have you read the equality commission submission? no.ly must read this because these are extremely sensitive issues, and i would expect a report of this sort from the equality commission to be considered by the minister making the decision ultimately, so that she can make a informed determination on this issue. so this is not a ministerial decision. well... this was a recruitment campaign by border force. minister, you're in charge of your department. absolutely, but you just said that before, a minister made the decision and it was not a ministerial decision. if your officials are doing this kind of thing without your knowledge, i would suggest you go back to officials and ask the basis on which they are making their decision. the questioning moved on to checks currently being made to ensure goods were not being smuggled across the border. over £50 million worth stolen from the treasury last year in northern ireland in diesel alone. i would be alarmed... so i was merely reflecting upon the checks that you might see on the m27 motorway i

we would rather it had not come to this but the equality commission has pushed for an interpretation the equality commission said this was not about putting faith itself on trial. the equality commission is not trying to do other than say this is settled law. there is no mission creep. no one is trying to say that christians or anyone who has a strongly held religious or political views should not hold those views. the difference is when you begin to trade or offer services, you need to be subject to adequately struck laws of the land. those laws are now being considered by five supreme courtjudges sitting in the royal courts ofjustice courtjudges sitting in the royal courts of justice in courtjudges sitting in the royal courts ofjustice in belfast. it is the first time the supreme court has come to northern ireland in its nine—year history. they will be hearing the arguments over the next two days but a judgment is not expected for a few months yet. the duke and duchess of cambridge have formally registered the birth of prince louis. the duke of cambridge signed the birth register at

we would rather it had not come to this, but the equality commission has pushed for an interpretatione more equal than others. conscience. they think some people are more equalthan others. some christians have said their right to express their faith is on trial but those on the other side of the legal argument insist it is not happening. there is no mission creep here, no one is saying christians or anyone with a strongly held religious or political view should not hold them. the difference is when you trade, you need to be subject to adequate laws of the land. the laws are being discussed and debated at the supreme court which is sitting in northern ireland for the first time. the lawyers for the bakers have argued they turned it down because of the slogan not because he was gay. the difficulty was the content on the cake, not a characteristic of the?. the family who run the bakery never thought they would be at the centre of such a touchstone case —— characteristic of the customer. it has generated passion is far beyond their home city. chris page is in belfast. bring us up to date.

. >> reporter: the equal opportunity commission administers the law. and the woman who feels she has been wronged either in getting the job or getting a promotion can go to the eeoc and expect results. leah rosenfeld is 60. she has 12 children and is divorced. she went to the mission for help in 1966. the southern pacific railroad has refused for the fourth time to promote him -- her from clerk to station agent. the reason was california law said women cannot work overtime if -- that was discrimination. 16 months ago, a fertile court agreed and ordered the railroad to give her the station agent's job. that meant $5000 a year raise for mrs. rosenfeld. but her fight is not over. the company and the state are appealing to a higher court. >> there may be some women who work for the pleasanter -- pleasure of it. some have a family to support and they need the money. and yet we are expected to work at a lower wage. i don't think it's fair. >> reporter: ida phillips is 36. she has seven children. she, too, was enforced she also went to the equal opportunity c

the agency responsible for enforcing these kinds of laws is called the eeoc, equal opportunity opportunities commissionnity employment commission. max: that is when you take -- where you take complaints. five years later they basically say we are not finding it in your favor, but you can sue. in 2010 that's what she does. >> what is interesting to me about this story is that #metoo had come up. these women are speaking up. this is amazing. then you go and look at wall street. you see it is still very hard for women to speak up. it is not as easy as posting on facebook. if you were going to address these very root problems, which is what she is trying to do, the boy's club atmosphere, and sexual harassment, lack of opportunities because of your gender and pay gaps, you have to go through a difficult process. jason: as part of the business of equality issue, some advice about what to do when you encounter bad behavior in the workplace. carol: or how to break and nda. people know nda's. they are ubiquitous in silicon valley, wall street, a bunch of fine print that says you're not going to talk about the d

employment and equal opportunities and tessa took up the cudgel with what was then the equal opportunities commissionay gap is something we have got to take seriously. had she been in the post longer, and i'm glad she wasn't because she moved on to being the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, but had she continued in that post, i think she would have driven the agenda 15 yea rs would have driven the agenda 15 years earlier than we have it today. what frustrated however boast in the world of politics? —— what frustrated her the most. people be concerned about themselves more than the people they served. the internalisation of politics that bedevils us, so that winning inside becomes more important than winning for the people that you stand for. that frustrated her, as it frustrates so many. i think the other thing that frustrated her were people but didn't have that ambition that tony blair talked about, the lifting your eyes to the future, the believe that everyone has something in them that we need to draw out and support and by doing that, we give them the chance that otherwise would

