Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)‚ a 1978 amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. The impetus for the act was a 1976 Supreme Court decision‚ General Electric v. Gilbert‚ in which the Court held that denial of benefits for pregnancy-related disability was not discrimination based on sex (Gelb‚1996). This holding echoed past management decisions by which married women faced job discrimination and pregnant women were routinely
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THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING (AMENDMENT)ACT‚ 2009 NO. 21 OF 2009 [6th March‚ 2009.] An Act further to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering Act‚ 2002. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:@ 1. ! Short title and commencement. ! 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Money-laundering (Amendment) Act‚ 2009. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may‚ by notification in the Official
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refused to release and FLQ prisoners. Québec Labour Minister Pierre LaPorte was then kidnapped by the FLQ members. Trudeau took drastic action and imposed the War Measures Act. The FLQ became an illegal act and separatist Québécois were arrested and held without charge. After all the rights legislation that had
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further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act‚ 1988. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act‚ 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may‚ by notification in the Official Gazette‚ appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference
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government involvement and would find the Sedition Act of 1798 to be unreasonable. Though the basic content is there‚ the newer version of the amendment allows the government to make laws that limit speech and press. It states that the government cannot make laws to reduce the freedom of speech and press. However‚ currently the government is able to apply consequences to certain cases such as the distribution of obscene material. One
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asses whether an act is right or wrong based on the consequences of the action. There are different types of consequentialism including: ethical egoism‚ act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. These three branches of consequentialism will be discussed later in this paper. A supererogatory act is something that is good but is not obligatory; these acts involve rendering aid to others that go above moral requirement. Consequentialists claim that there are no supererogatory acts; an act either produces
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Senate). The title of the act‚ USA PATRIOT Act‚ is an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Since its historic passage there has been much debate on the constitutionality of the act. Some would claim the Legislative and Executive branches acted opportunistically and enacted a law that infringes on the rights of Americans. This paper‚ for sake of brevity‚ focuses on Section 213 of the Patriot Act‚ the “sneak and peak”
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COMPANY LAW QUESTIONNAIRE PART - 1 INTRODUCTION The companies Act lays down detailed provision regarding various matters and casts an obligation upon directors and officers of the company to carry the requirement of law. It is the duty of the directors and management to ensure that various provisions have been complied with. However where non-compliance has a bearing upon the accounts and transaction of the company‚ the auditor may have an obligation to bring it to the notice of the shareholders
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Dealing with the Dawes Act‚ was important towards the Native Americans and life itself. The Dawes Act was a succeeding policy by breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans. The President broke up reservation land that was held in common by the members of the tribe. Native Americans registering a tribal “roll” were granted allotments to be parceled out to individuals. The Dawes Act was purportedly to protect Indian property rights. To begin with‚ the purpose
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Information Technology Acts As information technology continues to advance so does the need to protect consumers from the new ethical issues that arises. Congress tries to protect consumers from numerous ethical issues through developing and passing of laws. These advances happen so rapidly that it becomes difficult to foresee ethical issues. One of many ethical issues related to information technology is the ease of access to consumers’ personal information. Telemarketing companies’ acquire
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