Sentences with phrase «new federal hiring»

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«Brink's isn't really involved in the pot industry per se, but because none of these new dispensaries can open bank accounts thanks to federal law, they're all hiring tons of armored cars to protect their money.

The other big announcement was Employment Minister Jason Kenney's decision to place a moratorium on new approvals for restaurants to hire temporary foreign workers, in response to a myriad of complaints about abuses under the federal program.

Some provisions in the law also directly impacted child support collection, including the creation of a Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders (FCR) and a National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) for the purpose of tracking child support cases and locating obligors.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has launched its own inquiry into Buffalo Billion contracting, hiring former federal investigator Bart Schwartz, who has the power to review contracts under the western New York economic development program before they are formally approved.

At the time she was hired, the University at Buffalo graduate — she has a bachelor's degree in public policy as well as an MBA — had spent seven years working with HUD's Western New York field office, assisting municipalities and organizations with federal programs.

On Tuesday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new program that will distribute $ 6 million in federal grants to companies in New York State that hire workers who have been unemployed for more than 27 weenew program that will distribute $ 6 million in federal grants to companies in New York State that hire workers who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeNew York State that hire workers who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks.

On this edition of Need to Know, A new supreme court nominee, changes in immigration policy, and a hiring freeze in the federal government.

Bart Schwartz, the former federal prosecutor hired by Cuomo to investigate potential fraud in the state's Buffalo Billion program, has retained New York City PR firm Montieth & Co..

Cuomo announced 27 new hires, including a dozen people who either worked for former President Barack Obama, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign or elsewhere in the federal government.

The state has agreed to hire a monitor and a research expert to serve as watchdogs of the New York City foster care system to settle a federal class - action lawsuit that alleges foster children are enduring irreparable harm after lingering too long without permanent families.

Cuomo has hired prominent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams to defend him against a federal lawsuit challenging a new law that requires politically active non-profit organizations to publicly disclose their donors.

THE BRONX — The New York Botanical Garden discriminated against minority students and made a «lowball» offer to avoid hiring an observant Jew, according a civil rights lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday.

A Western New York Congressman is throwing his support behind a bill that seeks to fill jobs with trained apprentices by offering federal tax credits to those who do the hiring.

In his first NYCHA audit, he found the agency failed to ensure contractors working on its capital projects compiled with federal law and NYCHA's own regulations that mandate hiring of NYCHA residents and low - income New Yorkers.

What if in Upstate cities - Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo (the other two New York cities on a top 10 list of concentrated minority poverty)-- we dramatically reduce federal taxes for any business willing to locate within their boundaries and hire legal city residents?

Hawkins» platform includes a call for a $ 15 hourly minimum wage rate, a ban on hydrofracking, using government money to hire unemployed workers for public projects, a single - payer healthcare program, rejecting the Common Core teaching standards (and the federal money that came with them), refiguring school aid to give more help to poorer districts and raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers.

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced in February, shortly after taking over for Sheldon Silver, who resigned after being hit with federal corruption charges, that he was going to hire someone to clean the place up.

Adam, 33, and Dean, 67, both of Rockville Centre, are on trial in federal court in Manhattan on allegations that the former Senate majority leader solicited bribes and extortion of three different companies — Arizona - based AbTech; Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn and New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management — to hire Adam as a consultant in return for favorable legislation and public - works contracts.

Miner said she made arguments in private to councilors that cutting overtime for firefighters would cost the city federal funding and that police overtime money couldn't simply be thrown at hiring new officers.

It is more than a little ironic that the current tug of war between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio is over housing: They came to know each other when Mr. Cuomo, then the secretary of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, hired Mr. de Blasio to oversee the New York region.

, at a mayoral candidate forum, Walsh said he wanted to hire more officers to cut down on overtime costs, and said he would look into securing grants from Onondaga County, New York state and the federal government to fund this initiative.

Comptroller Scott Stringer today blasted the New York City Housing Authority for failing to comply with city and federal regulations requiring them to only contract companies that hire NYCHA residents or other low - income New Yorkers.

In a lawsuit, tenant leaders representing the 400,000 people living in public housing have asked a judge to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the New York City Housing Authority because it has failed to provide heat and hot water, keep residents safe from lead, involve tenants in policymaking and hire residents, as required by federal regulations.

What's more, a 2005 federal transportation bill allocated an additional 612 million for a new national Safe Routes to School program, requiring all states to hire a coordinator to administer funds to communities for new bike lanes, pathways, sidewalks, and education and promotion campaigns in elementary and middle schools.

Beginning with the 2002 - 03 school year, all new teachers hired with federal Title I money had to be highly qualified.

