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Another breakthrough that may help German women is a welter of decisions coming out of the European Union. A finding by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg puts the onus on the employer to prove it did not discriminate when a pregnant woman is fired. That could strengthen the hand of women like Breloh--who has found a solution. She has set up her own agency with some of her former clients, and it is expanding. In the long run, if companies don't adapt to changing times, they may find that their former female managers have become their...
Comply with government and grant requirements. New laws and regulations introduced over the last decade have increased Harvard's onus to provide data for oversight purposes. The new system will meet these needs...
...have had a savvy read of the long-term implications of the election: Chen's victory defies Beijing's insistence on bringing the "rebel province" back under mainland rule in the near future - a Chinese policy document released in February set a deadline of 2007 - and that puts the onus on the Communist party leadership to up the ante...
...There's clearly an onus on people to act," Trimble said. "Anything that falls short of [decommissioning] is inadequate...
...warns, "the watchword for consumers is caveat emptor. People have the mistaken belief that there is scientific proof these supplements do what they say they will, while most of the claims are just wishful thinking." And, Gorman adds, as the FDA continues to back away from supplement regulation, the onus falls increasingly on consumers. "People need to do their homework before taking any supplement, and they need to tell their doctor exactly what they're taking - even if their doctor looks at them like they're crazy...