Sentences with phrase «at the employment standards»

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CNBC's Steve Liesman takes a look at the debate between the Fed's standards on employment data and conventional wisdom on Wall Street.

Among the findings: Results from the federally - funded General Social Survey, considered the gold standard on social behavior and one of the few surveys that collects data about sexual orientation and workplace discrimination, show that 42 percent of LGB respondents had experienced employment discrimination at some point in their lives.

They are also responsible for any notice and severance requirements as prescribed by employment standards legislation, at a minimum.

At the beginning of her Parliamentary career, Ms Smith - a former economics teacher - served on the Commons treasury select committee before joining the Department for Education and Employment as school standards minister.

A real - time electronic poll of members attending the Conference found that: 55 % said that national standards for supply agencies would most help to secure better employment conditions for supply teachers; 83 % said supply agencies do not fully disclose all fees and charges they make for their services; 61 % said supply agencies do not act to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing at work; Nearly a quarter (24 %) said their supply agency does not make them fully aware of how much they will be paid for each assignment and the same number said they were not paid promptly and accurately by their agency; A third said their agency did not make them fully aware of the type of work they were expected to undertake; 15 % said that their supply agency prevents them from seeking work from other sources; 65 % said supply agencies do not respect and develop their professional skills; Nearly a third (32 %) said they would not recommend their main supply agency to other teachers.

Standard Professional Certificate I (SPC I), issued to teachers during at some point after employment at a Maryland public school or accredited nonpublic school

They may not be eligible to publish certain types of material or anything at all, depending on the terms of their employment, regulations or professional standards.

I don't believe in the all - encompassing view of central banking espoused by this paper (I'd rather have a gold standard, at least it is neutral), but how much will full employment suffer if most non-bank lenders go away?

If you are a teacher, or other employee of a public service organization, under contract for at least eight out of twelve months, you meet the full - time standard if you work an average of at least 30 hours per week during the contractual period and receive credit by your employer for a full year's worth of employment.

«Retirees who elect to stay in the plan or who return to employment benefit from the plan's fiduciary standard of care, and maintain access to cost - effective, institutional investment offerings, often at lower cost than what is available to them in the retail marketplace,» the research highlights.

At any rate, the CFPB helped roll out protections for these affected borrowers such as the gainful employment rule, a policy that holds for - profit colleges accountable for their education standards.

When World of Good by eBay asked me to choose my favorite eco-fashion picks from their fair trade marketplace — packed with thousands of products that positively influence people and planet — for a feature on their site, I jumped at the chance to go «virtual window shopping» and pick accessories that accent outfits, regardless of seasonal trends or personal style; I honed in on clothing made by hand with high - quality, local and traditional textiles, crafts that create employment in underserved areas, and accessories made with low - impact materials and following fair trade standards.

Failure to comply with the legislation will place organizations at risk of costly fines, employment standards or human rights complaints, investigations, poor morale and damage to the organization's brand.

However, most provincial employment standards laws require that a thirty minute lunch be taken, at least, every five hours.

Employment standards legislation requires employers to reinstate employees at the end of their leave to the job they held or to a comparable job if their job no longer exists.

Employment standards and labour relations were developed at a time when labour relations were more conventional, Kastner notes.

Wife testified at the evidentiary hearing about the parties» standard of living, the history of employment during the marriage, and illness and disability benefits.

However, employment law covers a broad variety of workplace issues, including wrongful dismissal, reasonable notice periods, employment standards, policies, rules at work, and human rights.

According to the Ontario government, the purpose of the amendments is to improve efficiency of the employment standards complaints process, and to help reduce the significant backlog of complaints currently on file with the Ministry of Labour (estimated at over 14,000).

At the same time, the Trudeau government has altered the rules for collective bargaining and employment standards in federally - regulated industry sectors.

Generally, a program is in compliance with gainful employment standards if it meets at least one of the following benchmarks:

(a) malfunction of mechanical equipment and recreational apparatus under the control of or maintained by the operator, including vehicles, other than that resulting from misuse by a user; (b) unsafe operation of mechanical equipment or recreational apparatus, including vehicles, by the operator or its employees; (c) unsafe aspects of the structure and condition of an indoor recreational facility that directly affect the safety of users when actually engaged in a recreational activity for which the recreational facility is designed or intended; (d) failure by the operator of an outdoor recreational facility to maintain commonly accepted conditions or standards of demarcation, signage, lighting, and monitoring of user activity, for outdoor recreational facilities of comparable size and type; (e) unfitness for normal use, at the time of supply or rental, of equipment or apparatus supplied or rented for use in connection with a recreational activity; (f) conduct of the operator's employees, acting in the course of their employment, that results in personal injury to or death of a user from the sources of risk referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e); (g) breach by the operator, or by an employee of the operator, of a specific statutory duty or regulatory requirement relating to safety in a particular recreational activity.