i asked the equalities and human rights commission if my experience was commonplace.n this country is not acceptable. it is not accessible, in the main, and the properties are not capable of being adapted. we want disabled people to be able to live independently, because by that means, they can contribute their full potential to society. the uk government says it is providing local councils with £1 billion to give out as grants to landlords to adapt homes. and the association of residential letting agents says landlords are obliged to take this up if asked. the money can be used to both make changes or remove them if needed. my experience in derby today has left me feeling disappointed but not surprised, as i have faced the situation in various uk cities before. and yes, there is a broader social shift and cultural change as unless there is a broader social shift and cultural change as well as a legal change, the situation is not going to get any betterfor young renters like me. and we have special coverage of the issues experienced by people who rent their homes all

. >>> the equal employment opportunity commission announced that they will pay $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit. the suit claims six female genital doors -- janitors were sexually harassed by their supervisor. also claiming two managers were retaliated against and discipline. >>> 4:37. california state supreme court approved new ethics guidelines. banning attorneys from having sex with their clients. the state already bans lawyers from coercing a client into having sex in exchange for legal representation. but the rules will now extend to consensual sex. unless the two have a prior relationship or if they are married. the new ethics rules take effect in november. >>> one of the biggest debris removal operations in california history is almost finished now. since the north bay fires storm last october, federal and state agencies have removed 2.2 million tons of hazardous debris. officials say 99% of the ruined lots have been cleared in napa, sonoma, lake and minnesota counties. the price tag for the cleanup is more than $1.3 billion. the overall operation has become the biggest a

the albertson's stores in san diego, the lawsuit was filed yesterday by the us equal employment opportunity commissionhe claims that the store prohibited employees from speaking spanish around non- spanish beakers. and it also prohibits them from speaking spanish to spanish- speaking customers even during breaks. workers complained about this restriction, but the store failed to take action according to the suit. >> if you are with your coworkers in the break room or whatnot, and they happen to speak spanish, why not speak spanish as --? mckay could be viewed as disrespectful to someone hearing it, because you do not know if they are speaking about you. >> albertson's released a statement that reads in part, albertson's shares a diverse customer population, and encourages employees with foreign language abilities to use those skills to serve its customers. >>> in sacramento, 15,000 people are expected to attend the high times cannabis cup at cal expo. the two day festival is the first in the united states. past cups have allowed marijuana use for those with medical prescriptions. today the only requir

the federal government equal opportunity commission is suing an albertson in san diego saying it createdressure employees not to converse in spanish. according to the e.o.c. requiring english is de facto discrimination based on the origin. insane interpretation but they say it can't be tolerated so it won't be. we are joined by a radio host, ethan. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: the language you speak is not the country you are from. plenty of american-born employees speak foreign languages so it's not discriminating on national origin. why can't a business say this is our building and here are the standards of behavior we expect the employees to meet. i thought it was fundamental of employment. >> if you interact with a customer, you can require english to be spoken. but these were employees not talking to customers but they were speaking to themselves. this becomes discriminatory because why would a manager say you can't speak spanish here. why not say you can't speak any language other an english. english is not an official language of the united states. >> tucker:

a 2016 report from the equal employment opportunity commission concluded that workplace harassment remains a persistent problem, particularly sex-based harassment, despite requirements for training and eeoc policies, the vast majority, as much as 70% of individuals who experience workplace harassment, never discussed it with a supervisor. and even fewer file a formal complaint. and almost all of us in this room today maybe have had our own experiences with harassment in the workplace, whether it's happening to us directly or we've seen it happen to a friend or someone that we know or a co-worker. it's something that touches too many in our city and in our society. under our current city policy, only managers, commissioners, and employees in supervisor roles are required to complete training on a biannual basis. while the training is comprehensive, it's covering just 1/3 of our city's work force. all of our employees, whether they are bus drivers, administrative staff, social workers, elected officials or department heads, need to be trained in how to recognize, address, and prevent harassm

