Sentences with phrase «as white collar worker»

All respondents obtained at least a secondary school degree and the majority were employed as white collar worker (90 %).

Vikings star Gustaf Skarsgård joins the cast as white collar worker Karl Strand while Fares Fares from Rogue One is playing tech expert Antoine Costa.

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A deeper clue as to why white - collar workers have trouble getting comfortable is an odd measurement called the «clo» (short for «clothing»).

In terms of the large - scale, mass - produced economy, the utility of low - skill human workers is rapidly diminishing, as many blue - collar jobs (e.g., in manufacturing) and white - collar jobs (e.g., processing insurance paperwork) can be handled much more cheaply by automated systems.

Even as the company tests delivery by drone and ways to restock toilet paper at the push of a bathroom button, it is conducting a little - known experiment in how far it can push white - collar workers, redrawing the boundaries of what is acceptable.

The board found the profile of Australian workers was evolving, with more «white - collar» workers becoming contractors and self - employed in sectors such as management consultancy and financial services.

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

John Murphy, who had worked as a political organizer and lobbyist for the Public Employees Federation of white collar state workers, contends in court papers that he was «ridiculed, harassed and humiliated» after he had to cut back his duties and hours to attend physical therapy sessions following an August 2014 accident.

The raises come as the administration heads toward contract negotiations with the Public Employees Federation, a union of 54,000 white - collar state workers whose current agreement expires on April 1.

Unlike some bigger labor counterparts — like SEIU 1199 and H.T.C., both firmly in Cuomo's corner — the union of some 55,000 mostly white - collar state workers isn't known as a political powerhouse.

«By teleoperating robots from home, blue - collar workers would be able to tele - commute and benefit from the IT revolution just as white - collars workers do now.»

As a longtime character actor who has shined among ensemble casts (think: Juno's deadpan dad or Bob, a laid off white collar worker, in two of director Jason Reitman's Oscar - bait films), Whiplash co-star J.K. Simmons appreciated receiving the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

In unionized workplaces, this is often a negotiated item, but in other settings (especially in white - collar environments), often workers take it as a badge of honor to stay at their desks through breaks and lunchtime.

Just as corporations have revamped the private white collar workforce, replacing full - time, salaried personnel with «temporary» workers — a system in which some managers are officially temps — such are the prospects for teachers in the brave new corporate world of education «reform.»

As for how Amazon treats its employees, «even white collar workers» and how they «rarely» stay more than two years, there's another blanket statement without proof.

Tens of millions of individuals and families previously classified as «middle class» — including many white - collar workers — are now considered «low income» because they:

White -, blue - and gray - collar workers, as classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), were included in the survey population.

The Vive launch title presents itself as an artifact from the future, a kind of museum exhibit allowing people to play as workers of the late 21st Century: a white collar in a cubicle, a convenience clerk so on.

Beginning in 1979, with the Radical Faeries, and then also with Robert Bly, whom (like Jeff Koons) some of us may or may not like, there's an attitude very much like the»50s critique of the man in the gray flannel suit or the white collar worker, of American commercial capitalism as emasculating, right?

Boston Commercial Litigation partners Greg Deschenes and Kurt Mullen, and Boston Government Investigations & White Collar Defense associate Charles Dell «Anno are mentioned as counsel successfully representing the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund in this article about a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision regarding whether the fund can recover workers» compensation claims.

These white collar people can be anything from office workers such as accountants, bankers and school teachers for example.

There is a shortage of skilled white collar engineering candidates in Colombia, despite local workers being highly skilled and trained as a result of the country's educational system and existing oil and gas sector.

Varma, who joined McKinsey as a business analyst in October 2007, was taking the Myers - Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)-- a personality test that has become a rite of passage for millions of white - collar workers.

A clerk is generally referred to as a white - collar worker, who performs various duties like - semi professional official duties, administrative and sales tasks and so on.

These properties are typically occupied by white collar workers and have amenities such as garages, in - unit washer / dryers, pools, spas, exercise gyms, the latest technology, etc..