MANAGEMENT FEDERAL & CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAW COMPARISON – February‚ 2013 FEDERAL Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990) & ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) (2008) CALIFORNIA Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) DIFFERENCES FEHA is stricter than ADA: applies to employers with 5+ employees and requires “reasonable accommodation” for persons with disabilities (CA disabled is defined as “limited” in one or more of major life activities rather than “substantially limited” as required under ADA) State law
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Of the two systems‚ the federal is by far the less complicated. According to Article III of the Constitution‚ "The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." In accordance with this directive‚ the federal judiciary is divided into three main levels. At the bottom are the federal district courts‚ which have original jurisdiction in most cases of federal law. Made up of 92 districts
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The Federal Reserve System‚ though it has many different functions was established to serve the public’s interest. The Federal Reserve has three vital sectors that help in its day to day function: the Board of Governors‚ the Reserve Banks‚ and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). “The Master said: “Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous”’ (Confucius The Analects pg. 7). The Board of Governors is ran by seven member or “governors” that oversees the all operations
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this assignment you describe and compare the circulatory‚ skeletal‚ and respiratory systems of sharks‚ iguanas‚ eagles‚ and humans. Answer each of the following questions in 25 to 50 words. Circulatory System Shark How would you describe the structure and function of this animal’s circulatory system? Include any unique characteristics. The shark’s heart which is a major component in its circulatory system is shaped like an S and is located in the head region. The sharks hear has 2 chambers
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America’s prison system is broken. The purpose of prison is to teach a lesson of wrongdoing. Taking away the freedoms of an individual is designed to change the behavior or at least that is the intention. However‚ America makes up 5% of the world population but 25% of the world’s prison population. The recidivism rate for federal prisons according to the United States Sentencing Commission is nearly half at 49.3% within 8 years of release (www.ussc.gov). That rate for state prisons is even higher
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The Long Good-Bye Mother’s day in federal prison. 1. How would you describe Coyne’s point of view in this piece? Detached or involved? Insider or outsider? How does her point of view affect your perception of the federal prison for women that she writes about in this piece? My perception of Coyne’s viewpoint is the following; mothers in this particular setting truly cherish even the most simplistic gift given to them by their child (like a single flower)‚ most importantly these mother’s cherish
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the private prison system by Burkhardt and Jones that sociologists and even criminologists realize the historical importance of the private prison systems. Established within the early 1980s‚ the introduction of the private prison systems became as a technique to reducing the amount of litigation and judicial oversight demonstrated to the inmates within the federal prison systems. The private firms (prisons) were established in order to provide superior conditions (as public systems) while also decreasing
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Introduction Life in prison is tough so prison inmates form gangs in order to protect their interests. The philosophy of prison gangs is simple. When people unite‚ they are better able to protect themselves. This is the underlying belief which precipitates the formation of prison gangs. Each of the prison gangs that is in existence has a reason for being. They did not just “drop out of the sky.” There are a number of factors which led to the creation of these prison gangs. Prison gangs go a long way
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Prison systems have been an intricate part of American society for centuries. As early as the act of war‚ imprisonment has been used to incarcerate societal wrong doers until punishment was administered. American prison systems were initially modeled from British penal methods‚ as America is their daughter country. British law allowed for harsh punishments and conditions for prisoners. Punishments‚ such as stockades and/or whippings‚ were perceived as effective deterrents to crime. These penalties
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Words 2‚651 California’s Prison System Chaos. Have you ever wondered where and how our tax money being spent? We pay taxes for services that we all benefit from as a community. Things like roads‚ law enforcement‚ libraries‚ transportation systems‚ to live comfortable and safe. However; a very big chunk of that money goes towards prisons and jails. California’s current prison budget is almost $10 billion dollars (Jerrod). Even this sum is not enough to incarcerate all of the offenders. California
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