Sentences with phrase «at a minimum level of»

It will certainly improve the morale of teachers and school leaders; after all, who would want to work in a system where the majority of children do not perform at a minimum level of proficiency?

Automatic exemption is applied at the minimum level of $ 50,000 for any individual who owns property.

In addition to seeking to foster innovative approaches to delivering finance at the minimum level of concessionality possible, the CTF has made investments that seek to reduce the costs of promising new technologies such as concentrating solar thermal power.

Each of these areas of required coverage must be included in your policy, at a minimum level of monetary coverage or above.

In the state of Louisiana prior to the enactment of this legislation, motorists had to have auto liability coverage at a minimum level of 10/20/10.

Not exact matches

Also, keep in mind that trading options spreads in IRA accounts at Schwab requires Level 2 options approval, a minimum of $ 25K in account equity, and enough cash available to cover the options spread requirements.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd subsidiary ATS Inc has made good on a promise not to extend its $ 1.16 billion hostile takeover bid for US - based oil producer Energy Partners Ltd, after failing to reach the minimum acquisition level of 50 per cent.

Out of those 1,000 or so, well more than half are held at minimum - security levels — often privately managed «Club Feds» that are about two steps down the comfort ladder from Motel 6.

The EPI indeed looked at the impact of a $ 10.10 minimum wage, but it never said how many people would rise above poverty levels as a result.

Several states have set their minimum wage rates at a higher level than the federal rate, including California, which has a current rate of $ 10 per hour.

«If we follow that pattern from 2015, Sebastian wouldn't be surprised if the S&P 500 can climb from its current level of 2,604 back to 2,800, at a minimum.»

They also can maintain those high levels of performance, and keep turnover to a minimum, at a cost that is practical for the company and, ultimately, provides a net positive return on the investment.

At an absolute minimum, the sponsor must have at least 10 years of principal level experience and a minimum of $ 50 million of transaction experience as a principaAt an absolute minimum, the sponsor must have at least 10 years of principal level experience and a minimum of $ 50 million of transaction experience as a principaat least 10 years of principal level experience and a minimum of $ 50 million of transaction experience as a principal.

The USDCAD is not one of the liquid currency pairs but tends to be at a lower level, which means that every trading decision should be carried out with minimum mistakes since one can not afford to lose on a low - liquid currency pair.

A: When a company receives low support for its say - on - pay proposal (generally less than 75 %), we believe at a minimum the company should provide some level of disclosure regarding the company's response to shareholder opposition; such disclosure, which often includes a discussion of engagement meetings and feedback received, should be accompanied by relevant changes and / or rationale intended to address outstanding concerns.

Giuliani has warned Trump against sitting down for an interview with Mueller and has suggested that, at a minimum, the president place limits on his level of cooperation.

The participation of accredited investors at higher levels will provide non-accredited investors with added value as they are more likely to do greater due diligence then if they were only investing the minimum threshold amount in a campaign.

At a deeper level, as people are conditioned to a consumer outlook, the church finds itself under challenge to present the Christian faith in a way that meshes with people's desire for answers, and in a more pernicious way for a faith «product», that will meet their needs with a minimum of effort and disruption.

Anyway after a change in circumstances in 2015 (and my ever increasing frustration at the levels of poncyness in the food industry) we decided that we really should do something about it and started producing cooking sauces but they had to be «healthy, exceptionally tasty and made from the minimum of ingredients for the maximum taste and most importantly Nowt Poncy!

Different PGS require different levels of farmer involvement but, at a minimum, farmers (and hopefully also consumers) are integrally involved in peer - reviews of each other's operations.

We welcome in particular the introduction of EPR general minimum requirements in legislation, which will increase transparency, cost - efficiency, accountability, and enforcement of EPR obligations at national level.

«Our key consideration in this remodel was to allow all of our franchisees to participate in at least a minimum level of facility upgrade,» Kramp explains.

We're at sea level on the East Coast and I only let it sit the minimum amount of time, but they turned out totally awesome.

RAYCON systems requires minimum maintenance and operate at a high level of efficiency.

I just hope the FA can make the game more level by making sure all teams have a minimum of at least 5 homegrown players.Otherwise the moneybags teams will be a league within a league.

