Small Claims Courts Small Claims courts are a crucial aspect of the Canadian Legal system that could even be relevant to you one day. Small Claims courts are were created to try and give the average Joe a cheap‚ simple way to settle any type of arguments involving property or finances‚ without necessarily having to know a whole lot about law. You do not need to know many legal terms and the case usually consists of you telling your story for the judge to make a decision. It is a court that
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Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) from service members employed by the Federal Government and from the Federal Government about a service member employee. A vast majority of these questions relate to the application of certain USERRA requirements at the Federal workplace. To add to the complexity of USERRA’s application in the Federal workplace‚ the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulation provides additional‚ non-USERRA required benefits to service member employees when
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Small Claims Courts in the Philippines Going to court for a small sum of money has just become cheaper and faster with the establishment of small claims courts. A simple procedure makes it easy for everyone. According to former Court Administrator‚ now Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez‚ 70% of cases before Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila are small claims (involving small amounts of money) and many of the litigants in these cases are poor. The same thing is true‚ if not more
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Runnin’ down a dream by Tom Petty is a song to get you fired up to achieve success‚ if you enjoy his work. It is the story of any ambitious person that makes their dreams reality. It is a song that has withstood the test of time and is still a hit today. Petty’s Super Bowl appearance and tour’s the last two years have probably helped out‚ but nevertheless he is still a superstar. He wrote this song from his real life experiences or his close friends as he does all of his songs it seems.
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Masculinity: Who has claim? Throughout the course of history‚ the social concept of the hunter and gatherer remained unprovoked. The responsibility of the hunter fell on the shoulders of men while the responsibilities of the gatherer burdened the women. Men were born to lead‚ protect‚ and fight while women were born to be submissive‚ serve‚ and care for the home. Over time‚ society defined the roles of the two genders. Men were attributed as “the head of the family” and “the provider”; women were
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1. Which of the following is a valid defense to an age-discrimination claim? A) It is legal to hire younger applicants when all else is equal because they will stay with the company longer than persons near normal retirement age. B) Younger persons can be preferred over persons near normal retirement age because health declines rapidly for older persons. C) The younger person whom the plaintiff claims was illegally treated better than she is also over age 40. D) Some individuals over a particular
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Petty v. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County February 11‚ 2011 What were the legal issues in this case? In Petty v. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County‚ the legal issue was about whether the employee had been truthful about the reasons for his discharge from service. Another issue in the case was in regards to the postponement in re-employing a returning Army reservist‚ which violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
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paying a fine? I would gladly prefer the latter. The prison has a “revolving door” as if welcoming persons to come again. We need to replace this door with job services and opportunities and quality rehabilitation. A prison term is not the answer to petty crimes in our Bahamian society. The jail house is already surpassed its max capacity‚ take away persons there for traffic violations‚ littering‚ marijuana possession‚ shoplifting or other petty offences and you have saved the Bahamian government and
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Petty vs. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County Assignment 3 Dr. Eddy HRM Angel Mack August 12‚ 2011 1. What were the legal issues in this case? After carefully reading the Petty v. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County case; I found several legal issues. The first legal issue was violation of USERRA. USERRA is known as Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. In USERRA‚ an employer large or small is prohibited to delay/postpone
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Petty v. Metropolitan Gov ’t of Nashville & Davidson County Lisa Mitchell Business Employment Law – HRM 510 Dr. Zelphia Brown May 19‚ 2013 1. What were the legal issues in this case? The legal issues in this case involved the treatments of Petty‚ a former Police Officer who left the Metro Police Department for active duty with the United States Army. Upon his request to be reinstated‚ Petty was not placed in his original position as a patrol sergeant or a similar position based on the
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