplace, employers and society alike will need to be open to embrace a cultural change, as this legislation challenges traditional perceptions of where apprenticeships are appropriate and where they are not.

Some days, it can be a challenge for in - house counsel to know where to focus their time, between managing changes to legislation on the labour and employment front in many provinces this year, anticipating the introduction of legalized recreational cannabis and implications for the workplace, to juggling the growth of their own organizations.

That involved advising on specific areas of the law, drafting relevant provisions and making proposals for other potential changes where there are gaps in legislation, ensuring the DIFC remains an attractive jurisdiction in which to do business.

It goes to show you that, when it comes to changes in some of our key federal legislation, you never know where one fix will create a problem elsewhere.

The likely changes to legislation following Coleman will probably be most significant for disability discrimination law where the language of the legislation does not currently appear to cover direct discrimination or harassment by association and age discrimination, where the language of the legislation does not appear to cover direct discrimination by association.

Historically, it has been clear when to respond: situations where the profession of marriage and family therapy is involved and issues related to legislation or policy changes.

«That's where most of the change is likely to occur, which is why I don't think this is an insignificant piece of legislation, because it really does set a backdrop for a lot of future action that could be taken,» Killmer says.