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Following the assault, the Ministry of Justice announced on August 21 a "One-strike Out" policy prohibiting domestic violence offenders from marrying a foreign spouse. The ministry has also strengthened immigrant spouse education and empowerment, the notice said. … [Read more...] about New law to ban foreign spouses for abusive S Koreans

“[B]efore 2014 Liday’s $3,000 per month salary ($692.31 per week) legally compensated her for whatever total number of hours she worked, be it 20, 45, or 80 hours per week. The only limitation the law placed on Liday’s salary was that it must compensate her at least at the minimum wage rate of $8 per hour for every hour she worked. [The doctors] concede they failed to do so and owe Liday unpaid wages. But, the law does not require them to pay Liday $15.38 per hour because of that failure or retroactively to limit Liday’s salary to cover only 45 hours per week.” … [Read more...] about Live-in personal attendants: When the law at work hits home

"The people demonstrating will be doing it more out of moral conviction, a sense of duty, rather than to try to make the government back down," said Yann Raison de Cleuziou, a sociologist who has studied the conservative Catholic movement against the family reforms. … [Read more...] about French to protest pro IVF law for single women, lesbians

Thursday’s decision follows Rwanda’s revision of its penal code, which previously imposed prison sentences for anyone who had an abortion or helped in terminating a pregnancy. … [Read more...] about Rwanda’s president pardons 52 women jailed over abortions

Attorney Eric Hall recently joined the Sparks Willson law firm in Colorado Springs. Hall, a Springs native, will focus on business litigation, constitutional law, school law, church law and employment. He had been a partner with the Phoenix-based law firm of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, where he worked for 18 years. He received a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and a master's degree from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M. He received his law degree from the Notre Dame Law School. Hall is a member of the El Paso County Bar Association and has served as its president and a trustee. … [Read more...] about Movers & Shakers: Eric Hall