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16 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm by Lovechilde
They demand action on jobs, and opposition to cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and services vital to Americans. [read post]
20 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Catherine Morris
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT), plus its individual communication procedure under Article 22, but not the Optional Protocol (OPCAT) that would provide for spot checks of Canadian prisons and other institutions; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), plus the Optional Protocol on an individual communication procedure; Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), plus its two… [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 1:48 pm by Kysa Crusco
The court system serves as the proper forum when the state takes such actions. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 1:55 pm by Dan Gauss
On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held an important hearing on the enormous barriers faced by veterans seeking disability benefits based on conditions – such as post-traumatic stress disorder  (PTSD) and depression – they experience because they were sexually assaulted during their service. [read post]
17 Dec 2011, 9:05 am by Andrew Frisch
In American Express, the Second Circuit noted that the issue of whether statutorily granted collective action rights under the ADEA, which incorporates by reference the collective action rights granted in the FLSA, could be waived was not decided by Gilmer, 500 U.S. 20, 111 S.Ct. 1647, 114 L.Ed.2d 26, because “because a collective and perhaps a class action remedy was, in fact, available in that case. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 1:03 pm by Mary Keogh
The groups taking this action hope that it progresses the rights of persons with disabilities to have an adequate and appropriate emergency plan prepared by their city planner’s. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 6:27 am by Joy Waltemath
The fact that an employer has “the right to allocate a bonus on any ground” does not mean that the employer has the right to allocate it “on a ground that did violate the law. [read post]
9 Sep 2020, 6:18 am by Cory Doctorow
Apple would not allow our own action-center app unless we signed a confidentiality agreement about the terms of our arrangement with Apple. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 11:42 pm
 It said recommended that Thailand impose a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolition, as outlined in the current National Human Rights Action Plan. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 6:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Council, immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group and current Co-Chair of its Welfare Benefit Committee, Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Employee Benefits Committee, a council member of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, and past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group, Ms. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 8:42 am by Michael Wukoschitz
Germany: appellate court upholds denial of injunction against hotel review website;USA: DOT fines Spirit Airlines over handling of disability complaints and Finnair for violating price advertising rules;USA: Costa Concordia victims sue for USD 460 milion in Florida;European Economic and Social Committee publishes opinion on the ‘functioning and application of air passenger rights';USA: New York law firms file class action against Costa;Canada: change in… [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 12:35 pm by M. Scott McIntyre
Pension Appeals and Review Committee, 966 F.2d 190 (6th Cir. 1992) (applying Ohio’s fifteen-year statute of limitations to alleged wrongful denial of permanent disability benefits under terms of ERISA-governed pension plan). [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 1:49 pm by ACLU
Ensure that students with disabilities have access to effective and safe education As students return to in-person learning, we need more action from the administration to ensure students with disabilities are protected in the classroom. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 12:51 pm by Kenneth Vercammen Esq. Edison
Guardianship actions can be brought under the general incompetency statute (N.J.S.A. 3B:12-25 et seq.) or under the statute dealing with people who receive services from the State Division of Developmental Disabilities. [read post]