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[ February 19, 2025 ] Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias Uncategorized
[ January 28, 2025 ] Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military ADVOCATZ
[ January 26, 2025 ] The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 ADVOCATZ
[ January 25, 2025 ] The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty ADVOCATZ
[ January 25, 2025 ] Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 Vaccination Uncategorized

EEOC Issues Practices For Addressing Harassment Within The Federal Civilian Workforce

September 29, 2023 Betsy Combier 1

The EEOC‘s Press Release below cites anti-harassment tools in four areas: 1) leadership and accountability, 2) comprehensive and effective anti-harassment policies, 3) effective and accessible anti-harassment programs, and 4) effective anti-harassment training. EEOC Issues Promising Practices […]

Nurse Practitioner Julie DeVuono Pleads Guilty To Forgery, Money Laundering, and Prescribing Herself Opioids

September 16, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

The Sufflok County District Attorney’s Office issued a press release on September 15, 2023 that is astonishing and sad. Nurse Practitioner Julie DeVuono who lives in Amityville New York has pled guilty to several felonies […]

Judge Ralph Porzio Orders 10 Petitioners in DiCapua v City of NY Back To Work With Backpay and Grants Their Religious Exemptions

September 9, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

UPDATE: The City of New York files a Notice of Appeal of the DiCapua Case Notice of Appeal All relief to any of the Petitioners is put on hold. ****************************************************** On February 11, 2023, […]

NYS Supreme Court Judge Porzio Denies Religious Exemption To COVID Vaccine Saying State Rejection Was Reasonable

September 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

Richmond County Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio used prior decisions such as Marsteller v City of New York to deny the Article 78 Petition of former NYPD Officer Daniel Donadio. Attorney James Mermigis filed the […]

Christian Web Designer Wins Right To Decline To Endorse Messages She Disagrees With

September 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Evangelical Christian web designer Lorie Smith has a free speech right under the First Amendment to decline to endorse same-sex marriages. 10th Circuit returns Christian web designer case to trial […]

MaineGeneral Health Asks Unvaccinated Fired Employees To Come Back To Work

September 4, 2023 Betsy Combier 0

MaineGeneral Health, which fired hundreds of healthcare workers in 2021 for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, is now reaching out to former employees — who were denied unemployment benefits — and asking them to […]

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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier

January 14, 2025 0

The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my […]

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A For Accountability Award

January 11, 2025 0

In 2005 the E-Accountability Foundation was created in order to reward individuals and groups for standing up to adversity and fighting for individual due process rights. More specifically, the A For Accountability Award is given […]

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Betsy Combier OPINION: The Who Are You Kidding Award and NYC Department of Education 2024

January 1, 2025 0

In 2002 I created “The Who Are You Kidding Award” to highlight two things – one, the corruption and fraud going on in New York City, and two, the fact that everyone loves getting Awards, […]

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Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias February 19, 2025
We like the sound of this, especially if it means that NYC cannot unlawfully fire municipal workers in order to make room on City payroll for uncertified or unqualified employees. Just sayin’ Betsy Combier betsy@advocatz.com [...] The post Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias appeared first on […]
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Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military January 28, 2025
Hawkins v United States WHETHER SECTION 564 AUTHORIZES EUA VACCINES Below are relevant parts, in my opinion, to the argument in defense of not getting the COVID vaccine “In this case, six current and former [...] The post Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 January 26, 2025
The Sad, Sad Story of OSHA’s Failure to Protect Workers From COVID-19 Randy Rabinowitz 1,✉ PMCID: PMC9226955 PMID: 35733390 Abstract In the face of a global pandemic posing unprecedented risks to worker health, the Occupational Safety & Health [...] The post The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty January 26, 2025
There is so much new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed. I wish the entire case – now known as New Yorkers For Religious Liberty [...] The post The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 Vaccination January 25, 2025
Sheryl Glean won her case against St. Luke’s South Hospital, which terminated her employment because she submitted a religious exemption request and did not get vaccinated against COVID-19: “St. Luke’s argued that Glean’s request focuses [...] The post Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines January 23, 2025
Government secrecy and the largest healthcare scam in the history of America are now exposed by the Children’s Health Defense. That’s what this post is all about. One day after the Children’s Health Defense (CHD) [...] The post Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first […]
Betsy Combier
West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations January 16, 2025
‘Huge Win’: West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, on his first full day in office, issued an executive order allowing for religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccinations, [...] The post West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Kristin Barnett Refused The COVID Vaccine and Wins Her Appeal To Return To Work With a Religious Accommodation January 16, 2025
4th Circuit Reverses Trial Judge’s Dismissal, Revives Religious Accommodation Suit against Inova Health after BLG Oral Argument ORDER- 4TH CIRCUIT COA In a unanimous opinion published Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [...] The post Kristin Barnett Refused The COVID Vaccine and Wins Her Appeal To Return To Work With a Religious […]
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U.S. Labor Department Announces That its Occupational Safety and Health Administration Has Terminated its COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking January 16, 2025
January 15, 2025 News Release US Department of Labor terminates COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking. On June [...] The post U.S. Labor Department Announces That its Occupational Safety and Health Administration Has Terminated its COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking […]
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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier January 14, 2025
The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my [...] The post When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy […]
Betsy Combier