As part of Bellwether's recent publication outlining 16 education policy ideas for the next president, I propose a new federal investment to help districts in transforming their hiring and on - boarding processes.

School administrators who hire substitute teachers are concerned that rules published last year by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service may burden them with a mountain of new paperwork.

On top of the daily challenges of education, which include standards - based reform, pressing state and federal mandates, and high stakes accountability, the Meridian educators were facing a year of unfamiliarity in leadership considering a newly - hired superintendent and an administration that is approximately one - third new.

Using several federal databases, the authors examine the current context and model projections of future trends under several different assumptions about factors influencing supply and demand, including new entrants, re-entrants, projected hires, and attrition rates.

Following a charter school model, principals in the state - run New Orleans schools will have the independence to recruit and hire their own teachers and academic support staff, and control the use of federal Title I grant money, beginning next school year.

The option of shifting retiree health benefit costs to the federal government by requiring retirees to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans would save the state more money than eliminating the state - funded retiree health benefit altogether for new hires, according to the report that was authored by legislative staff at the Program Evaluation Division.

CPS will use the money from the federal jobs bill only in ways that are consistent with the Department of Education guidance, including compensation and benefits and other expenses necessary to retain existing employees, to recall or rehire former employees, and to hire new employees, in order to provide early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational and related services.

28) Revolving Door News: The New York Times reports on the revolving door between private Wall Street banks and the New York Federal Reserve Bank (once led by Timothy Geithner), and on how a former NY Fed employee fed confidential information to Goldman Sachs after he was hired there.

The union leadership sees this and gets all jizzy, thinking about how to steer some of that dough to their own pockets: «The four corporations that dominate the U.S. standardized testing market spend millions of dollars lobbying state and federal officials — as well as sometimes hiring them — to persuade them to favor policies that include mandated student assessments, helping to fuel a nearly $ 2 billion annual testing business, a new analysis shows.

To start this discussion, let's look at what you need to do before you hire your first employee, then how you need to process each new employee at hire, and how you register as an employer with federal and state agencies.

Also, new federal government hires will be able to retire with unreduced pensions after a long career only at age 60, rather than the 55 enjoyed by current employees.

«Rather than seeing the Avvo ratings for what they are — «that and $ 1.50 will get you a ride on Seattle's new South Lake Union Streetcar» — plaintiffs Browne and Wenokur want to make a federal case out of the number assigned to them because (a) it could harm their reputation, (b) it could cost them customers / fees, or (c) it could mislead the lawyer - hiring public into retaining poor lawyers or bypassing better lawyers.

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new rules to regulate these companies» hiring practices, requiring them to disclose their salesforces» average earnings as well as the amount of time a sales rep typically lasts with the company (most don't stay on more than a few months).

Federal and New York State Law prohibit religious discrimination in all aspects of employment including hiring, firing, pay, assignments, promotions, layoff, training, benefits, and any other term or condition of employment.

Both federal and New York Law prohibit employment discrimination based on national origin in hiring, firing, pay, assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment.

As detailed in this local article, headlined «Tennessee moves closer to executing first woman: Sixth Circuit denies appeal to woman convicted in murder for hire of husband,» a new federal habeas ruling in a state capital case provides an effective opportunity to reflect on gender bias in the application of the death penalty.

June saw the firm hire Washington, DC - based partner Danish Hamid from Cooley's anti-corruption practice, and Michael Silva, a former New York Federal Reserve lawyer, as chair of its financial services regulatory team.

Ms. Harris regularly counsels management in all aspects of California, New York and federal employment law, including employee hiring and discipline procedures, restrictive covenants, worker classification issues, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, and employee severance and termination procedures.

read a list of government projects that once promised to bring new life to the federal hiring process, only to then show it in steadily declining health.»

In other words, once the funds have been spent, provinces will have to find the cash to pay for new officers hired with the federal funds

A prosecution document unsealed last Friday purports to show that convicted former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had two extramarital affairs that further corrupted state government, one with a lobbyist who frequently represented clients interested in pending legislation and another with a woman who was hired at a succession of state jobs for which critics say she was under qualified... → Read More: Federal Prosecutors Allege Silver's Corruption of Albany Included Government Favors for Mistresses

President Obama has created a new program to hire more vets into the federal government.

There are millions of civilian jobs and the federal government is seeking new talent all the time, but few professionals understand what it takes to navigate the federal job application process, including what hiring managers look for in a resume.

Ensured that the employment process is in compliance with hospital philosophy, policies and procedures and Federal and District of Columbia laws and coordinates and facilitates new hire orientation

More than 14 years of experience in background investigation and reporting for the City of Santa Monica, completing comprehensive background checks — including interviews and criminal history record searches — to determine federal employment suitability for new hires, temporary workers, and volunteers.