Sentences with phrase «affects millions of workers»

«This change affects millions of workers.

These new developments compel the attention of the American religious community, for they are now affecting millions of workers, their families and their communities in the form of massive plant closures, huge movements of industrial capital overseas and a downshifting of the work force into lower - paying and more menial jobs — when such jobs can be found.

«In an address to the TUC, Miliband will set out proposals to tackle the spread of zero - hours contracts, now believed to affect millions of workers... Miliband's commitment stops short of an outright ban on the contracts but will be welcomed by unions demanding he shifts focus from union - Labour reforms to proposals to help working people.»

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The rule, which was issued on Thursday and which the Labor Department estimates will directly affect more than 1.1 million people once fully in effect, enables workers to accrue up to seven days of paid sick leave a year.

«Climate related risk is one of the biggest trends affecting investors today and will impact the pension pots of millions of workers,» warned Diandra Soobiah, head of responsible investment at NEST Corporation.

It came as unions issued a warning over the merger saying that thousands of workers could be affected and that # 500 million of potential savings could mean job losses or cuts to pay.

The unions say the outcome could affect more than 5 million government workers in 24 states and the District of Columbia.

Not enough is being done to address dyslexia in UK workplaces, in light of reports that the condition affects almost three million workers in total, the TUC has claimed.

But $ 20 million of that will go to workers discharged from coal mines, $ 25 million to the Appalachian communities effected, $ 6 million to economically distressed communities, and roughly $ 5 million for «brownfield» studies in communities affected by the retirement of coal - fired plants.

As we stand today, the payroll tax cut (which affects 160 million American workers) is set to expire on the first of January.

The risk of roadway crashes associated with on - the - job operation of motor vehicles affects millions of U.S. workers.

This convention provides broad rights and protections on a wide range of labour topics that affect the world's more than 1.2 million seafaring workers.

A report by consultancy firm McKinsey (Four fundamentals of workplace automation, 2015) estimated that knowledge automation, made possible by computing advances such as machine learning and «natural» user interfaces, will affect 230 + million workers — or 9 % of the global workforce.