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Published April 30, 2021, 11:01 AM DOJ Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Supreme Court (SC) are set to sign an agreement for closer coordination to address effectively cases involving trafficking in persons (TIP). DOJ Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, the undersecretary-in-charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), disclosed the signing of the agreement during the final dialogue of the United States-Philippines Child Protec...

Advertisement At the Curly Maljam pro-surfing event on Sydney’s northern beaches last weekend, the women’s event victor, Lucy Small, won less than half the prizemoney that the male winner received. That’s discrimination, plain and simple. But it’s not unlawful discrimination. Small was spot on when she pointed out that she does the same that the men do to compete, but her effort is valued half as much. That’s exactly the question that discrimination law asks: whether sh...

Graphic Online BY: The Conversation Category: Opinion Modern secession claims find their roots in the Trusteeship System of the UN. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 30.5k Shares Ghana’s secessionist conflict is rooted in a system that was meant to promote peace. Over the past couple of years, Ghana has also been kept on tenterhooks by calls for secession. In November 2019, the Homeland Study Group Foundationdeclared the independence of “Western Togoland”. Its call was for the secession of...

+ SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2021 RE: AKOTO MEMORIAL LECTURES The Chairman of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Siribour II, Juabenhen; The Chief Justice, My Lord Kwasi Anin-Yeboah; The Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Ocquaye; The Director of the Ghana School of Law and Faculty; The Vice Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Faculty; General Secretary and Regional Chairmen of the New Patriotic ...

Ghana’s secessionist conflict is rooted in a system that was meant to promote peace. Over the past couple of years, Ghana has also been kept on tenterhooks by calls for secession. In November 2019, the Homeland Study Group Foundationdeclared the independence of “Western Togoland”. Its call was for the secession of Ghana’s Volta region and parts of the Northern and Upper East regions. At first peaceful, this demand led to violence in September 2020 with the emergence of the Western Togol...

Colorado bill would protect gender identity and expression PATTY NIEBERG, Associated Press/Report for America April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, the State Capitol is shown in downtown Denver. Colorado lawmakers are deciding on a bill that would add "gender identity" and "gender expression" to discrimination statutes as state Legislatures across the country are introducing bills aimed at curbing transgender rights.David Zalubowski/AP DENVER (AP) — Co...

(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO) “There is a 117 percent increase in OSEC convictions from 2019 to 2020,” Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said on Sunday, April 11.  Villar, who is also the undersecretary in charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), said the DOJ secured 100 OSEC convictions in 2020 compared to 46 in 2019. The number of convictions in 2020 is also higher than the 49 convictions in 2018, 29 in 2017, six in 2016, 10 in 2015, six in 2014, and two in 2...

Key Points: Vaccinations for COVID-19 are picking up steam around the country as supply increases and eligibility expands. Now is the time for employers to think through issues raised by employee vaccination policies and programs. We address key questions about mandatory and voluntary policies, including discrimination, wage and hour, collective bargaining, safety, privacy and general liability considerations, and offer recommendations for employee vaccination programs. One year into the pandem...

Terminated: KPMG belatedly dumps early retirement rule After defending the legally dubious clause for more than two years, partners at the firm moved to dump the early retirement scheme after comments from Mathias Cormann. Apr 6, 2021 – 12.54pm Share KPMG will remove its controversial requirement for partners to exit after they turn 58, almost three years after its legally dubious retirement age rules were revealed and despite the firm’s legal counsel telling senior leaders that the partner...

what motivated them to do what they did, such as whether to reject an applicant or discipline or discharge an employee. That can be a tall order. Employment-at-will in North Carolina lawfully consider when making such decisions. In fact, despite the vast array of criteria made verboten by federal and state laws, regulations, and judicial decisions too numerous to count, employers are typically free to hire and fire whom they wish, as indicated in part by the long-standing doctrine of "employme...