in facts, attorney filed two discrimination claims with the equal employment opportunity commission. that was against the nfl. all this happening against the growing allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, all amongst professional cheerleaders. asked the nfl to agree to a meeting by 5:00 p.m. yesterday and they did. what happens next, she says, will determine whether cheerleaders see any real actual change. >>> this morning the nfl says it's willing to meet and attorney sara black wewell says that's progress. >>> let's see how we can make this better and fair for all of the cheerleaders in every team. >> representing former saints cheerleader. both have filed discrimination claims against the league. set 5:00 p.m. deadline friday for commissioner to come to the table for a $1 settlement. >>> we're saying, you know, times up. we're done putting up with these things. we shouldn't feel uncomfortable in a workplace situation. >> nfl tells nbc news sent a letter saying a conversation would be welcome, but she tells nbc news the letter also said the league does not deci

equal employment opportunity commission, accusing male coworkers and supervisors of groping them, propositioning them for sex, and making lewd sexual comments. the women also say their supervisors ignored their complaints about sexual haharassment or retaliated a agt the women for reporting the abuse. southern baptist leader paige patterson has been removed as president of southwestern baptist theological seminary after thousands of people signed a petition demanding his ouster over his previous comments that objectified and demeaned women, including saying female seminarians should work hard to look attractive and that women abused by their husbands should stay with the abusive men. and a federal judge in virginia has ruled in favor of transgsgender stududent vin n g, who sued hisis local virginia school disistrict for the e rig use the bathroroom that matchehe hihis gender identity. in tuesday's ruling, judge arenda wright allen said federal law protects transgender students like grimm and that the school district had subjected him to illegal sex stereotyping. after the ruling grimm said -- "i

judge amy barrett helped block the equal opportunity employer commission top the transfer of blowingand ethnicities. a practice that drew acquisit n acquisitioacquisitiocusations of -- >> and raffle erickson, all trump nominees to the eighth circuit refused to reconsider a missouri inmate's request to change his method of execution. the inmate claimed he suffers from a medical condition that would make lethal injection too painful. they'll hear the case next fall. >>> joining us now is the author of the federalist society, how conservatives took the law back from liberals, and also mim mimi roka. danielle, we talk about this. there may be people sitting at home worried about the appointments that haven't been made when this is moving apace and is significant. this is one of the most impactful things any president can do. >> absolutely. this is basically the most enduring legacy a president can have, particularly with the supreme court, but federal appellate judges. dozens and dozens of appointments are waiting for nomination or already in place. and they're already making an impact.

we ask that you address your comments to the commission during public comment in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission nor staff will respond to i any questions. they may ask questions after public comment is closed. last, if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an ordinarily fashion using any exit. please note the elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. if you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge, which is across the hall in the men's rest room. inside the rest room is a speaker box. press it, and city hall security will answer, let them know where you are and they will assist you. with that, we are on item 2, the president's report. >> commissioner buell is absent. i wanted to read an e-mail from stephanie carpenter this morning sent to our general manager. hey, bill, i wanted to write to say thanks for keeping the park bathrooms so clean. i frequently run with my dog at golden gate park and visit all the offerings. i've spent a lot of time with b

please address your comments to the commission during public comment, and in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions after public comment is closed. last, if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate in an ordinarily fashion using any exit. please note the elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. if you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge, which is directly across the hall in the men's rest room. inside the rest room is a speaker box. press it and city hall security will answer. let them know where you are, and they will assist you. with that, we will go ahead and take roll call. [ roll call ] >> commissioner anderson is on her way. >> she should be. she was at the zoo meeting. maybe she's lost in city hall. >> with that, we are on item number 2, which is the president's report. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> from time to time, our commission receives unsolicited letters th

susan johnson from the equalities and human rights commission.th almost a billion pounds to adapt properties for disabled people and planning rules say councils should consider their needs when planning housing development. if any of this sounds familiar to you, we are talking about it all through the morning. send us a message on social media or e—mail. in the last 2 years, the united kingdom has come 24th and 15th at eurovision out of 26 countries who compete on the night. tomorrow's competition is in lisbon and cyprus, israel and france are favourites. surie will sing for the uk after being chosen in february. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito is out in portugal and went to meet her. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. now with a smile please. the city is awash with good cheer and euro passion. and the lucky few even got an invitation to the ambassador's party. the dress code, casual and fabulous. g and t is even had a touch dry ice. and the star guest, surie, of course, the uk's eurovision hopeful. do you remember when we were kids with no f

