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[ March 1, 2025 ] Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law ADVOCATZ
[ February 26, 2025 ] U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case ADVOCATZ
[ 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

Opinion: Who’s Protecting the Young, Gifted, Black and Disabled?

December 1, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Our children with disabilities deserve the same dreams and goals as their non-disabled peers, as all children have, and instead, under the Trump administration, they are experiencing a nightmare. Opinion: Who’s Protecting the Young, Gifted, […]

Jonathan Gould Sues The St Louis-Kansas City Carpenter’s Council For Corruption and Embezzlement

December 1, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Corruption, Defamation Claims Fly in Lawsuit Against St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenter’s Council re-posted from Parentadvocates.org, Current Events | Posted 12/1/2017 at 12:48 PM ST. LOUIS • A floorlayer from Edwardsville is waging a contentious legal battle […]

Burying The Evidence: StudentsFirstNY Report on 2015-2016 Teacher Evaluation Ratings

November 21, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Burying The Evidence: StudentsFirstNY Says Data From 2015-2016 on Teacher Evaluations Are Hidden What is the real story? I think it is that no one is accurately reporting on why NY State does not get […]

3020-a Arbitration and The Just Cause Standard

November 19, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

If you are working in disciplinary hearings or 3020-a arbitration, or you want to appeal an arbitrator’s decision, you should use JUST CAUSE in your argument for exoneration or remediation only, no termination. Support your […]

Michael C. Dorf: Constitutional Law and a Need For Clarity on Complicity Claims

November 13, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Thomas Jefferson was the chief author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which James Madison guided through the state legislature. It served as a model for the First Amendment of the US Constitution and contains […]

Cyberbullying Triples According to New McAfee “2014 Teens and the Screen Study”

November 10, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

The annual study examines the online behavior and social networking habits of U.S. preteens and teens. The most significant finding from this year’s study reveals that 87% of youth have witnessed cyberbullying versus last year […]

Cy Vance, Manhattan District Attorney, Protects Those Who Pay Him To Overlook Their Wrong-doing

October 20, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Cy Vance, Manhattan District Attorney, Protects Those Who Pay Him To Overlook Their Wrong-doing COURTBEAT – New York Court Reporter Pay to play in New York City fascinates us all. We love to hear about […]

The New York Times Publishes Fake News About Employees in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) Pool

October 16, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

I keep hoping that some major media will report on the ATR situation correctly. Unfortunately this hasn’t happened. The title of the article in the New York Times on Friday October 13, 2017, “Caught Sleeping […]

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 The Kidnapping of Andy Ostrowski: Where is He? How Can This Happen In America?

October 16, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

Many people are aware of the use of medical agencies and/or doctors to declare people who are challenging the policies of an agency or exposing corruption and fraud, as “crazy” in order to remove these […]

What’s Next For DACA?

October 16, 2017 Betsy Combier 0

The next six months in the Congress will be crucial to get the 800,000 DREAMers a legislative solution. I think what this country needs is a solution to the random pickings of people in political […]

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The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty

January 25, 2025 0

There is so much new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed, that I can conclude that the Kane/Keil/New Yorkers For Religious Liberty cases are out […]

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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 […]

Team Advocatz: OP-ED

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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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Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law March 2, 2025
Employers are not required to honor reasonable accommodations that violate state law This is another COVID-19 reasonable accommodation case. This plaintiff did not want to take the vaccine, claiming it violated her religious convictions. She [...] The post Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law appeared first on […]
Betsy Combier
U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case February 27, 2025
US Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for ‘reverse discrimination’ suits By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung and Daniel Wiessner, Reuters, February 26, 2025 Summary Woman claims workplace bias because she is heterosexual Lower courts ruled against plaintiff in [...] The post U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case appeared first on […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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, that I can conclude that the Kane/Keil/New Yorkers For Religious Liberty cases are out [...] 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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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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