Sentences with phrase «public school employers»

Interestingly, the arbitrator's decision was not based upon a previous British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in British Columbia Public School Employers» Association v. British Columbia Teachers» Federation, which recognized the School Boards mandate of «ensuring an open and supportive education environment.»

Labour Law: Supplemental Employment Benefits Re Maternity / Parental Leave British Columbia Teachers» Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers» Association, 2014 SCC 70 (35623) Nov. 14, 2014 Karakatsanis J. — «The Court of Appeal erred in failing to give deference to the Arbitrator's interpretation of the collective agreement and in failing to recognize the different purposes of pregnancy benefits and parental benefits.

The British Columbia Teachers» Federation and the Surrey Teachers» Association filed a grievance alleging the B.C. Public School Employers» Association and the Board of Education of School District No 36 (Surrey) had failed to provide supplemental employment benefits to birth mothers in relation to both maternity leave and parental leave.

In British Columbia Teachers» Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers» Association, 2014 SCC 70 («BC Teachers» Federation»), the Supreme Court endorsed an arbitrator's decision that required an employer to provide pregnant mothers with two 15 - week periods of salary top up (in addition to an initial 2 - week top up) under the following provision of a collective agreement:

The British Columbia Public School Employers» Association and Board of School Trustees of School District No. 36 (the «employer») provided only one 15 - week top up to each of the three grievors.

In overturning Justice Campbell's decision, the Court of Appeal also applied the Weber principle, and adopted the British Columbia Court of Appeal's articulation of the legal test (Parry Sound in British Columbia Teachers» Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers» Association, 2005 BCCA 92 (CanLII), 136 L.A.C. (4th) 225, leave to appeal to SCC refused, [2005] S.C.C.A. No. 180):

British Columbia Teachers» Federation, et al. v. British Columbia Public School Employers» Association, et al. (B.C.C.A., Sept. 20, 2013)(35623) Mar. 20, 2014

· Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with public school employers, except that once an employee organization is recognized or certified as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit... only that employee organization may represent that unit in their employment relations with the public school employer.

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The city's largest employers include Lenoir County Public Schools, Sanderson Farms, and Lenoir Memorial Hospital.

We give presentations at law schools and public interest employers across the country and regularly lecture at career fairs and conferences, including the NALP Annual Education Conference, the NASFAA National Conference, and the ABA / NLADA Equal Justice Conference.

«Workers of all ages are good for business and these finalists are proof positive that creating a work environment that values older workers pays off big time,» says Ruth Finkelstein, director of the Age Smart Employer Awards program and Associate Director of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at the Mailman School of Public Health.

HB 786 passed in 2015 and effective Sept. 1, 2015 requires all public employers in Texas, including school districts, public colleges, local governments and state agencies, to provide basic accommodations to employees who pump breastmilk at work.

To qualify for leave under the FMLA, an employee must have worked for over 12 months for the state or federal government, a public school or private employer with more than 50 employees.

«Farage has called for a bar on the children of legal immigrants from public schools and health services, has said women are — and I quote — worth less than men, and supports scrapping laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on race.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

The Partnership is working to engage employers in revamping Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs in public schools and colleges.

The database includes every public employer on the Island - from the Village of Baxter Estates in Nassau, which has one active employee in the pension system, to the Brentwood Union Free School District in Suffolk, the largest on Long Island, with 2,987 employees in the system.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York City.

But some military medical personnel do feel they have a conflicting loyalty to their patient and their employer, and that feeling can be very complex, said Williams - Jones, director of the bioethics program at UdeM's School of Public Health.

In re-visiting the question of how job applicants» race and gender affect employer interest in their resumes, Cory Koedel, an associate professor of economics and public policy in the MU College of Arts and Science and Truman School of Public Affairs, analyzed employer response rates to resumes that were assigned randomly selected public policy in the MU College of Arts and Science and Truman School of Public Affairs, analyzed employer response rates to resumes that were assigned randomly selected Public Affairs, analyzed employer response rates to resumes that were assigned randomly selected names.

«With reference pricing, the employer or insurer will make a contribution towards paying for the prescription drug chosen by the patient, and the patient will pay the remainder,» said lead author James C. Robinson, director of the Berkeley Center for Health Technology at the School of Public Health.

Another case — 1994's Waters v. Churchill — gave institutions an additional advantage by allowing them, as public employers, to limit speech that administrators deemed «disruptive» to a public school.

We find that total employer contributions for both groups of public school teachers are higher than for private - sector professionals.

While the overall employer contribution rate for public school teachers is higher than for private - sector professionals, the group average may mask differences between teachers who are and are not covered by Social Security.