the u-s equal employment opportunity commission filed the lawsuit yesterday claiming store managers publiclyght speaking spanish. the suit also claims employees were not allowed to speak spanish during breaks or when helping spanish-speaking customers. albertson's has not released a statement. (vicki) nearly 90-thousand hondurans who have called the u-s home for at least two decades could be forced to leave the country. that's because the trump administration announced today that it would end protections for those immigrants. those protections have been around since hurricane mitch devastated parts of honduras back in 19-98. u-s citizenship and immigration services says those affected by the decision have 18 months to either leave the u-s or make other arrangement to stay -- provided they qualify for visas some other way. (grant) the u.s. economy continued to add jobs last month, and the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in 17 years. but there are a few warning signs in today''s jobs report from the labor department. karin caifa looks at which areas are hottest for hiring, and the

i asked the equalities and human rights commission is my —— if my experience is commonplace.e their full potential to society. the uk government said it is providing uk government said it is providing uk councils with £7 billion to give out as grants to landlords to adapt homes. and the association of residential letting agencies say landlords are obliged to take this up landlords are obliged to take this up if asked. the money can be used to make changes or remove them if needed. my experience in derby today has left me feeling disappointed, but not surprised, as i have faced the situation in various uk cities before. unless there is a broader social shift and cultural change as well as a legal change, this situation is not going to get any better for young renters like situation is not going to get any betterfor young renters like me. ellis palmer, bbc news, derby. we have special coverage of the issues experienced by people who rent their homes all day here on bbc news. and there'll be more in our business round up in about 20 minutes' time. let's bring you the weather for

the lawsuit was filed on thursday by the equal opportunity employer commission.rom speaking spanish. >> if you are with your coworker at the break room and they happen to's beak spanish -- happen to speak spanish then why not.>> it could be seen as disrespect full for someone who does not speak spanish it ybor speak bandits around you. >>> tesla ceo elon musk use the company's earning calls to answer two questions from analyst. he is talking about the 5% drop in tesla stocks. however he said they have already been answered in the earnings publication. >>> the san francisco [ inaudible ] allows people to rent out the hotel room by minutes. the hotel is hoping to attract users who are in between flights or meetings who just need a place to hang out. >>> people can use instagram to go shopping. they can do a lot of things without ever leaving the app. >>> the cinco de mayo celebrations are going on tonight. triple a is offering it free tow service. the number is right there on your screen at one 800 triple a help -- 1-800-aa-help. >>> a chief faces backlash after th

. >> we have a long history in diversity and we have had go pay for equal work policies and on this commissioncies for decades, while the for the rest of the world caught up to those policies. we are presently looking at what we need to do differently. what we're focused on now is real practical programs that get women into roles in technology. scarlet: can you give me an example? a woman who takes him right to raise a family or other personal reasons. when women had their 30's, more than half stopped working. that we have 500,000 open technology roles in the united states, so there's a huge opportunity to attract women back into these roles in technology and doesn't have to be rocket science. one of our programs is taking the idea of an internship in providing women were returning to the workplace with a return ship opportunity to get back into the workplace and build their skills and get ready for a job in areas like quantum computing and blockchain. scarlet: is it people who worked at ibm before or someone in the outside who doesn't have a backup in tech? is for women when technology skills

communications commission has their acts judged by the united states senate so the senate will vote to overturn to restore net neutrality and those principles of nondiscrimination, the principles of equality, restore the principle that s small, sovereign and startups are given the same protection as the biggest companies in our country. today is the day net neutrality is a vote to determine whether or not we give those protections to every american. mr. president, at this point i yield back . . . . the that's one of the jobs of being old is passing the torch, taking what you know or have accomplished

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now, the f.c.c., the federal communications commission, proceed in its decision to take away equality on the internet, to ignore the technical experts, to produce studies that were debunked by the experts, and to conduct a fraudulent public comment period where bots, robo tiesed -- robotized comments were filed. they didn't want america to weigh in legitimately. we said redo the comment period and put up an interface to stop the bots so real people can weigh in, real input from real americans. that's we the people government. and the f.c.c. said no way because we are bent on our track. what was their track? to allow discrimination on the internet by the type of user, to allow discrimination on the internet based on the type of business or the type of social content, to allow discrimination on the internet by the site or website. to allow discrimination based on the software application. is it safari or is it google? why is that? because the internet service providers can sell through that license to discriminate a fast lane to the rich and powerful while the rest of us are stuck in tr

