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Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District, discusses the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act. H.R. 4763. 114th Congress (2015-2016), 2nd Session. United States Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Education and the Workforce, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc., 426 State Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4763/text
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Wage theft occurs when an employer does not pay an employee for work that the employee has performed, depriving the worker of wages and earnings to which the worker is legally entitled. This theft occurs in many forms, including by employers violating minimum wage requirements, failing to pay overtime compensation, requiring off-the-clock work, failing to provide final payments, misclassifying employees as being exempt from overtime compensation or as independent contractors rather than as employees, and improperly withholding tips.
(2) Wage theft poses a serious and growing problem across industries for working individuals of the United States. Wage theft is widespread and is estimated to cost workers more than $8,600,000,000 per year. In certain industries, compliance with Federal wage and hour laws is less than 50 percent.
(3) Wage theft is closely associated with employment discrimination, with women, immigrants, and minorities being disproportionately affected. Women are significantly more likely to experience minimum wage violations than men, foreign-born workers are nearly 2 times as likely to experience minimum wage violations as their counterparts born in the United States, and African-Americans are 3 times more likely to experience minimum wage violations than their White counterparts.
(4) Wage theft is closely associated with unsafe working conditions.
(5) Wage theft—
(A) depresses the wages of working families who are already struggling to make ends meet;
(B) strains social services funds;
(C) diminishes consumer spending power and hurts local economies;
(D) reduces vital State and Federal tax revenues;
(E) places law-abiding employers at a competitive disadvantage with noncompliant employers;
(F) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods; and
(G) lowers labor standards throughout labor markets.
(6) Low-wage workers are at the greatest risk of suffering from wage theft. A survey of 4,387 low-wage workers in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago found that 68 percent of the workers surveyed had experienced some form of wage theft in the workweek immediately before the survey was conducted. These workers experienced a range of wage and hour violations: 26 percent of such workers were not paid minimum wage; 76 percent of such workers who worked more than 40 hours in the workweek immediately before the survey was conducted were not paid at the overtime rate; and, in the year before the survey was conducted, 43 percent of the workers who attempted to address such issues by filing a complaint with their employer or who attempted to form a labor organization experienced retaliation by their employers, including by being fired, suspended, or receiving threats of reductions in their hours or pay.
(7) In 2012, State and Federal authorities as well as private attorneys recovered at least $933,000,000 in wage theft enforcement actions, which was nearly 3 times the value of all bank robberies, residential robberies, convenience store and gas station robberies, and street robberies in the United States during that year.
(8) A Department of Labor study of wage theft in California and New York found that wage theft deprived workers of 37 percent to 49 percent of their income, pushing at least 15,000 families below the poverty line and driving another 50,000 to 100,000 families deeper into poverty.
(9) A study analyzing wage theft claims in the State of Washington from 2009 to 2013 estimated that the total economic cost of wage theft to the State totaled more than $64,000,000 resulting from the lower economic activity and spending of low-wage workers due to their lost wages.
(10) A Department of Labor study of wage violations in California and New York found that wage theft deprived families of $5,600,000 in possible earned income tax credits and resulted in a $22,000,000 loss in State tax revenue, a $238,000,000 loss in payroll tax revenue, and a $113,000,000 loss in Federal income tax revenue.
(11) Barriers to addressing wage theft continue to exist decades after the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). These barriers have resulted, in significant part, because enforcement of such Act has not worked as Congress originally intended and because many of the provisions of such Act do not include sufficient penalties to discourage violations. Improvements to enforcement and amendments to such Act are necessary to ensure that such Act provides effective protection to individuals subject to wage theft.
(12) The lack of a Federal right for employees to receive full compensation at the agreed upon wage rate for all work performed by the employee has resulted in workers being able to recover only the applicable minimum wage, or the overtime rate if applicable, when employers engage in wage theft.
(13) The lack of a Federal requirement to provide employees with paystubs indicating how their pay is calculated or to allow employees to inspect their employers’ payroll records significantly impedes efforts to identify and challenge wage theft.
(14) The lack of a Federal requirement to pay employees their final payments in a timely manner upon termination of the employment relationship between the employer and employee has led to unreasonable, and sometimes indefinite, delays in compensation after an employment relationship ends.
(15) While the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, require employers to compensate employees at the minimum wage rate and to provide overtime compensation when appropriate, the lack of civil penalties for violations of these requirements has dampened their effectiveness.
(16) While the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, provide employees who are subject to wage theft with the right to unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, this low level of damages has proved insufficient to deter employers from stealing the wages of their employees.
(17) While the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, require employers to keep records of employees’ pay, the lack of remedies for this requirement diminishes the effectiveness of the requirement.
(18) While the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, provide for limited criminal penalties when employers violate the provisions of such Act, the Secretary of Labor rarely resorts to these penalties, causing them to serve as a hollow threat.
(19) The statute of limitations under section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 255), in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, precludes employees from bringing claims for wage theft 2 years after the cause of action accrued, or 3 years after the cause of action accrued if the claim is with respect to a willful or repeat violation by the employer. Additionally, the statute of limitations is not suspended while the Secretary of Labor investigates a complaint. These strict confines of the statute of limitations sometimes result in employees being deprived of their ability to institute a private lawsuit against their employer in order to recover their stolen wages.
(20) Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(b)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, requires employees to affirmatively “opt-in” in order to be a party plaintiff in a collective action brought by another aggrieved employee seeking to recover stolen wages in court. This provision limits the ability of employees to unite and pursue private lawsuits against employers.
(21) Under the penalty structure of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, many employers who are caught violating such Act continue to violate the Act. A Department of Labor investigation found that one-third of employers who had previously engaged in wage theft continued to do so.
(22) The Government Accountability Office and the Department of Labor have recognized that when employers are assessed civil penalties, they are more likely to comply with the law in the future and other employers in the same region—regardless of industry—are also more likely to comply with the law.
(23) States that have enacted legislation to address wage theft by increasing the damages to which employees are entitled following violations of wage and hour laws have positively impacted the workers in such States. However, many States have not enacted such legislation and, worse still, some States do not have any laws protecting workers from wage theft or even agencies to enforce workers’ rights to compensation for work. This discrepancy in State laws has resulted in a fragmentation of workers’ rights across the United States, with some workers having a measure of protection from wage theft and other workers being left extremely vulnerable to wage theft.
(24) Effective enforcement of wage and hour laws is critical to increasing compliance. Given the limited resources available for enforcement, enhanced strategic enforcement of Federal wage and hour laws is crucial.
(25) For enhanced strategic enforcement to be effective, government regulators must work with community stakeholders who have direct knowledge of ongoing violations of Federal wage and hour requirements and who are in a position to prevent such violations.
(26) Partnerships between regulators, workers, nonprofit organizations, and businesses can increase compliance by educating workers about their rights, collecting evidence, reporting violations, identifying noncompliant employers, and modeling good practices.
(27) Partnerships between regulators, workers, nonprofit organizations, and businesses have been successful in combating wage theft. In 2006, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of California created a janitorial enforcement team to work closely with a local janitorial watchdog organization. As of 2015, the partnership had resulted in countless administrative, civil, and criminal actions against employers and in the collection of more than $68,000,000 in back pay for janitorial workers.
