Sentences with phrase «abilities as a worker»

Plus, if your supervisors see you using your extra time to improve your capacity or abilities as a worker, they're going to reward you.

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Temp workers are attractive to firms because they earn lower wages (although the agency has to get paid as well) and provide the ability to scale up or down quickly without the complication of severance pay or pink slips.

The move, first reported by Bloomberg Law, would scale back a 2013 Obama - era policy, known as Directive 307, which had expanded the DOL's ability to investigate and sanction federal contractors that showed a pattern of paying female workers and employees of color less than their white male colleagues.

As business owners, community members, and workers, we have the ability to shape the workplace.

«The committee were clear to point out that their decision is not based on your views but on your act of publicly posting those views such that it will have an effect on your ability to carry out a role as a social worker.

Among the reasons they cited for wealth being «increasingly concentrated» in the hands of the richest is tax evasion and the ability to exploit workers as human rights erode in countries around the world.

My brother's addiction is a horrible mixture of choices and biology, but those choices are his own and are not a reflection on my parents or myself, and especially not my abilities as a youth worker.

«I think if you're looking to employ the best, you have to pay to get the services to have the best and I think fire - fighters, police - officers, paramedics, care workers, nurses - if they're going to do the service that we as a society are looking for them to do to the best of their ability we have to a - reward it, b - secure it and c - give them a life away from the service which gives them the comfort, security and knowledge that they're not having to worry about things which would drag them down.»

and shown flashes of his ability as a cracking finisher and a hard worker for the team, but perhaps the better starts to their new careers from the likes of Lukaku and Morata have put his transfer a little bit more in the spotlight.

And, as always during budget talks, there's potential for legislative horse trading: Senate Republicans want to remove the Cuomo administration's ability to raise the minimum wage for a specific industry, which it used to approve a major hike for fast - food workers last year.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

Hillary's ability to talk milk subsidies with upstate farmers is often cited as evidence that maybe she can hang with mill workers in Youngstown, too.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

The domestic workers» bill of rights codifies issues such as guaranteed days off, overtime and vacation pay, and enhances the ability to seek legal redress against employers who fail to meet their obligations.

Experts view productivity as the most important driver of an economy — given it measures the ability to get more from the same number of workers.

Kramer recommended that more emphasis and pressure should be placed on fathers and their ability to pay child support and spousal maintenance; raising the minimum wage to a living wage; and providing similar benefits and rewards for part - time work as the ones full - time workers get.

Both the amount of defensive substances and the readiness to explode increase with workers» age, as their food - collecting ability declines.

A middle - class Danish drama detailing the crumbling marriage of a one - time library assistant and a downbeat factory worker, Honeymoon served as an ideal showcase not only for August's abilities as a director, but his talents as a screenwriter as well.

Matches progress much more quickly now since the number of worker units you begin with has been doubled from six to twelve, and macro abilities such as the Protoss» Chrono Boost can now be «tagged» to specific buildings in order to automatically refresh the ability with no further input from the player.

Many educators believe that specific knowledge will not be as important to tomorrow's workers and citizens as the ability to learn and make sense of new information.

The bill, commonly known as Act 10, limited public workers» ability to collectively bargain on any topics other than base wages, increased their contributions to public pensions, and raised their insurance premiums.

As the business» environment is constantly changing, the need for creating a place in which workers are constantly developing their abilities arises.

Today, many believe that the continuing difference between the earnings of black and white workers is due in good part to differences in their educational achievement, as measured by tests of cognitive ability.

Surely, as an online worker you have felt a little «creeped out» by Google's uncanny ability to read your mind about your needs and your personal preferences before you had even publicly acknowledged them.

Once the state has decided on its policy position, however, a judicial presence should be maintained to ensure that the chosen policy is fully funded, is implemented in a coherent manner, and results in substantially improved student performance, as measured by validated assessments of academic achievement and of students» ability to function as capable citizens and workers.

But, a true learning culture will also show this set of workers that their value isn't necessarily tied to their smarts as much as their ability to get smarter.

Deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney, pictured, said the proposals would have implications for jobs and pay issues such as pensions contributions, as well as affecting the ability of workers to negotiate pay on a local level.

Low literacy skills have a significant impact on adults» ability to be productive as citizens, parents or workers.

In interviews with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders, the author identified seven «survival skills» that 21st century students need to succeed as workers and citizens: (1) critical thinking and problem - solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) ability and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.

Many employers view older workers as attractive because they have experience, maturity, reliability, a proven ability to do a job with little or no training, and they're often flexible about when and how much they work.

Mecado points to high consumer debt, including mortgages and credit cards, as an often «overlooked» factor that takes a «significant bite out of workers» ability to save.»

«As DC plans evolved over the past 30 years, it became clear that many workers often lack the time, willingness, or ability to be their own investment manager,» explains Martha King, managing director of Vanguard's Institutional Investor Group.

Animal Control Officers (ACOs) and Workers There are not many hiring requirements to get a job as an animal control officer or shelter worker (the major requirement is having a physical ability to do the work, which may include picking up or restraining large animals).

You can switch classes on the fly just by picking up a different hat and presto! That wimpy Worker is now a deadly Warrior. This makes for interesting back and forth battles since everyone can pick the right class for any given situation. As Workers collect resources, the hat machines can be upgraded to unlock new abilities for each class and build siege weapons. Once upgraded, the Priest can drain enemies health and the Worker gains bombs to destroy structures. Catapults and ladders can be built to gain access to the enemy castle. This is where Fat Princess really blew my mind.

This implementation has been completely revamped and improved for Fallout 4 as you now have the ability to not only build houses, plant crops, set up defences, recruit workers, but you also need to keep your settlement happy by fulfilling different needs they have.

Emmett, as a construction worker, has the ability to use a pneumatic drill to break through areas and a spanner to repair parts, whilst Wyldstyle is acrobatic and can jumps across bars and scale walls.

Later additions to the series such as the idle worker button and the ability to queue up units have made their way into this version, however, so there are fewer headaches.

The letter begins, «As leading US environmental and science organizations, we write to express our strong opposition to «fast track» trade promotion authority, and to urge you to oppose any legislation that would limit the ability of Congress to ensure that trade pacts deliver benefits for communities, workers, public health, and the environment.»

Two studies in Science found that pesticides which first came into use in the 1990s, known as neonicotinoids, have resulted in bee hives losing their queens while worker bees seeing a loss in their ability to navigate, until eventually they would become lost to the hive.

The firm recognised her ability at dealing with clients, particularly difficult ones, and offered her an alternative job as a case worker in the criminal team.

As will the removal of the ability to defeat worker status with a genuine substitute clause, which would be discarded.

Skilled workers are chosen as permanent residents based on their ability to do well in Canada.

«in relationship to agricultural workers who work on farms which ordinarily and continuously employ less than three workers, Section 21 of the Code is discriminatory as being a significant hindrance on their ability to exercise their fundamental right of freedom of association.»

Corporations such as Google and Facebook use our data to make huge amounts of money, but IoHO imagines a world where we, the «data workers,» have the ability to earn some cash.

On Monday, UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said she was seeking a warrant to search the consultancy's premises after Channel 4 News secretly recorded the firm's executives boasting about their abilities to sway elections by using tactics such as sending Ukrainian sex workers to an opponent's residence.

Though freelancers may enjoy more freedom and the ability to choose their own clients, they still face many of the same challenges as other workers — but in larger quantity.

«The number of organisations in Singapore using contractors and temporary workers continues to increase for a number of reasons, such as its ability to contain costs to enabling organisations to source specialist expertise for specific projects,» Richard Eardley, Managing Director of Hays in Asia, said.

The goal of Childcare worker cover letter is to show that you are has abilities to work as childcare worker and for you who need the sample you can see at the bottom of this site.

Mention some general skills as well as some skills that you have gained in your experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker: solid knowledge of the methods and techniques used in street maintenance or your ability to make accurate working reports.