equal rules act, or smarter act. quite simply, this bill aims to weaken the federal trade commission's ability to carry out the agency's antitrust responsibilities. maybe things are different elsewhere in the country, but i have not had one constituent call my office complaining about the need to weaken the f.t.c.'s antitrust enforcement abilities. no. people in southern california are more concerned about good wages, finding affordable housing, and getting their children a good education. however, again, we will take up this legislation which already died in the senate the last congress. this legislation undermines the independent -- independence of the f.t.c. and undercuts the congressional intent and purpose for the agency's creation. there are far more important issues under the jurisdiction of the judiciary committee that we should be considering instead. including bipartisan gun safety measures and legislation to protect dreamers. however, instead of considering these very important issues facing our nation a, we're debating a bill to make technical changes to antitrust laws that if enacted would only be used in

commission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. so it goes forward because if. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection manager but there are special cases such as the chamber's president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protection laws apply to us in two ways to me as a tradesman and to me as i'm in a supply thorazine but i am only a one man authority he knows he has to protect his company's data but should he come under the same rules as giants like facebook. that's completely wrong to say someone with only four employ

everyone should have equal justice under the law, under the procedures and under the rules of the police commission. your second question regarding implicit bias, i would say that i, i'm not sure i went through training but a self trained and i have moderate -- moderated a program between law enforcement and it was our public defenders on the panel as well. in preparation for that i took in implicit bias test as well as read all of the leading articles and materials surrounding implicit bias. >> supervisor stefani: to be effective, the police department use the community's confidence about building trust in the community and the police. i wonder what policies you would pursue to build that confidence for us. [please standby for captioner switch] -- the more general answers are, we need to engage in all of the communities. and we need to do that -- the words we generally use are community policing. but it has to be done in a way that builds relationships. it's not just a matter of, you know, jumping out of your car to grab a coffee once in a while. it's a matter of engaging with the community, with

suffrage movement better supported women seeking equal pay, they could have gotten it through congress. they could have shepherded it through that commission, the committee meeting. but women of the suffrage movement were really focused on achieving the vote. and you can't blame them. it seemed very popular at this -- possible at this time period. while they were never opposed to equal pay, they did not devote significant resources to it because they had limited resources and said we need these to obtain the vote. when we get the vote, you'll get equal pay. that is the relate -- that is what they really focused themselves but perhaps had they supported the equal pay movement it might have gone through. conversely, had female federal employees felt comfortable enough to support the suffrage movement, maybe that would have had a better chance of succeeding. one of the lessons, people ask me what you learned? one of the lessons learned is the need for solidarity. solidarity is so important. i'm going to end with a picture annie rowe. work in the treasury in june 1865, approximately 19 years old. over 50 years after she worked there, the miami

equal playing field for everyone. unfortunately, some leaders at the federal communications commission disagree. despite being given the responsibility to make sure that they operate in the public interest, when it came to our nation's communications networks, the f.c.c. in december walked away from this important responsibility and decided to put the needs of companies ahead of customers. it appears with this administration that everything's for sale. that means public lands, our privacy, and in this case the pathway that american families use every single day to get on the internet. led by chairman pai, the f.c.c. voted for a radical plan in december to dismantle net neutrality rules and threaten the existence of a free and open internet as we know it today. this new plan will allow large internet providers the power to freely block, throttle or manipulate a consumer's access to the internet in ways that profit the provider. think about your access to apps and the internet today. compare it to your access to cable channels. if you want more channels, you put in more money. today the internet i

equal that of the top boss. most companies include base the average ceo to work he pay ratio nation -- worker pay ratio nationwide was about 150- 1. most companies include base salary, overtime, bonuses and commissions when calculating median pay. >>> the co-founder of what sap is leaving the company after a beef with parent company facebook over security. jan coom made that announcement in a facebook post today. coom has clashed with facebook over what apps' strategy and facebook's attempts to use its personal data and weakened encryption. coom will reportedly leave his position on the board. >>> a tesla owner in england was banned from driving after leaving his seat while on auto pilot. the police released this video showing a model s driving with no one behind the wheel. the tesla owner was sitting in the passenger seat this. happened just north of london. on top of being banned from driving for a year and a half the owner was fined the equivalent of $2,000. >>> t-mobile and sprint hope to join forces to better compete against verizon and at&t. if the $26.5 billion merger goes through, t-mobile would become the nation's second largest wireless carrier. the impact on consumers is still unclear. t-

the commission a very robust tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. hydros forward because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection monitor but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protection laws apply to us in two ways to me as a tradesman and to me as a municipal authority but i am only a one man authority he knows he has to protect his company's data but should he come under the same rules as giants like facebook. that's completely wrong to say someone with only four employe