(28) The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Labor identify ways to leverage its resources to better combat wage theft by improving services provided through partnerships.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to prevent wage theft and facilitate the recovery of stolen wages by—
(1) strengthening the penalties for engaging in wage theft;
(2) giving workers the right to receive, in a timely manner, full compensation for the work they perform, certain disclosures, regular paystubs, and final payments;
(3) providing workers with improved tools to recover their stolen wages in court; and
(4) making assistance available to enhance enforcement of and compliance with Federal wage and hour laws through—
(A) supporting initiatives that address and prevent violations of such laws and assist workers in wage recovery;
(B) supporting individual entities and developing community partnerships that expand and improve cooperative efforts between enforcement agencies and community-based organizations in the prevention of wage and hour violations and enforcement of wage and hour laws;
(C) expanding outreach to workers in industries or geographic areas identified by the Secretary of Labor as highly noncompliant with Federal wage and hour laws;
(D) improving detection of employers who are not complying with such laws and aiding in the identification of violations of such laws; and
(E) facilitating the collection of evidence to assist enforcement efforts.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
SEC. 101. REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES, REGULAR PAYSTUBS, AND FINAL PAYMENTS.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is amended by inserting after section 4 (29 U.S.C. 204) the following:
“SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES, REGULAR PAYSTUBS, AND FINAL PAYMENTS.
“(a) Disclosures.—
“(1) INITIAL DISCLOSURES.—Not later than 15 days after the date on which an employer hires an employee who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, the employer of such employee shall provide such employee with an initial disclosure containing the information described in paragraph (3).
“(2) MODIFICATION DISCLOSURES.—Not later than 15 days after the date on which any of the information described in paragraph (3) changes with respect to an employee described in paragraph (1), the employer of such employee shall provide the employee with a modification disclosure containing the information described in paragraph (3).
“(3) INFORMATION.—The information described in this paragraph shall include—
“(A) the rate of pay and whether the employee is paid by the hour, shift, day, week, or job, or by salary, piece rate, commission, or other form of compensation;
“(B) an indication of whether the employee is being classified by the employer as an employee subject to the maximum hours and overtime compensation requirements of section 7 or as an employee exempt from such requirements as provided under section 13;
“(C) the name of the employer and any other name used by the employer to conduct business; and
“(D) the physical address of and telephone number for the employer’s main office or principle place of business, and a mailing address for such office or place of business if the mailing address is different than the physical address.
“(b) Paystubs.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Every employer shall provide each employee of such employer who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, a paystub that corresponds to work performed by the employee during the applicable pay period and contains the information required under paragraph (3) in any form provided under paragraph (2).
“(2) FORMS.—A paystub required under this subsection shall be a written statement and may be provided in any of the following forms:
“(A) As a separate document accompanying any payment to an employee for work performed during the applicable pay period.
“(B) In the case of an employee who receives paychecks from the employer, as a detachable statement accompanying each paycheck.
“(C) As a digital document provided through electronic communication, subject to the employee affirmatively consenting to receive the paystubs in this form.
“(3) CONTENTS.—Each paystub shall contain all of the following information:
“(A) The name of the employee.
“(B) In the case of an employee who is paid an hourly wage, an employee who is employed at piece rates, or an employee who is paid a salary and is not exempt from the overtime requirements of section 7, the total number of hours worked by the employee, including the number of hours worked per workweek, during the applicable pay period.
“(C) The total gross and net wages paid, and, in the case of an employee who is paid an hourly wage, an employee who is employed at piece rates, or an employee who is paid a salary and is not exempt from the overtime requirements of section 7, the rate of pay for each hour worked during the applicable pay period.
“(D) In the case of an employee who is paid a salary in lieu of an hourly wage, the amount of salary paid during the applicable pay period.
“(E) In the case of an employee employed at piece rates, the number of piece rate units earned, the applicable piece rates, and the total amount paid to the employee for the applicable pay period in accordance with such piece rates.
“(F) The rate of pay of the employee during the applicable pay period and an explanation of the basis for such rate.
“(G) The number of overtime hours worked by the employee during the applicable pay period and the compensation required under section 7 that is provided to the employee for such hours.
“(H) Any additional compensation provided to the employee during the applicable pay period, with an explanation of each type of compensation, including any allowances or reimbursements such as amounts related to meals, clothing, lodging, or any other item, and any cost to the employee associated with such allowance or reimbursements.
“(I) Itemized deductions from the gross income of the employee during the applicable pay period, and an explanation for each deduction.
“(J) The date that is the beginning of the applicable pay period and the date that is the end of such applicable pay period.
“(K) The name of the employer and any other name used by the employer to conduct business.
“(L) The name and phone number of a representative of the employer for contact purposes.
“(M) Any additional information that the Secretary reasonably requires to be included through notice and comment rulemaking.
“(c) Final Payments.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after an individual described in paragraph (4) terminates employment with an employer (by action of the employer or the individual), or on the date on which such employer pays other employees for the pay period during which the individual so terminates such employment, whichever date is earlier, the employer shall provide the individual with a final payment, by compensating such individual for any uncompensated hours worked or benefits incurred by the individual as an employee for the employer.
“(2) CONTINUING WAGES.—An employer who violates the requirement under paragraph (1) shall, for each day, not to exceed 30 days, of such violation provide the individual described in paragraph (4) with compensation at a rate that is equal to the regular rate of compensation to which such individual was entitled when such individual was an employee of such employer.
“(3) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), any individual described in paragraph (4) who intentionally avoids receiving a final payment described in paragraph (1), or who refuses to receive the final payment when fully tendered, resulting in the employer violating the requirement under such paragraph, shall not be entitled to the compensation provided under paragraph (2) for the time during which the individual so avoids final payment.
“(4) INDIVIDUAL.—An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who was employed by the employer, and through such employment, in any workweek, was engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or was employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.”.
SEC. 102. RIGHT TO FULL COMPENSATION.
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Right To Full Compensation.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an employment contract or other employment agreement, including a collective bargaining agreement, that specifies that an employer shall compensate an employee (who is described in paragraph (2)) at a rate that is higher than the rate provided under subsection (a), the employer shall compensate such employee at the rate specified in such contract or other employment agreement.
“(2) EMPLOYEE ENGAGED IN COMMERCE.—The requirement under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any employee who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.”.
SEC. 103. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Damages.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as amended by section 102, is further amended—
(1) in section 4(f) (29 U.S.C. 204(f)), in the third sentence—
(A) by striking “minimum”; and
(B) by striking “and liquidated damages” and inserting “damages, and interest”;
(2) in section 6(d)(3) (29 U.S.C. 206(d)(3)) by striking “minimum”;
(3) in section 16 (29 U.S.C. 216)—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking “minimum” each place it appears;
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking “and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages” and inserting “, an additional amount as damages that is equal to (subject to the second sentence of this subsection) 2 times such amount of unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation, and the amount of any interest on such unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation accrued at the prevailing rate”;
(iii) in the second sentence, by striking “wages lost and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages” and inserting “wages lost, including any unpaid wages or any unpaid overtime compensation, an additional amount as damages that is equal to 3 times the amount of such wages lost, and the amount of any interest on such wages lost accrued at the prevailing rate”;
(iv) by striking the fourth sentence; and
(v) by adding at the end the following: “Notwithstanding chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code (commonly known as the‘Federal Arbitration Act’) or any other law, the right to bring an action, including a collective action, in court under this section cannot be waived by an employee as a condition of employment or in a pre-dispute arbitration agreement.”; and
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking “minimum” each place the term appears;
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking “and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages” and inserting “, an additional amount as damages that is equal to (subject to the third sentence of this subsection) 2 times such amount of unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation, and any interest on such unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation accrued at the prevailing rate”;
(iii) in the second sentence, by striking “and an equal amount as liquidated damages.” and inserting “, an additional amount as damages that is equal to (subject to the third sentence of this subsection) 2 times such amount of unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation, and any interest on such unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation accrued at the prevailing rate. In the event that the employer violates section 15(a)(3), the Secretary may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of any wages lost, including any unpaid wages or any unpaid overtime compensation, an additional amount as damages that is equal to 3 times the amount of such wages lost, and any interest on such wages lost accrued at the prevailing rate.”; and
(iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking “or liquidated”; and
(4) in section 17 (29 U.S.C. 217), by striking “minimum”.
