Jadwal timnas u 23 november 2017

On April 18, 2017, as the House Committee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2017 agriculture spending bill, more than 65 agriculture and food industry groups sent a letter to Congress urging Congress to appropriate $3 million to FDA to fund a joint FDA/USDA consumer outreach program to educate consumers about foods produced with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  In May 2017, as part of an overall federal budget agreement that prevented a government shutdown, the requested $3 million was appropriated to FDA to spearhead this initiative.Today, FDA announced that the initial phase of its Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative will involve two public meetings in November 2017 to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California.  The Charlotte, NC meeting will be held on November 7, 2017 and the San Francisco, CA meeting will be held on November 14, 2017. FDA also announced that it will be opening a … [Read more...] about FDA Announces November 2017 Public Meetings Concerning Its Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative

EB-1 remains current, minimal advancement in other categories.The US Department of State has released its November 2017 Visa Bulletin, setting out per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate immigrant visa availability and the flow of status adjustments and consular immigrant visa application filings and approvals.What Does the November 2017 Visa Bulletin Say?The bulletin includes both a Dates for Filing Visa Applications chart and an Application Final Action Dates chart. The former indicates when intending immigrants may file their applications for adjustments of status or immigrant visas, and the latter indicates when adjustment of status applications or immigrant visa applications may be approved and permanent residence granted. Unless otherwise indicated on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, individuals seeking to file applications for adjustment of status with USCIS must use the Application Final Action Dates chart below. … [Read more...] about US Department of State Releases November 2017 Visa Bulletin

In Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe, 2017 WL 4767073 (9th Cir. 2017), Washington tribes had ceded lands to the United States through a series of treaties, including the 1855 Treaty of Olympia, negotiated by Governor Stevens (Stevens Treaties), which reserved to the tribes the "right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations" (U&A). The United States sued the State of Washington in the federal court for the Western District of Washington in 1970 to establish the continued validity of tribal treaty rights reserved in the Stevens-negotiated treaties. In 1974, Judge Boldt established standards and procedures for determining a tribe’s U&A, made U&A determinations for several tribes and reserved jurisdiction to determine subsequent disputes. In the instant case, the Quileute and Quinault tribes sought a determination under the Treaty of Olympia, that the right of taking fish include the right of taking seals and whales. Over the … [Read more...] about Indian Nations Law Update – November 2017 Selected court decisions

In the final cranes and derricks in construction standard, 1926 – Subpart CC, which was issued August 9, 2010, crane operators were required to either be certified or qualified (depending on the option elected by an employer) by November 10, 2014. 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1427(k).  On February 10, 2014, OSHA proposed a three-year extension to the operator certification deadline and requested public comment on or before March 12, 2014. This extension is due, in part; to issues pertaining to the requirements in the standard addressing crane operator certification that arose shortly after OSHA issued the final rule.   After the final standard was issued, OSHA took the position that an operator is qualified to operate a particular piece of equipment if the operator is certified for that type and capacity of equipment or for higher-capacity equipment of that type.  Therefore, an operator certified to operate a 100-ton hydraulic crane may operate a 50-ton … [Read more...] about OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Proposes to Extend Operator Certification Deadline – November 2017

Newly Enacted California Statutes Statewide "Ban-the-Box" Legislation Known as "Ban-the-Box" legislation in reference to the box applicants are asked to check if they have any prior criminal convictions, the new law prohibits employers from inquiring about or considering a job applicant's conviction history prior to an offer of employment. Specifically, the new law amends California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") by making it unlawful for employers in California with five or more employees to include on any application for employment any question that seeks the disclosure of an applicant's conviction history; to inquire into or consider the conviction history of an applicant until that applicant has received a conditional offer; and, when conducting a conviction history background check, to consider, distribute, or disseminate information related to specified prior arrests, diversions, and convictions. The law expands existing "Ban-the-Box" legislation currently in … [Read more...] about California Employment Law Notes: November 2017