Sentences with phrase «worker protection laws»

Do they want to take us back before minimum wage and worker protection laws?»

Was it not the Court, after all, that during the period from 1905 to 1937 repeatedly invalidated both state and federal worker protection laws and social welfare legislation?

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The World Bank observed last year that adding new employment - protection laws inevitably favours existing job holders over new entrants and «lower [s] employment rates for disadvantaged worker groups, especially youth.»

Neither @Uber nor Trump believe in minimum wage laws or other basic worker protections.

CAFTA - DR is strengthening workers» rights and conditions in the region, through enforcement of labor protections to which its workers are entitled under countries» national laws.

«Other stand - out recommendations include a bill designed to address the exploitation of our tax laws and exploitation of Nigerians by multinational firms by Femi Obagun, and a brief policy for more stringent laws against rapists, a Workers Protection Act, an Alternate Financing to Economic Growth Act, a Policing and State Security Act, and a Government Transparency and Anti Corruption Act.

And with climate change laws, human rights and workers» rights yet again on the table, what faith would anyone place in ministers maintaining these fundamental protections under deals done in the dark?

Before serving in the Assembly, as Chief of Staff for then - City Councilmember and current Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brian negotiated enactment of several significant new laws, including the Domestic Worker Protection Act, promoting the rights of housekeepers and caregivers, and laws to foster the use of technology to make government more accessible and efficient.

The bill, known as the Climate and Community Protection Act, would set into law the Cuomo administration's target goals for clean energy while also ensuring equity for frontline communities workers.

«We strongly disagree with Tim Wu's comments about the need to deregulate essential worker protections in the Triborough Amendment and Scaffold Law.

The New York Farm Bureau filed court papers to defend a law that exempts agricultural workers from collective - bargaining protections.

The issue is clear that farm worker's have very little labor law protections; and this law should be supported by the legislature and Gov. Cuomo.

It will touch on every aspect of society: workers» rights, environmental rules, chemical standards, data protection, pharmaceutical laws, veterinary training levels, meat processing regulation, age - related discrimination: all of it.

«The office will study and promote programs on worker protections, education and safety — and it will also enforce City laws like paid sick leave and transit benefits.»

«Worker safety and environmental protection are top priorities and if there was any misconduct or negligence that led to this incident, we will use the fill force of the law to hold the company accountable,» Cuomo said via news release.

The suits claim the state violated CSEA - represented employees» constitutional rights to freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process and equal protection of the law when, during contract negotiations, it threatened to and did in fact, lay off CSEA represented workers, while sparing all management employees and political appointees.

The Federal Department of Labor issued draft regulations in November of 2015 exempting states from the requirements of ERISA, the 1974 federal law that established liability standards and protections for private sector workers» voluntary retirement plans.

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

A very large distance separates a committee hearing from a law on the books, and a deep chasm divides a sympathetic hearing by a Cabinet secretary from effective protection of workers.

Lawyers for Minnesota's public - employee unions say that state's law, passed last December to help close a $ 312 - million budget deficit, is unconstitutional because it abrogates the workers» constitutional claims to contract and equal - protection rights.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

(California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

The AFL - CIO argues «unions are forced by law to protect all workers, even those who don't contribute financially toward the expenses incurred by providing those protections.»

by Kathryn Watson Daily Caller A loophole in federal law allows Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees and other federal workers get away with deleting millions of official records created using cellphone text messaging, according to government transparency experts.

«Finally, the link which the provisions of Chapter 13 of the envisaged agreement display with trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore is also specific in nature because a breach of the provisions concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection, set out in that chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade.»

While there are some types of insurance that are required by law (e.g. worker's compensation), many policies are supplementary but provide your business with vital protection.

The Jones Act is a law that provides protection to individuals who are members of a crew of a ship or vessel and applies to inland river workers as well as merchant mariners on the seas.

We provide services to our clients regarding Federal, New Jersey and New York statutes, including: Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Family Leave Act, Civil Rights, ERISA, and Wage and Hour Law.

Our diverse membership includes: judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, probation and parole agents, law enforcement officers, case managers, child protection service case workers, therapists, treatment professionals, court administrators, research scientists, and more.

During law school, Erick helped families apply for asylum, interned with the ACLU of Montana and served on its board, worked on consumer protection issues with Montana's Office of Consumer Protection, and worked as an Agricultural Worker outreach intern protection issues with Montana's Office of Consumer Protection, and worked as an Agricultural Worker outreach intern Protection, and worked as an Agricultural Worker outreach intern with MLSA.

Following a trial, the supervisor was convicted of failing to ensure the worker wore fall protection devices as required by law and of failing to ensure that an adequate form of fall protection was provided.

The state has created several exemptions from the protections of workers» compensation laws for specific classes of employees.

The Federal Employers Liability Act or FELA is a federal law that was created in 1908 to provide railroad workers injured on the job with protection.

As a worker, the law offers you financial protection in the event of a serious workplace accident.

In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser, the SCC ruled Ontario's Agricultural Employees Protection Act did not violate charter rights because it mandated employers to negotiate «in good faith» with their employees, despite the fact that the law does not protect the right of agricultural workers to strike or bargain collectively.

Sara Slinn, a professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, says alternative schemes that serve those who are excluded from collective bargaining could still offer some protection for workers.

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations impose large fines on employers who hire foreign workers without proper documentation — but Bill C - 31 is the first legislation that would (if it becomes law) authorize the Ministers of Employment and Social Development and for Multiculturalism to impose penalties for specific Program abuses.

The government noted the rise in non-traditional employment relationships, the increased diversity of Ontario's workforce, and accelerating technological change, amongst other issues, and decided that it was necessary to revisit Ontario's cornerstone workplace laws to bolster protections for workers while ensuring that the province remains an attractive place for employers to do business.

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Melinda Arbuckle's practice with Baron & Budd's Employment Law Group centers on litigating cases that make a difference not only in the lives of specific individuals, but also in shaping policy for the better protection of workers at large.

Ontario's laws exclude many migrant workers from minimum wage, housing regulations, protection from recruiters, access to health and safety and employment standards and injured workers compensation.

«In a decision that sharply pits the court's view of a coherent drug strategy against the Conservative government's, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 9 - 0 the health minister can not deny a legal protection to addicts and clinical health workers who would otherwise be penalized by federal drug laws.»

As a result, migrant workers are denied basic protections under the law, such as minimum wages, hours of work and more.

Despite what external observers, and perhaps some foreign companies with manufacturing planets in the NAFTA member country, may assume about local labour protection law, the reality Gutiérrez said is that Mexican workers have very strong legal rights.

Proposed policy changes would effectively remove the «thin skull» common law principle that Ontario's workers» compensation act specifically incorporated — based on Meredith's recommendations — as a fair protection for injured workers.

We offer workshops, seminars, educational materials, and live and online courses to train frontline workers, community advocates, consumers, grassroots organizations, and members of poor and marginalized communities in a variety of social welfare and consumer protection laws.

Chicago laws provide workers with protection through workers» compensation claims but these claims can be hard to navigate and can be difficult to bring successfully without a lawyer on your side.

California's anti-discrimination laws were generally written to provide greater protection from discrimination and harassment than federal law, and as a result, our office uses those laws to help protect workers and obtain compensation for violations committed by employers against their employees.

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