(b) Civil Fines.—Section 16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), any person who violates section 6 or 7, relating to wages, shall be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $2,000 per each employee affected for each initial violation of such section.
“(B) Any person who repeatedly or willfully violates section 6 or 7, relating to wages, shall be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $10,000 per each employee affected for each such violation.”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) Any person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of section 5 shall—
“(A) for the first violation of such subsection, be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $50 per each employee affected; and
“(B) for each subsequent violation of such subsection, be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $100 per each employee affected.
“(7) Any person who violates section 11(c) shall—
“(A) for the first violation, be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $1,000 per each employee affected; and
“(B) for each subsequent violation, be subject to a civil fine that is not to exceed $5,000 per each employee affected.”.
(c) Criminal Penalties.—Section 16(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking “Any person” and inserting “(1) Any person”;
(2) in the first sentence, by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$10,000 per each employee affected”;
(3) in the second sentence, by striking “No person” and inserting “Subject to paragraph (2), no person”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary shall refer any case involving a covered offender described in subparagraph (B) to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
“(B) A covered offender described in this subparagraph is an offender who willfully violates each of the following:
“(i) Section 11(c) by falsifying any records described in such section.
“(ii) Section 6 or 7, relating to wages.
“(iii) Section 15(a)(3).”.
SEC. 104. RECORDKEEPING.
Section 11(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “In the event that an employee requests an inspection of the records described in this subsection that pertain to such employee, the employer shall provide the employee with a copy of the records for a period of up to 5 years prior to such request being made. Not later than 21 days after an employee requests such an inspection, the employer shall comply with the request. In the event that an employer violates this subsection, resulting in a lack of a complete record of an employee’s hours worked or wages owed, notwithstanding whether the employer or employee is responsible for maintaining the employer’s official records, any evidence of the hours worked or wages owed set forth by the employee, including evidence of a documentary, testimonial, representative, or statistical nature, that is sufficient to establish to a finder of fact a just and reasonable inference that the employee was not fully compensated at the rate required by this Act, including under section 6(h) as applicable, for all of the work that the employee performed for the employer shall establish a rebuttable presumption that the employer violated section 6 or 7 by failing to fully compensate the employee at the required rate for all work performed by the employee for the employer and a rebuttable presumption that the evidence set forth by the employee regarding the specific number of hours worked by the employee for the employer for which the employee was not compensated and the wage rate for each of those hours is accurate. The employer may only overcome the rebuttable presumptions described in this subsection by providing clear and convincing evidence that the employee's evidence is inaccurate.”.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE PORTAL-TO-PORTAL ACT OF 1947
SEC. 201. INCREASING AND TOLLING STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 255) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a)—
(A) by striking “minimum”; and
(B) by striking “liquidated damages” and inserting “other damages”;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking “may be commenced within two years” and inserting “may be commenced within 4 years”;
(B) by striking “unless commenced within two years” and inserting “unless commenced within 4 years”; and
(C) by striking “may be commenced within three years” and inserting “may be commenced within 5 years”;
(3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(e) with respect to the running of the statutory periods of limitation for such action, the running of such statutory periods shall be deemed suspended during the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Labor notifies an employer of an initiation of an investigation or enforcement action and ending on the date on which the Secretary notifies the employer that the matter has been officially resolved by the Secretary.”.
TITLE III—WAGE THEFT PREVENTION AND WAGE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term the “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
(2) COMMUNITY PARTNER.—The term “community partner” means any stakeholder with a commitment to enforcing wage and hour laws and preventing abuses of such laws, including any—
(A) State department of labor;
(B) attorney general of a State, or other similar authorized official of a political subdivision thereof;
(C) law enforcement agency;
(D) consulate;
(E) employee or advocate of employees, including a labor organization, community and faith-based organization, business association, or nonprofit legal aid organization;
(F) academic institution that plans, coordinates, and implements programs and activities to prevent wage and hour violations and recover unpaid wages, damages, and penalties; and
(G) any municipal agency responsible for the enforcement of local wage and hour laws.
(3) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.—The term “community partnership” means a partnership between—
(A) a working group consisting of community partners; and
(B) the Department of Labor.
(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term “eligible entity” means an entity that is any of the following:
(A) A nonprofit organization, including a community-based organization, faith-based organization, or labor organization, that provides services and support to employees, including assisting such employees in recovering unpaid wages.
(B) An employer.
(C) A business association.
(D) An institution of higher education, as defined by section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
(E) A partnership between any of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
(5) EMPLOY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER.—The terms “employ”, “employee”, and “employer” have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).
(6) SECRETARY.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.
(7) STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT.—The term “strategic enforcement” means the process by which the Secretary—
(A) targets highly noncompliant industries, as identified by the Secretary, using industry-specific structures to influence, and ultimately reform, networks of interconnected employers;
(B) analyzes regulatory regimes under which specific industries operate; and
(C) modifies the enforcement approach of such regulatory regimes in order to ensure the greatest impact.
(8) WAGE AND HOUR LAW.—The term “wage and hour law” means any Federal law enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, including any provision of this Act enforced by such division.
(9) WAGE AND HOUR VIOLATION.—The term “wage and hour violation” refers to any violation of a Federal law enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, including any provision of this Act enforced by such division.
SEC. 302. WAGE THEFT PREVENTION AND WAGE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, shall provide grants to eligible entities to assist such entities in enhancing the enforcement of wage and hour laws, in accordance with this section and consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(b) Grants.—The grants provided under this section shall be designed to—
(1) support individual eligible entities in establishing and supporting the activities described in subsection (c)(1); and
(2) develop community partnerships to expand and improve cooperative efforts between enforcement agencies and members of the community to—
(A) prevent and reduce wage and hour violations; and
(B) assist employees in recovering back pay for any such violations.
(c) Use Of Funds.—
(1) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The grants described in this section shall assist eligible entities in establishing and supporting activities that include—
(A) disseminating information and conducting outreach and training to educate employees about their rights under wage and hour laws;
(B) conducting educational training for employers about their obligations under wage and hour laws;
(C) conducting orientations and trainings jointly with officials of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor;
(D) providing assistance to employees in filing claims of wage and hour violations;
(E) assisting enforcement agencies in conducting investigations, including in the collection of evidence and recovering back pay;
(F) monitoring compliance with wage and hour laws;
(G) performing joint visitations to worksites that violate wage and hour laws with officials from the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor;
(H) establishing networks for education, communication, and participation in the workplace and community;
(I) evaluating the effectiveness of programs designed to prevent wage and hour violations and enforce wage and hour laws;
(J) recruiting and hiring of staff and volunteers;
(K) production and dissemination of outreach and training materials; and
(L) any other activities as the Secretary may reasonably prescribe through notice and comment rulemaking.
