Sentences with phrase «are voluntary rather»

Four out of five of these offset buyers are voluntary rather than driven by regulatory obligations — the top 100 companies are listed in the report.

They are voluntary rather than mandatory; they often involve work that is undertaken collectively rather than individually; they feature opportunities for peer leadership and peer - to - peer learning; they involve dimensions of playfulness; and they are aligned to activities that are valued in broader American culture.

Monday will be crunch time in the politically charged negotiations between the supermarket giants and the Australian Food and Grocery Council to agree to a supermarket code of conduct that is voluntary rather than mandatory.

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«Rather than seeing marriage as a voluntary partnership that lasts only as long as the passion does, the elders propose a mindset in which it is a profound commitment to be respected, even if things go sour over the short term.

If a voluntary CPP is designed anything like the existing CPP, it will be equivalent to an annuity, except it is sold by the government rather than an insurance company.

Igaftr, I have read that before; the who celibacy thing is supposedly voluntary in the first place, and as you've pointed out, is rather untenable for either gay people it hetero.

If you thought that voluntary lone parenting should be discouraged, rather than (as it was) positively encouraged by the taxation and benefits system, you were practically written off as a fascist.

In voluntary organizations, vision is what motivates; the fundamental management procedure must be management by vision rather than by objective.

The model we should be using is rather that of action which issues from free choice, the voluntary action of an intelligent agent.

First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.

Asceticism and voluntary poverty, where practiced, have been considered as a divine vocation rather than as a mandatory social practice.

When poverty is chosen, when it is a voluntary status, undertaken for some moral or religious end, it is often a state of joy rather than of suffering, as in the case of Thoreau at Walden, the Peace Corps worker, or the inhabitant of a rural commune.

These were largely voluntary movements made up of individual participants rather than churches, movements such as the Evangelical Alliance, the Student Volunteer Movement for missions, and the World Student Christian Federation.

Talking about values is cheap, sticking out your political neck to try and construct these values in the actual world is expensive - saying no to corporations rather than finger - waving, creating strong laws rather than voluntary codes, recognising and defending unions as a legitimate defence of those with limited power and the strikes which go with it, being prepared to replace internal markets with internal democracies and so forth.

Prison education is currently organised by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills rather than the MoJ, with contracts often handed out to voluntary and private groups.

This began as a rather traditionalist right account to compete on turf which had been left to the left, with the framing drawing very heavily on behavioural accounts of poverty, and on the right's long - standing (and foundational) critique of the creation of the welfare state as crowding out voluntary and charitable initiative.

It's also 100 % voluntary rather than compulsory, and the most common duties are acting as additional emergency services during natural disasters (The Federal Military can not act as a police force, though I think the National Guard can in the event of unrest such as was observed during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots or the 2015 Baltimore Riots).

The NPP whose economic team was led by this same Bawumia who doubled as the running mate to Nana Addo introduced the National Pension's Act 766 section 112 (5) of 2008 that rather imposed tax on voluntary pensioners who took their accumulated funds before 10 years.

People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

«In some sense this is unsurprising: Allowing voluntary trade, rather than forbidding it, tends to make both parties in an economic transaction better off.»

The NAS and Annenberg group identified several ways to change incentives for quality and correction, including rewarding researchers for publishing high - quality work rather than publishing work more often; mentoring young peer - reviewers to increase clarity and quality of editorial responses during the journal publishing process; and using «voluntary withdrawal» and «withdrawal for cause» instead of the blanket «retraction» term, which has negative connotations that can prevent some researchers from taking action when a paper is wrong, but not as a result of fraud or misconduct.

This is important because re-feeding syndrome is mostly found in the condition of starvation (uncontrolled, involuntary restriction of food) or wasting (starvation to the point of severe malnutrition) rather than fasting (controlled, voluntary restriction of food).

Although a ketogenic state is not absolutely essential for improved satiety (ie, less hunger and less caloric intake) with high - protein diets, voluntary intakes appear to be greater for such diets when their carbohydrate content is moderate (35 — 45 % of energy; 14) rather than low (< 10 % of energy; 18).