Our analysis of evidence from the BLS National Compensation Survey and the NASRA Public Fund Survey shows that the employer contribution rates for public school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under Social SecPublic Fund Survey shows that the employer contribution rates for public school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under Social Secpublic school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under Social Security.

Correcting the three problems identified above, we find that employer contributions for retirement were 12.8 percent of earnings for public school teachers and 10.5 percent for private professionals in June 2006, a gap of about one - fifth.

Since private employers have largely eliminated this benefit, this means that our estimate of the gap in retirement benefits favoring public school teachers is low, although we can not be sure of the extent of the underestimate.

But because the law applied only to schools and not to other public employers, such as police and fire departments, teachers unions argued that it engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.

Peoria, Ill — A federal jury here this month awarded a public - school teacher $ 514,000 in damages from his employer, Peoria School District 150, after agreeing that he had been penalized for speaking to school - board meschool teacher $ 514,000 in damages from his employer, Peoria School District 150, after agreeing that he had been penalized for speaking to school - board meSchool District 150, after agreeing that he had been penalized for speaking to school - board meschool - board members.

The BLS series discussed below allows us to calculate employer contributions for retirement as a percent of wages and salaries in public K - 12 schools and the NCES Digest of Education Statistics allows us to calculate total salaries per pupil.

Sponsored by HGSE Career Services and the Office of Career Services at Harvard College, the event featured 38 employers and attracted 234 students from schools across Harvard including the Ed School, Harvard College, the Divinity School, the Kennedy School, the School of Public Health, and the Extension School.

«It sounded as though Wells was calling out his employers in public, proposing a Green Dot takeover of the school — and committing professional suicide.»

Cincinnati — An Ohio citizen's group that studies school policies has recommended that the state — which was the first to mandate that every public high school offer vocational training — restructure its vocational programs to place more emphasis on academics and promote closer links between schools and the employers for whom vocational students are preparing.

Every public high school in the state had been asked how many times each year it received requests from employers to review transcripts of job applicants.

The decision, which the state plans to appeal, is likely, the experts say, to increase the use of the comparable - worth concept in job - evaluation schemes of private and public employers — including public - school systems — nationwide.

One in five teenagers had very weak academic skills and / or behavioral tendencies not attractive to employers and therefore would not benefit much from a high school diploma, at least given the then - prevalent «shopping mall» structure of most American public high schools.

«Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in economically tough times, costs are higher than ever,» by Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky This study documents the growing gap between high employer pension costs for public school teachers and lower employer pension costs for private sector managers and professionals.

Changing the existing belief that the need for education after high school is not universal will demand a unified approach from the Department of Education, the education establishment, parents, employers, and the public.

Eagle Academy Public Charter School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Another major hurdle in bringing vouchers to rural communities is that the public schools are more than just places for children to learn: they serve a critical social and economic function by serving as the primary employer of small communities, offering healthcare for children and adults alike and frequently offering food pantries, breakfast or lunch programs and night classes.

The government are currently legislating to set a target for all public sector employers (which includes schools but not parliament) to employ an average of 2.3 % of their headcount as apprentices.

Public charter school employers will review résumés and conduct pre-interview screenings for vacant positions.

We are also deeply troubled by the prospect that if virtually unregulated teacher certification academies with little academic quality control are allowed to proliferate, the employers of their graduates will be either charter schools, many operating in high - poverty communities, or traditional public schools that lack the resources to be selective and competitive in hiring the best - qualified teachers.

And often in these areas, particularly in rural and suburban areas, the largest employer is the public school system.

The decision to close a school is frequently met with fierce resistance from the community, as closings have big impacts on neighborhoods where school buildings are important community resources and sources of neighborhood stability; where public schools are significant employers; and where distances to other schools can be substantial.

According to the National Education Association, Alabama employed just more than 54,000 public school teachers during the 2010 - 2011 school year, which makes it the 25th highest employer of teachers in the United States.

The Rutherford County School system, which has the undesirable distinction of being the county's largest employer after manufacturing plants have steadily pink - slipped thousands of workers, was sued in January 2009 by its local public charter school, the Thomas Jefferson Classical AcSchool system, which has the undesirable distinction of being the county's largest employer after manufacturing plants have steadily pink - slipped thousands of workers, was sued in January 2009 by its local public charter school, the Thomas Jefferson Classical Acschool, the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.

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The two - year temporary certification period would then be served with a school district employer who would at the end of this apprenticeship determine whether or not full standard certification would be issued, much like the model for certified public accountants.