(2) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an eligible entity receiving a grant under this section may not use the grant funds for any purpose reasonably prohibited by the Secretary through notice and comment rulemaking.
(d) Term Of Grants.—Each grant made under this section shall be available for expenditure for a period that is not to exceed 3 years.
(e) Applications.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application for such grant to the Secretary in accordance with this subsection.
(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—In the case of an eligible entity that is a partnership described in section 301(4)(E), the eligible entity may submit a joint application that designates a single entity as the lead entity for purposes of receiving and disbursing funds.
(3) CONTENTS.—An application under this subsection shall include—
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(f) Selection.—
(1) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall, on a competitive basis, select grant recipients from among qualified eligible entities that have submitted an application under subsection (e).
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that—
(A) serve employees in any industry or geographic area that is most highly at risk for noncompliance with wage and hour violations, as identified by the Secretary; and
(B) demonstrate past and ongoing work to prevent wage and hour violations or to recover unpaid wages.
(3) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting grant recipients under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall also consider—
(A) the prevalence of ongoing community support for each eligible entity, including financial and other contributions; and
(B) the eligible entity's past and ongoing partnerships with other organizations.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after receiving a grant under this section, the grant recipient shall negotiate and finalize with the Administrator a memorandum of understanding that sets forth specific goals, objectives, strategies, and activities that will be carried out under the grant by such recipient through a community partnership.
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(3) REVISIONS.—The memorandum of understanding under this subsection shall be reviewed and revised by the grant recipient and the Administrator each year of the duration of the grant.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each grant recipient under this section shall develop procedures for reporting, monitoring, measuring, and evaluating the activities of each program or project funded under this section.
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(j) Use Of Components.—The Secretary may use any division or agency of the Department of Labor in carrying out this Act.
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(a) In General.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to identify successful programs carried out by grants under section 302, and the elements, policies, or procedures of such programs that can be replicated by other programs carried out by grants under such section.
(b) Report.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Secretary and Congress containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c) Use Of Information.—The Secretary shall use information contained in the report submitted under subsection (b)—
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SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2020, to remain available until expended, to carry out the grant program under section 302.
TITLE IV—REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE
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The amendments made by titles I and II shall take effect on the date that is the earlier of—
(1) the date that is 6 months after the date on which the final regulations are promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under section 401; and
(2) the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
To help save lives and prevent overdose deaths, take-home naloxone kits are now available at community pharmacies throughout British Columbia, free to people who use opioids or are likely to witness an overdose, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Judy Darcy announced today.
“Our most urgent priority is to keep people alive, so we’re dramatically expanding easy access to naloxone,” Darcy said. “Bringing a friend or a loved one back from the brink of death can hinge on people knowing how to use a naloxone kit and having access to one – and making them available at local pharmacies makes them more accessible than ever.”
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017MMHA0010-002086
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is a city in the southwest of Galicia, the southernmost population of the province of Pontevedra (Spain).
Geography
Communicates with Portugal by the natural boundary of the Minho River to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and with the city of El Rosal in the north. It is accessible by road from Tuy PO-552 and from Bayonne, and from Caminha ferry. It is located 50 km from Vigo and Santiago de Compostela 120.
The altitude at sea level does not prevent the Monte Santa Tecla and Mount Earthy rise to 314 m and 350 m respectively, allowing excellent views, especially from Mount Santa Tecla where you can enjoy the mouth of the Minho River, Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of Portugal and Galicia.
Beaches
Due to its geographical location and the confluence of the River Minho and the Atlantic Ocean, presents a wealth of beaches. Include O Muiño beaches, located at the mouth of the Rio Minho, and after leaf, which is the continuation of this, by duality water. When the tide they are salt water, and when low, freshwater, so you can enjoy the benefits of both, although its opening to the ocean becomes significantly colder. These beaches are usually sports like swimming, skimboarding and kitesurfing among others. Apart from these there are other beaches as Fedorento large area or which are only salt water.
History
The history of the town of La Guardia is largely conditioned by its privileged geographic location. Strategic place with abundant natural resources ideal for human settlement and political friction between states.
The early history of La Guardia begins with the first human remains found in the area. Specifically were in different terraces that form the Minho river valley where, on the 10000 to. C., began to settle small groups of primitive men, on the slopes of Monte key that reaches the river. Hominids were expanded through the valley and the nearby coast, areas favorable for subsistence.
The next chapter was in Neolithic times, between 5000 to. C. and 2000 a. C., which is found in various places an improvement of the stone industry. The most characteristic feature of this period are the petroglyphs, carved on the stones with schematic drawings with valuable documentary about the life of this period.
Between 2000 and 1000 a. C. we find the bronze culture in which this mineral is manipulated to make, after appropriate casting, a wide range of objects. In these years also date the first contact by sea with Mediterranean cultures, first the Phoenicians and then Greeks.
During the first millennium BC consolidated the Iron Age would determinant manifestation military culture. No doubt, this was the period of greatest splendor in the history of La Guardia and give it plenty of debris samples, especially in the abundance of forts: Santa Tecla, A Forca, O Castro and A Bandeira. Among them is the first cited, dating from the first century. C. to the first century, located near the top of the mountain, is one of the most significant of the Galician-Roman Culture of Galicia.
The culture of the forts was diluted with increasing Romanization. Residents were leaving and the beginning to settle in the valleys to farm. From Roman remains found in the center of the population, in the place of Saa, in O Castro and paint. Then came the V century conquest of the Swabians that would prolong the Roman welfare.
In the early Middle Ages by the Bajo Minho Christian religious communities settled in various monasteries, with the first contingent administrative concerning the bishop of Tuy. In times of reconquest and repopulation after several, the monarch Alfonso II granted the hunting ground of the mouth of the Minho to Count de Sotomayor.
From the twelfth century, La Guardia was under the shelter of the Cistercian monks who were placed in Oya. Among his papers is given a good account of the thriving commercial life that had the town. A period that will be the urban layout similar to other seaside towns like Bayonne or Noya Galicia, with a triangle-shaped walls, with one side towards the sea and the vertex opposite the church. In late medieval parish church expands to accommodate population growth.
The demographic issue will be decisive in the sixteenth century with the arrival of several pandemics that cause a loss in population. Licensed by Philip II, the Sotomayor promote a convent of Benedictine religious community independent of the parent company of San Paio of Antealtatres de Compostela.
The seventeenth century will be crucial for the history of La Guardia due to pressures arising warring of the Thirty Years War. They built the Castle of Santa Cruz, a garrison conquered by the Portuguese in 1665. With the win La Guardia belonged to the Kingdom of Portugal for three years. From that time also is a small fort located on a small island in the mouth of the harbor, a construction that was called Atalaya, protagonist of the shield element of the villa.
Português
O Português que irão ler abaixo foi traduzido a partir do tradutor do google.
é uma cidade no sudoeste da Galiza, a população sul da província de Pontevedra (Espanha).
Geografia
Comunica-se com Portugal pela fronteira natural do rio Minho para o sudeste, o Oceano Atlântico a oeste e com a cidade de El Rosal, no norte. É acessível por estrada a partir de Tuy PO-552 e de Bayonne e do ferry Caminha. Ele está localizado a 50 km de Vigo e Santiago de Compostela 120.