Just as the angry honking of car horns — ordinarily a Manhattan anthem — was at a minimum, the games were suffused with a level of civility not usually in evidence.

This will apply at all levels of the game from 3 January 2017 introducing minimum on - field sanctions for reckless and accidental contact with the head, effectively lowering the acceptable height of the tackle.The guideline will be supported with a global education programme.

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that «coaches at all levels... be required to meet a minimum level of qualification necessary to meet these responsibilities.

Labor costs often amount to as much as half of the budget for a school nutrition department, but salary for cafeteria workers varies greatly, with some districts paying close to minimum wage for entry level workers, while others may pay closer to $ 15 - 20 per hour even for those workers still at first step.

«A minimum of $ 3.6 billion would be saved if breastfeeding were increased from current levels (64 percent in - hospital, 29 percent at 6 months) to those recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General (75 and 50 percent).

Until recently, the skilled job had to pay at least # 20,800 per year, but for various technical reasons related to the cap on skilled work visas (which means that the minimum salary varies depending on the number of applications) that level has fluctuated between # 24,000 and # 46,000 since June 2015.

Achebe stated further that the minimum in that regard would be the recognition by the constitution of the role of the traditional institution in communal life, such as mobilising the community for enlightenment, education, economic empowerment, peace building, safety and security; custodianship of and leadership in advancing «our culture; and the creation of National council of Traditional Rulers at the federal level.

Given the urgency of finding some way to ensure a minimum of stability on which other social and political institutions can be founded, I suggest three brief considerations that ought to be borne in mind when policy responses are eventually formulated (at whichever level of governance).

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and his Kano State counterpart, Dr. Umar Ganduje have urged labour unions to be realistic in their demand for minimum wage due to economic challenges the government at all levels are facing.

Persons achieving technician level status receive an average of 400 hours of Hazmat training and must, at a minimum, achieve and demonstrate all competencies required by NFPA 471 and 472 for Hazardous Materials Technicians.

Many Democrats are calling for a federal minimum wage of $ 15 an hour, or at least that amount on the state and local levels.

If Marcie's # 225 earnings are derived from being on or near the minimum wage, then there is a double hit for her because she also can not salary sacrifice to save 12 per cent National Insurance, if such an arrangement would take her pay below the level of the applicable minimum wage rate (# 7.83 per hour in 2018/19 for those aged 25 and over).3 Anne Fairpo said: «One of the concerns about allowing the lowest earners to sacrifice salary has been the risk of their pay dropping below the point at which entitlement to contributory benefits is triggered (the Lower Earnings Limit - # 116 per week in 2018/19).

Mr O'Flynn said the starting rate would be set at the level of the full - time minimum wage, «followed by a 20p standard rate, a 30p intermediate rate and a 40p top rate».

If the expert's letter can not state clearly that the foreign scientist is at a minimum «outstanding,» then it should not be submitted to INS at all as it will only serve to dilute the INS officer?s level of esteem for the foreign scientist.

The heralded new NRSA minimum exceeds by only $ 384 the average starting salary of this year's new general liberal arts graduates at the bachelor's degree level and falls $ 10,921 short of the average for all new college graduates, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, as reported by the Associated Press.

The scientists observed that as the number of mice in the cage increased, so did their hearing threshold — the minimum sound level at which they are able to hear sounds.

But a few holdouts argue that such a limit could compromise the financial flexibility of principal investigators (PIs) and positions could disappear because the PI can not afford to pay the postdoc salary at the minimum level.

The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption's magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)-- making it one of the largest known in the Holocene.

At a very general level, finding the minimum of a cost function can be described as trying to find a small cluster of values amid a much larger set of possibilities.

Unlike the earlier House proposal, the bill does not contain language opposed by research groups that would have required NIH to support a specific number of new grants at a minimum funding level.

Other environmental laws like the Clean Air Act set the federal level of regulation as a minimum, not a maximum, for the states, says Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University of Maryland.

Nonetheless, the only features of doctoral education that are legally stipulated at the national level by this law are the minimum period of study, the admission standards, and the minimum requirements for the completion of the PhD.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 132 million Americans — or about 62 per cent of the population — are served by water systems with at least 0.7 parts per million of fluoride, the minimum level thought to prevent cavities.