But, rather than introducing a paywall, we're reaching out to you, our lovely readers, to ask you to make a voluntary contribution.

Teachers who participated in the proposed pilot program, which would be voluntary, would earn their salaries over a full year rather than...

We still rely heavily on a voluntary and sometimes rather amateur governance model, where there must be a real question over whether quality is high enough to entrust improvement and challenge to the school, without outside oversight and challenge.

Because they are funded through voluntary contributions rather than public funds, tax - credit scholarships have a perfect record of constitutionality at the U.S. Supreme Court and at every state supreme court that has considered the issue.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

Associate Minister of Finance Mitzie Hunter, who is overseeing the ORPP, was not made available for an interview, but in a letter to MoneySense she wrote that the ORPP «is not a replacement to personal or voluntary savings, which are still an important and essential part of the retirement income system» but rather «a secure retirement income floor for workers in the province.»

If a voluntary CPP is designed anything like the existing CPP, it will be equivalent to an annuity, except it is sold by the government rather than an insurance company.

Encompassing many state regulatory officials, AAFCO is not a government agency, rather a non profit voluntary organization of committee members and advisors.

«The government has taken the role of a coordinator, rather than a regulator,» explains Monica De Los Rios, «This is not a law — it is a program designed to generate opportunities for voluntary activity; flexibility is the most important aspect.»

They take issue with the voluntary period of the agreement, as well as the fact that airlines will be able to offset their emissions rather than having to reduce them through efficiency gains or use of biofuels, etc..

But the negative consequences of actually exiting, rather than just coming up short on voluntary emissions reduction targets, would be extensive and costly.

However, when it comes to facilities / equipment and the government and commercial sectors (the majority of energy consumption), most energy analyses show absolutely astonishing levels of waste — so here, I am more inclined to want to look at policy rather than voluntary actions (unless the current trend to take voluntary steps really takes off).

The agreement is built on country - by - country statements of voluntary action, rather than the kind of top - down target - setting that characterised the Kyoto Protocol.

Rather, they are obligations to pay which are imposed by law, not by voluntary agreements.

The cost judge's conclusion that it was inherently unreasonable for the appellants to enter into a CFA rather than a voluntary mediation scheme went too far.

Currently, changing the configuration of bargaining units generally requires the voluntary agreement between a bargaining unit and the employer, rather than being decided by the OLRB.

Rather, partners will likely want to be bought out rather than undergo some kind of voluntary de-equitization and subsequent redistribution of ownership and / or profit sharing inteRather, partners will likely want to be bought out rather than undergo some kind of voluntary de-equitization and subsequent redistribution of ownership and / or profit sharing interather than undergo some kind of voluntary de-equitization and subsequent redistribution of ownership and / or profit sharing interests.

In contrast, voluntary arbitration is a choice rather than a necessity.

We support a self - regulation approach in that we recognize that most compliance will be achieved by the voluntary activities of covered entities rather than by our enforcement activities.

As the name of my firm says, here at Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers we practice what is known as «Collaborative Family Law», which is a voluntary, contract - based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process for those seeking to negotiate a resolution of their Family Law dispute, rather than having one imposed on them by a court or an arbitrator.

Rather than trying to make this process mandatory in contract, I feel that it would be most persuasive and effective if it was purely voluntary.

Accordingly, it is properly discussed in chapters concerned with the assessment of damages rather than alongside rules such as the defences of voluntary assumption of risk and illegality.

If you drop your coverage during your open enrollment period, and your spouse has a later open enrollment period, your loss of coverage doesn't count as a qualifying event, since it was a voluntary — rather than involuntary — loss of coverage.

«The problem with SegWit2x, and the way it was being pushed, is the idea was not only to change the rules and push the new network with those rules, but to try and destroy the old network, to force everyone on the old network to move to the new network rather than it being voluntary.»

The Collaborative Process is a method of resolving a couple's differences in a family matter through voluntary settlement negotiations rather than litigating in court.

Rather it underscores the voluntary, relationship - building nature of mediation: When people elect to participate, there's a better chance they'll resolve not only the money issue but any underlying issues as well.