A altitude ao nível do mar não impede que o Monte Santa Tecla e Monte aumento Earthy a 314 m e 350 m, respectivamente, permitindo excelentes vistas, especialmente do Monte de Santa Tecla, onde pode desfrutar da foz do rio Minho, Oceano Atlântico e as montanhas de Portugal e da Galiza.
Praias
Devido à sua localização geográfica e da confluência do rio Minho e do Oceano Atlântico, apresenta uma riqueza de praias. Incluem praias O Muino, localizado na foz do Rio Minho, e depois de folha, que é a continuação desta, pela água dualidade. Quando a maré são de água salgada, e quando baixa, de água doce, para que você possa desfrutar dos benefícios de ambos, embora a sua abertura para o oceano torna-se significativamente mais frio. Estas praias são geralmente esportes como natação, skimboard e kitesurf entre outros. Para além destes, existem outras praias como Fedorento grande área ou que estejam apenas água salgada.
História
A história da cidade de La Guardia é em grande parte condicionada pela sua localização geográfica privilegiada. Lugar estratégico com abundantes recursos naturais ideais para assentamentos humanos e atrito político entre os Estados.
O início da história de La Guardia começa com os restos humanos encontrados primeiro na área. Especificamente estavam em diferentes terraços que formam o rio Minho vale onde, no 10000 a. C., começou a instalar pequenos grupos de homens primitivos, nas encostas do Monte chave que chega ao rio. Os hominídeos foram ampliados através do vale e da costa perto, áreas favoráveis para a subsistência.
O capítulo seguinte foi no período neolítico, entre 5000 a. C. e 2000 a. C., que é encontrado em vários locais de uma melhoria da indústria da pedra. O traço mais característico deste período são as pinturas rupestres, esculpidas nas pedras com desenhos esquemáticos com documentário valiosas sobre a vida deste período.
Entre 2000 e 1000 a. C. encontramos a cultura de bronze em que o mineral é manipulado para fazer, após a moldagem adequada, uma vasta gama de objectos. Nestes anos também data do primeiro contato por mar com as culturas do Mediterrâneo, primeiro os fenícios e gregos, em seguida.
Durante o primeiro milênio aC consolidou a cultura da Idade do Ferro seria manifestação determinante militar. Sem dúvida, este foi o período de maior esplendor na história de La Guardia e dar-lhe a abundância de amostras de detritos, principalmente na abundância de fortes: Santa Tecla, A Forca, O Castro e A Bandeira. Entre eles está o primeiro citado, que data do primeiro século. C. ao primeiro século, localizado no topo da montanha, é um dos mais significativos da cultura galaico-romana de Galiza.
A cultura dos fortes foi diluída com Romanization crescente. Moradores estavam saindo eo início de resolver nos vales para a fazenda. De Roman permanece encontrada no centro da população, no lugar de Saa, em O Castro e pintura. Depois veio a conquista do século V dos suevos que prolongar o bem-estar romano.
No início da Idade Média por parte das comunidades religiosas cristãs Bajo Minho estabeleceram em vários mosteiros, com o primeiro contingente administrativo sobre o bispo de Tuy. Em tempos de reconquista e repovoamento depois de vários, o monarca Alfonso II concedeu o terreno de caça da boca do Minho ao Conde de Sotomayor.
A partir do século XII, La Guardia estava sob o abrigo dos monges cistercienses que foram colocados em Oya. Entre seus papéis é dado boa conta de a vida próspera comercial que teve a cidade. Um período que será o traçado urbano semelhante a outras cidades do litoral, como Bayonne ou Galiza Noya, com paredes em forma de triângulo, com um lado para o mar e o oposto vértice da igreja. Na paróquia medieval igreja se expande para acomodar o crescimento populacional.
A questão demográfica será decisivo no século XVI, com a chegada de várias pandemias que causam uma perda de população. Licenciado por Filipe II, o Sotomayor promover um convento de comunidade religiosa beneditina independente da empresa-mãe de São Paio de Antealtatres de Compostela.
O século XVII será crucial para a história de La Guardia, devido a pressões decorrentes beligerantes da Guerra dos Trinta Anos. Eles construíram o Castelo de Santa Cruz, uma guarnição conquistada pelos Português em 1665. Com a vitória de La Guardia pertencia ao Reino de Portugal por três anos. A partir desse momento, também é um pequeno forte situado em uma pequena ilha na entrada do porto, uma construção que foi chamado de Atalaya, protagonista do elemento protetor da vila.
An image from the Prevent Breast Cancer Choir Concert, held on 11 December 2022, at Manchester Cathedral, Greater Manchester. (Photo by Matt Wilkinson/Wilkinson Photography)
From the GBF 2011 panel session Promoting Wellness & Preventing Obesity: Public & Private Partnership
History
Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty
Great Wall of the Han Dynasty
Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
Map of the whole wall constructions
The Chinese were already familiar with the techniques of wall-building by the time of the Spring and Autumn Period, which began around the 8th century BC. During the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to 221 BC, the states of Qi, Yan and Zhao all constructed extensive fortifications to defend their own borders. Built to withstand the attack of small arms such as swords and spears, these walls were made mostly by stamping earth and gravel between board frames. Qin Shi Huang conquered all opposing states and unified China in 221 BC, establishing the Qin Dynasty. Intending to impose centralized rule and prevent the resurgence of feudal lords, he ordered the destruction of the wall sections that divided his empire along the former state borders. To protect the empire against intrusions by the Xiongnu people from the north, he ordered the building of a new wall to connect the remaining fortifications along the empire's new northern frontier. Transporting the large quantity of materials required for construction was difficult, so builders always tried to use local resources. Stones from the mountains were used over mountain ranges, while rammed earth was used for construction in the plains. There are no surviving historical records indicating the exact length and course of the Qin Dynasty walls. Most of the ancient walls have eroded away over the centuries, and very few sections remain today. Later, the Han, Sui, Northern and Jin dynasties all repaired, rebuilt, or expanded sections of the Great Wall at great cost to defend themselves against northern invaders.
The Great Wall concept was revived again during the Ming Dynasty following the Ming army's defeat by the Oirats in the Battle of Tumu in 1449. The Ming had failed to gain a clear upper-hand over the Manchurian and Mongolian tribes after successive battles, and the long-drawn conflict was taking a toll on the empire. The Ming adopted a new strategy to keep the nomadic tribes out by constructing walls along the northern border of China. Acknowledging the Mongol control established in the Ordos Desert, the wall followed the desert's southern edge instead of incorporating the bend of the Huang He.
Photograph of the Great Wall in 1907
Unlike the earlier Qin fortifications, the Ming construction was stronger and more elaborate due to the use of bricks and stone instead of rammed earth. As Mongol raids continued periodically over the years, the Ming devoted considerable resources to repair and reinforce the walls. Sections near the Ming capital of Beijing were especially strong.[7]
During 1440s-1460s, the Ming also built a so-called "Liaodong Wall". Similar in function to the Great Wall (whose extension it, in a sense, was), but more basic in construction, the Liaodong Wall enclosed the agricultural heartland of the Liaodong province, protecting it potential incursions by Jurched-Mongol Oriyanghan from the northwest and the Jianzhou Jurchens from the north. While stones and tiles were used in some parts of the Liaodong Wall, most of it was in fact simply an earth dike with moats on both sides.[8]
Towards the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall helped defend the empire against the Manchu invasions that began around 1600. Under the military command of Yuan Chonghuan, the Ming army held off the Manchus at the heavily fortified Shanhaiguan pass, preventing the Manchus from entering the Chinese heartland. The Manchus were finally able to cross the Great Wall in 1644, when the gates at Shanhaiguan were opened by Wu Sangui, a Ming border general who disliked the activities of rulers of the Shun Dynasty. The Manchus quickly seized Beijing, and defeated the newly founded Shun Dynasty and remaining Ming resistance, to establish the Qing Dynasty.
