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A HEAD LICE removal company faces unlimited fines and prison time if it does not agree to pay an employee while she sits on a jury.
Today at the Central Criminal Court the employee, who had previously been sworn in to serve on a jury for a three-day sexual assault trial, told Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy that her employers said they couldn’t pay her during the trial.
She also told the court that she was worried about being replaced if she missed work. The court heard the woman was one of only two people who could operate a certain machine.
“I’m happy to serve but I fear I may lose my job,” she told Mr Justice McCarthy.
The judge said it was a criminal offence for an employer not to pay a worker during jury service and that he had unlimited powers of fines and imprisonment.
He told the juror she could excuse herself if she was very concerned. But the woman said she still wanted to serve. Mr Justice McCarthy said he will have his registrar contact the company over the matter.
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You would think after all the wars and bloddy conflict we have had over last 120 years, this either would have been sorted out by now or governments would be terrified of the cost in lives or money, one big peeing contest.
@Valentine Kane: where have u been living, europe and the world is more at peace since ww2 than any period in history… war is part of our history and unfortunately our future. Its the type of war thats its the trouble…
Russia has had a huge win without needing to fire a shot. America has accepted Russia’s ‘ Red Lines’. Ukraine will not be joining NATO (which will do what America tells it to do) and has been instructed by the US to engage with the Minsk II Accords in order to resolve the Donbass issue.
So it is,
Russia 1. Neo Cons 0.
@Des Hanrahan: I must have missed that press release. Oh yeah, you just made it up.
@Eoin Roche: Everything I stated is correct . If you had bothered to do even cursory research you would know that .
My mistake it’s Ukraine is not in NATO apologies, time for another coffee I think
I’m confused this article states that the US was a founding member of NATO but later says the US is not a member of NATO, which is it?
Ukraine will not be allowed join NATO as it will put them at the doorstep of Russia. Unfortunate location they find themselves in.
Better brush up on my russian ,Ich bin EIN Berliner ,i think I’ll be starting from scratch ha
The weather in the next 4 weeks will be critical in determining an invasion – hopefully, it won’t freeze over and open a window for the perkies to attack
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