A well-known Dublin hotel has been ordered to pay a former restaurant manager €9,000 over its failure to call him back to work after the business reopened following its closure at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the Camden Court Hotel had been unfairly dismissed by its restaurant manager, […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor told a court on Tuesday that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. Taxi Apps, an Australian startup that developed taxi-hailing app GoCatch, lodged a 196-page statement of claim in the Victoria state Supreme […]
Mar. 27—Attorneys for Mac Marquette, the former Decatur police officer accused of shooting and killing Steve Perkins, on Friday sought to dismiss a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit filed by Perkins’ widow and daughter. The court ordered the plaintiffs to respond by April 12. “These allegations are obviously incomplete and unfairly drafted against […]
A Preble County Sheriff’s deputy working as a school resource officer has been accused of having a relationship with a student. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: School resource officer accused of having relationship with student in Preble County arrested Mason Williams, 26, was arrested Friday, according to a previous News Center 7 report. He is facing one count […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday will launch a new task force to take on “unfair and illegal” corporate pricing, which Biden sees as a major reason why consumers are not yet feeling the impact of cooling inflation rates and a strong economy. The task force will be jointly led by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, two agencies at the […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday will launch a new task force to take on “unfair and illegal” corporate pricing, which Biden sees as a major reason why consumers are not yet feeling the impact of cooling inflation rates and a strong economy. The task force will be jointly led by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, two agencies at the […]
The White House is launching a multi-agency “strike force” on Tuesday in an effort to curb unfair and illegal pricing across the economy, according to Lael Brainard, chair of the National Economic Council. Brainard will make the announcement at a meeting Tuesday of the White House competition council, a group stacked with Cabinet officials, and […]
Mar. 3—Larry Rice spent the bulk of his professional life as a patrolman in Norwich. He answered calls, broke through doors, chased bad guys and has the scars to prove it. When he retired in 2003 and applied to collect his Social Security benefits, he discovered he’d be collecting only about half of the benefits […]
The Gaelic Athletic Association’s new president has made clear his opposition to the organisation increasing its financial contribution to the redevelopment of Casement Park. Jarlath Burns insisted it would be “unfair” to expect the GAA to pay more than the €17.5 million it has already committed to the project. That commitment was made over a […]
The European Union is “absolutely willing to use” its suite of trade tools to combat perceived unfair competition from China, a top official said in Munich on Saturday. A day after Brussels launched its first investigation into Chinese state-owned train maker CRRC over state subsidies, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said it had an obligation […]
Missouri lawmakers this week weighed several Republican-led bills that would allow prosecutors to criminally prosecute individuals in the United States illegally. The three bills would create new criminal offenses, such as trespass by an “illegal alien.” In some instances, prosecutors could only charge individuals if they have already been accused of another crime. The bills […]