Under Qing rule, China's borders extended beyond the walls and Mongolia was annexed into the empire, so construction and repairs on the Great Wall were discontinued.
Notable areas
An area of the sections of the Great Wall at Jinshanling
The following three sections are in Beijing municipality, which were renovated and which are regularly visited by modern tourists today.
* "North Pass" of Juyongguan pass, known as the Badaling. When used by the Chinese to protect their land, this section of the wall has had many guards to defend China’s capital Beijing. Made of stone and bricks from the hills, this portion of the Great Wall is 7.8 meters (25.6 ft) high and 5 meters (16.4 ft) wide.
* "West Pass" of Jiayuguan (pass). This fort is near the western edges of the Great Wall.
* "Pass" of Shanhaiguan. This fort is near the eastern edges of the Great Wall.
* One of the most striking sections of the Ming Great Wall is where it climbs extremely steep slopes. It runs 11 kilometers (7 mi) long, ranges from 5 to 8 meters (16–26 ft) in height, and 6 meters (19.7 ft) across the bottom, narrowing up to 5 meters (16.4 ft) across the top. Wangjinglou is one of Jinshanling's 67 watchtowers, 980 meters (3,215 ft) above sea level.
* South East of Jinshanling, is the Mutianyu Great Wall which winds along lofty, cragged mountains from the southeast to the northwest for approximately 2.25 kilometers (about 1.3 miles). It is connected with Juyongguan Pass to the west and Gubeikou to the east.
* 25 km west of the Liao Tian Ling stands of part of Great wall which is only 2~3 stories high. According to the records of Lin Tian, the wall was not only extremely short compared to others, but it appears to be silver. Archeologists explain that the wall appears to be silver because the stone they used were from Shan Xi, where many mines are found. The stone contains extremely high metal in it causing it to appear silver. However, due to years of decay of the Great Wall, it is hard to see the silver part of the wall today.
Another notable section lies near the eastern extremity of the wall, where the first pass of the Great Wall was built on the Shanhaiguan (known as the “Number One Pass Under Heaven”), the first mountain the Great Wall climbs. Jia Shan is also here, as is the Jiumenkou, which is the only portion of the wall that was built as a bridge. Shanhaiguan Great Wall is called the “Museum of the Construction of the Great Wall”, because of the Meng Jiang-Nu Temple, built during the Song Dynasty.
Characteristics
The Great Wall on an 1805 map
Before the use of bricks, the Great Wall was mainly built from Earth or Taipa, stones, and wood.
During the Ming Dynasty, however, bricks were heavily used in many areas of the wall, as were materials such as tiles, lime, and stone. The size and weight of the bricks made them easier to work with than earth and stone, so construction quickened. Additionally, bricks could bear more weight and endure better than rammed earth. Stone can hold under its own weight better than brick, but is more difficult to use. Consequently, stones cut in rectangular shapes were used for the foundation, inner and outer brims, and gateways of the wall. Battlements line the uppermost portion of the vast majority of the wall, with defensive gaps a little over 30 cm (one foot) tall, and about 23 cm (9 inches) wide.
Condition
The Great Wall at Mutianyu, near Beijing
The Great Wall in fog
While some portions north of Beijing and near tourist centers have been preserved and even reconstructed, in many locations the Wall is in disrepair. Those parts might serve as a village playground or a source of stones to rebuild houses and roads.[9] Sections of the Wall are also prone to graffiti and vandalism. Parts have been destroyed because the Wall is in the way of construction.[10] No comprehensive survey of the wall has been carried out, so it is not possible to say how much of it survives, especially in remote areas. Intact or repaired portions of the Wall near developed tourist areas are often frequented by sellers of tourist kitsch.
More than 60 kilometres (37 mi) of the wall in Gansu province may disappear in the next 20 years, due to erosion from sandstorms. In places, the height of the wall has been reduced from more than five meters (16.4 ft) to less than two meters. The square lookout towers that characterize the most famous images of the wall have disappeared completely. Many western sections of the wall are constructed from mud, rather than brick and stone, and thus are more susceptible to erosion.[11]
Stakeholders such as Colorado Forest Restoration Institute Director Tony Cheng, PhD. talks with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Senator Cory Gardner during a briefing about the preventative fuel management and prescribed fire treatments that have been completed to protect this mountain community of Empire, Co., and its water supply, on June 19, 2020.
Dr. Cheng is a professor in the Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship at and is Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University.
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Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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In the closed position before a person hits it.
A short selection of photos showing a device that could be fitted on large vehicles to stop people going under the front wheels of a bus or lorry.
An idea from the mid 1930s
When hit by a person, the spring device releases a guard that stops the victim been taken under the wheels, although the person is pushed for a few feet until the bus stops and there will be injuries, it prevents the body from any crushing.
In 1930 the official figures show that 1,685 children under 14 years of age were killed on British roads, had this invention been in use it might have been less.
Lightweight and feminine, these sweet little paisley-shaped lace appliques dangle from ball-end ear wires. The colors shown in this listing are just examples--they will be dyed to the color of your choosing and are made to order (see below for details).
The paisley appliques measure approximately 1½" long and ¾" wide. The ear wires are attached so that the appliques are mirror images of each other. They are heat treated to protect the dye color, and a special fabric paint medium is applied to give the lace a little bit of stability and prevent fraying.
❀ YOU CHOOSE THE COLOR ❀
You may choose any of the colors listed below; the last photo is an example of some of the colors you may choose. You may also choose between silver plated, gold plated, or brass ball-end ear wires. If you need a particular color which is not listed I can still mix it for you--just let me know the specific hue (if you are trying to match the lace to an item of clothing, I am happy to work with you). Colors are listed as "medium" tone, but if you prefer a lighter or darker tone please specify as much in your buyer's note. Any color may be accented with metallic silver, gold, or copper, or iridescent paint medium if desired. (Note: There are some finished pairs for sale in my shop; check the section entitled Lace Jewelry to see if your preferred color is already listed separately.)
LACE COLORS:
❀ Gold Metallic
❀ Silver Metallic
❀ Pewter Metalllic [shown in photo #2]
❀ Copper Metallic
❀ White
❀ Black
❀ Grey
❀ Nude
❀ Coffee Brown
❀ Cherry Red
❀ Burgundy [shown in photo #3]
❀ Pink
❀ Salmon [shown in photo #1]
❀ Peach [shown in photo #4]
❀ Purple
❀ Lavender
❀ Wine
❀ Baby Blue
❀ Teal
❀ Forest Green
...and more :)
EAR WIRE METAL COLOR:
✿ Gold Plated
✿ Silver Plated
✿ Antiqued Brass
We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
With increased wildfire activity and continued hot and dry conditions the week of July 30, 2018, British Columbians were encouraged to do everything they could to prevent new wildfires and support the work of the BC Wildfire Service. Firefighting crews were working hard to contain the Snowy Mountain wildfire, located about 14 kilometres south of Keremeos.
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Preventing your hair blowing around by tieing it up with helium balloons whilst enjoying your icecream?
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Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Blue Ribbon Reception. April 13, 2009. Berry Hill Mansion, Frankfort KY.
Preventing accidents is key as people return home to villages which, until recently, were active battles zones.
To teach children and parents how to identify and protect themselves against explosive hazards, the EU supports mine risk education across Syria: medium.com/protection-and-aid/assisting-the-victims-of-sy...
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Ca. 1952
No. 4; Maintain the excrement and urine ditches and prevent the breeding of the five evils
(si); Chuli gouqu fenbian, fangzhi wudu zisheng (（四）；處理溝渠糞便，防止五毒孳生。)
Call nr.: PC-1951-014 (Private collection)
Published by: Fujian Province Association for the Popularisation of Science and Technology, Fujian Province People's Science Academy (Fujian sheng kexue jishu puji xiehui, Fujian xing renmin kexueguan - 福建省科學技術普及協會, 福建省人民科學館 )
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Preventing plastic waste, reducing emissions and creating clean-tech jobs are just a few benefits of the 14 new projects under the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund, as well as a boost of more than double the previous funding for further projects. Minister George Heyman, Minister Selina Robinson, Minister Jagrup Brar, and Parliamentary Secretary Aman Singh tour Vitacore Industries Inc.
One of the most beautiful and historical places in Vienna.
It is - and they all agree - one of the most beautiful places in Vienna. The ostracism of the unique Baroque ensemble through a wall would have been the equivalent of blemishing Vienna. The fact that this was prevented at the last minute means that two of the city's most historic palaces have been saved: the present Federal Chancellery, where Prince Metternich resided, and the Presidential Chancellery, where Maria Theresa lived and died.
Palais Metternich
The presidential chancellery with the address Ballhaus square No. 1 is part of the Hofburg, while the chancellery on No. 2 is an independent building that was once called Palais Metternich. The offices of the Federal President were built by Emperor Leopold I from 1660 - which is why this part of the Hofburg is still called Leopoldinischer Trakt (Leopoldinian Wing) today. The Emperor could not enjoy his new residence for long, as it burned down to its foundations just two years after its completion. His granddaughter Maria Theresia moved after her accession to the now rebuilt building, which became a symbol of the power of the house Habsburg.
The Vienna Congress
The chancellery opposite was built exactly 300 years ago by architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Here ruled Maria Theresa's most important adviser, Prince Kaunitz, and then the powerful State Chancellor Metternich, in whose reign the Ballhaus square as "Privy State Chancellery" flourished, especially by the "Congress of Vienna", where the statesmen and diplomats from 200 states and regions participated. The Ballhausplatz got its name for the first time in the year 1786, because at that time between Hofburg and Staatskanzlei a "ball house" stood, in which however was not danced, but badminton was played. The square was renamed several times - in 1848 at short notice to the Revolution Square - before it in 1906 definitely became Ballhausplatz. In the monarchy Ballhausplatz 2 was mainly the seat of the k. k. Foreign Ministry. In the nearby Leopoldinian Wing, today's presidential chancellery, Emperor Franz Joseph had set up the living quarters of his parents.
The Dollfuss murder
Since 1923, the address Ballhausplatz 2 is the seat of the Federal Chancellor. As absurd as a wall planned in 2017 would have been, 83 years ago it might have saved the life of then Prime Minister Dollfuss. We write July 25, 1934, when at 12.50 pm around 150 illegal National Socialists, who disguised themselves as soldiers of the Austrian army, drive unhindered by lorries into the courtyard of the Federal Chancellery. The big gate of the seat of government is wide open, because in these minutes the changing of the guard of the personal protection should take place. The putschists can pass unhindered, some rush to the first floor, where they meet Engelbert Dollfuss in Marble corner salon and shoot him.
While the Federal Chancellery was largely destroyed in the last days of World War II, the presidential chancellery was spared bomb damage as one of the few palaces in the center of Vienna. Even the Austrian Federal Presidents had resided until 1938 in the Palais Metternich, the chancellery. But when Karl Renner became the first head of state of the Second Republic, he wanted to consciously create a spatial separation from the government and decided in favor of the Leopoldinian tract with the address Ballhausplatz 1.
Sisis living spaces
On No. 2 ruled after the war the legendary chancellors Leopold Figl and Julius Raab. Right next to the presidential office is the 1581 completed Amalia residence of the Hofburg, which once inhabited Empress Sisi. Today, the office of former Federal President Fischer, the relief operation "Artists help artists" and several departments of the Federal Chancellery are housed here. Offices of the Ministry of the Interior are located secluded in a plain new building in the background. The offices of the head of state and head of government are connected by an underground corridor, the existence of which the population only found out in February 2000, as Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and his government on this path to the swearing-in to Federal President Klestil strode, because up on the Ballhauslatz many people demonstrated against "black and blue". More people had gathered at the Ballhausplatz in 1972, when Karl Schranz stood on the balcony of the Chancellor's Office (see picture below) and was cheered on by thousands of Viennese, after being excluded from the Winter Olympics in Sapporo by IOC President Avery Brundage.
In the Kreisky room
I myself got to know Ballhausplatz a few years later when I was just 29 years old. I owe this early meeting to Bruno Kreisky, who was not unjustly called the "Chancellor of the Journalists" and who received us in his offices at any time without any problems. I remember once chatting in his wood-paneled office about his ambivalent attitude towards Prince Metternich, whom he admired for his diplomatic skills but whose police-official methods he disapproved of.
Solution without a wall
A wall around "his" chancellery would probably have refused Kreisky. Even if the security problem has changed a lot since then, there will be a solution without a wall for the Ballhausplatz, which would have spoiled a whole neighborhood.
Einer der schönsten und geschichtsträchtigsten Plätze Wiens.
Er ist – und darin sind sich alle einig – einer der schönsten Plätze Wiens. Die Verschandelung des einzigartigen Barockensembles durch eine Mauer wäre einer Verunstaltung Wiens gleichgekommen. Dass diese in letzter Minute verhindert wurde, bedeutet, dass zwei der geschichtsträchtigsten Paläste dieser Stadt gerettet sind: das heutige Bundeskanzleramt, in dem der Fürst Metternich residierte, und die Präsidentschaftskanzlei, in deren Räumen Maria Theresia lebte und starb.
Palais Metternich
Die Präsidentschaftskanzlei mit der Adresse Ballhausplatz Nr. 1 ist Teil der Hofburg, das Kanzleramt auf Nr. 2 hingegen ein eigenständiges Gebäude, das einst Palais Metternich genannt wurde. Die Amtsräume des Bundespräsidenten ließ Kaiser Leopold I. ab 1660 errichten – weshalb dieser Teil der Hofburg heute noch Leopoldinischer Trakt heißt. Der Kaiser konnte sich seiner neuen Residenz nicht lange erfreuen, da sie schon zwei Jahre nach ihrer Fertigstellung bis auf die Grundmauern abbrannte. Seine Enkelin Maria Theresia bezog nach ihrer Thronbesteigung das inzwischen wieder aufgebaute Gebäude, das mit ihr zum Symbol der Macht des Hauses Habsburg wurde.
Der Wiener Kongress
Das gegenüberliegende Kanzleramt wurde vor genau 300 Jahren vom Architekten Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt gebaut. Hier regierten Maria Theresias wichtigster Berater, Fürst Kaunitz, und danach der mächtige Staatskanzler Metternich, in dessen Regierungsperiode der Ballhausplatz als "Geheime Staatskanzlei" seine Blütezeit erlebte, vor allem durch den "Wiener Kongress", an dem Staatsmänner und Diplomaten aus 200 Staaten und Regionen teilnahmen.Der Ballhausplatz erhielt seinen Namen erstmals im Jahr 1786, weil damals zwischen Hofburg und Staatskanzlei ein "Ballhaus" stand, in dem aber nicht getanzt, sondern Federball gespielt wurde. Der Platz wurde mehrmals umbenannt – 1848 kurzfristig zum Revolutionsplatz – ehe er 1906 definitiv zum Ballhausplatz wurde.In der Monarchie war der Ballhausplatz 2 vor allem Sitz des k. k. Außenministeriums. Im vis-à-vis gelegenen Leopoldinischen Trakt, der heutigen Präsidentschaftskanzlei, hatte Kaiser Franz Joseph die Wohnräumlichkeiten seiner Eltern eingerichtet.
Der Dollfuß-Mord
Seit 1923 ist die Adresse Ballhausplatz 2 der Sitz des Bundeskanzlers. So absurd eine im Jahr 2017 geplante Mauer wäre, hätte sie vor 83 Jahren möglicherweise das Leben des damaligen Regierungschefs Dollfuß gerettet. Wir schreiben den 25. Juli 1934, als um 12.50 Uhr rund 150 illegale Nationalsozialisten, die sich als Soldaten des österreichischen Bundesheeres verkleidet haben, ungehindert mit Lastautos in den Hof des Bundeskanzleramtes fahren. Das große Tor des Regierungssitzes ist weit geöffnet, weil in diesen Minuten die Wachablöse des Personenschutzes stattfinden soll. Die Putschisten können ungehindert passieren, einige stürmen in den ersten Stock, wo sie Engelbert Dollfuß im Marmorecksalon antreffen und erschießen.
Während das Bundeskanzleramt in den letzten Tagen des Zweiten Weltkriegs weitgehend zerstört wurde, blieb die Präsidentschaftskanzlei als eines der wenigen Palais der Wiener Innenstadt von Bombenschäden verschont. Auch die österreichischen Bundespräsidenten hatten bis 1938 im Palais Metternich, dem Kanzleramt, residiert. Als aber Karl Renner als erstes Staatsoberhaupt der Zweiten Republik angelobt wurde, wollte er bewusst eine räumliche Trennung zur Regierung schaffen und entschied sich für den Leopoldinischen Trakt mit der Adresse Ballhausplatz 1.
Sisis Wohnräume
Auf Nr. 2 regierten nach dem Krieg die legendären Kanzler Leopold Figl und Julius Raab. Direkt neben der Präsidentschaftskanzlei steht der 1581 fertiggestellte Amalientrakt der Hofburg, den einst Kaiserin Sisi bewohnte. Heute sind hier das Büro von Altbundespräsident Fischer, die Hilfsaktion "Künstler helfen Künstlern" und mehrere Abteilungen des Bundeskanzleramtes untergebracht. In einem etwas abseits gelegenen schmucklosen Neubau im Hintergrund befinden sich Büros des Innenministeriums.Die Amtssitze des Staatsoberhaupts und des Regierungschefs sind durch einen unterirdischen Gang verbunden, von dessen Existenz die Bevölkerung erst im Februar 2000 erfuhr, als Bundeskanzler Wolfgang Schüssel mit seiner Regierung auf diesem Weg zur Angelobung zu Bundespräsident Klestil schritt, weil oben auf dem Ballhauslatz viele Menschen gegen "Schwarz-Blau" demonstrierten. Noch mehr Menschen hatten sich im Jahr 1972 auf dem Ballhausplatz versammelt, als Karl Schranz am Balkon des Kanzleramtes (siehe Bild unten) stand und von Tausenden Wienern bejubelt wurde, nachdem er durch IOC-Präsident Avery Brundage von den Olympischen Winterspielen in Sapporo ausgeschlossen worden war.
Im Kreisky-Zimmer
Ich selbst lernte den Ballhausplatz einige Jahre später kennen, als ich gerade 29 Jahre alt war. Zu verdanken habe ich diese frühe Begegnung Bruno Kreisky, der nicht zu Unrecht "Journalistenkanzler" genannt wurde und unsereins jederzeit problemlos in seinen Amtsräumen empfing. Ich erinnere mich, wie er einmal in seinem holzgetäfelten Büro über seine ambivalente Haltung gegenüber dem Fürsten Metternich plauderte, den er ob seines diplomatischen Geschicks bewunderte, dessen polizeistaatlichen Methoden er jedoch missbilligte.
Lösung ohne Mauer
Eine Mauer um "sein" Kanzleramt hätte Kreisky wohl abgelehnt. Auch wenn sich die Sicherheitsproblematik seit damals stark verändert hat, wird es auch für den Ballhausplatz eine Lösung ohne Mauer geben, die ein ganzes Stadtviertel verschandelt hätte.
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Shot of my friend's 1972 BMW 2002. We went out to the Emeryville Marina and waited for people to leave the grass. He drove his car through the small space between the posts that are supposed to prevent cars from going through them. This is my favorite from the set. This is the original image without any editing done to it.
Let me clear something up very simple for those of you who aren’t familiar with this particular model of BMW. This is BMW 2002, not a 2002 BMW. This car is a 1972 BMW 2002, meaning it was made in 1972 and the model of the car is called “2002.”
This is known as the E30 chassis and those familiar with BMW’s and the various chassises can tell you that the E30, ran early-mid 70’s, was when the first M3 came into the car world. Back to the 2002, this car ran production from 1968-1976 and came standard with an 2 liter inline 4 cylinder engine, which is now commonly found on newer and modern rally cars as such as Mitsubishu Evolutions and Subaru WRXs and STIs. This particular BMW 2002 is a base-model and produces 108 horsepower, which makes it considerably underpowered next to it’s two more studly brothers, the 2002ti (130 horsepower) and the 2002 Turbo (170 horsepower).
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The Boeing Company finally fired its CEO Dennis Muilenburg on 2019-12-23. The firing is without doubt nine months too late.
The Boeing 737 Max MCAS scandal has shattered the public's confidence on Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and exacerbated overall distrust on big corporations and governments alike.
Covering the mouth (the Boeing "cover-up") of the photo of Dennis Muilenburg is an official Boeing seatbelt keychain that I bought when I visited Boeing's assembly plant in Everett (Seattle) in 2013.
Former President of Kosovo, Ms Atifete Jahjaga at the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) event in London, 13 March 2017.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - When significant structural damage from a non-injury vehicle collision threatened to displace residents of a two story apartment building in the 800 block of East 79th Street, crews from the Los Angeles Fire Department - including an LAFD Urban Search and Rescue unit, quickly swung into action on September 3, 2016. Stabilizing the building to the satisfaction of an on-site Inspector from the City's Department of Building & Safety, the LAFD effort allowed the occupants of 4 apartment units to safely remain in their homes throughout the long holiday weekend, until permanent repairs could be made.
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