The Manitoba employment accessibility standard that will address practices related to employee recruitment, hiring and retention is expected to be finalized in 2018 with compliance at a later date.

At this time, only employees in federally regulated workplaces and in workplaces in Ontario and Alberta can take advantage of the extended EI parental benefits or family caregiver benefit for adults since these jurisdictions have amended their employment / labour standards legislation to harmonize the leaves with the period allowed for benefits to be paid.

You can also start an inquiry online at: work.alberta.ca / employment - standards / Employment - Standards - Online - Inemployment - standards / Employment - Standards - Online - InEmployment - Standards - Online - Inquiry.html

The employee must be reinstated at the same or similar position with equal or greater pay when they return from compassionate care leave (s. 53.92, Employment standards code).

However, in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, employees are guaranteed a day off at this time of year by the statutory holidays of differing names that are entrenched in their respective employment standards legislation.

The employment attorneys at The Cochran Firm are committed to upholding the standards of excellence set by founder, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr..

For some time, the employment relationship has been held to a standard of good faith and fair dealing, at least in respect to the administration of the employment contract and especially upon termination of employment.

When was the last time you looked at your standard employment policies to ensure that they properly address the fact that all of your employees are using their own iPhones at work and are using them to interact with the company's e-mail systems?

Picking up on Hirsch's post, Ross Runkel at Ross» Employment Law Blog notes that «high standards of competence and integrity are crucial» for ALJs.

Any employer has not met those standards of termination, or has acted in a way that violates one of these exceptions, can be sued for wrongful termination, even if the employee worked under an at - will employment contract.

Given the court's finding that minimum Code standards are incorporated by force of statute into the employment contract, the existence of an express or implied term of the employment contract requiring overtime to be paid to an FLS was a question of fact to be determined at trial.

Pursuant to Harder and Sterling O & G International Corp v Director of Employment Standards Division (Man), 2012 MBCA 18 (CanLII), 275 ManR (2d) 280 (at para 19), the law is ``... essentially settled that a question of statutory interpretation by a tribunal of its own statute will be reviewed on the standard of reasonableness».

It's fair to say that employers across Ontario were prepared for the provincial government to introduce at least some labour reforms as part of the Changing Workplaces Review, which put everything from the province's employment standards to human rights legislation under the microscope.

That approach, in my view, would have required consideration of: (i) the high standard of conduct expected of [the plaintiff] given the responsibilities and trust attached to his senior management position; (ii) the essential conditions (characterized as «core values») of integrity and honesty in his employment contract, including the requirement in the Code «to act in an honest and ethical manner at all times» (emphasis added); and (iii) his deliberate concealment of his actions which he later acknowledged to have been wrong and unethical.

Justice Glithero found that the termination clause breached the ESA writing «[b] oth Machtinger at para. 26 and s. 5 (1) of the ESA make any provisions that attempt to contract out of minimum employment standards, by providing for lesser benefits than those legislated as minimums, «null and void»».

Contact a Szilagyi & Daly Hartford employment lawyer for uncompromised counsel at the highest standards of professional ethics and integrity.

The Frankfurt employment lawyers of Winheller are committed providing foresighted, result - oriented and practical solutions at the highest standard of professionalism.

During this time Mary also volunteered at the Workers» Action Centre, where she provided assistance with employment standards matters and took part in worker and advocate - organized campaigns to raise the minimum wage and achieve systemic legal reform.

The rationale for the standard is that the sanction imposed for misconduct is to be proportional — dismissal is warranted when the misconduct is sufficiently serious that it strikes at the heart of the employment relationship.

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Mary gained early experience assisting workers with wrongful dismissal, employment standards, and human rights matters during her time in the Workers» Rights division at Parkdale Community Legal Services in Toronto, where she carried out effective negotiations to achieve favourable results for her clients.

(g) inform persons and organizations that may be subject to an accessibility standard at a future date of preliminary measures, policies or practices that they could implement before the accessibility standard comes into force in order to ensure that the goods, services, facilities, accommodation and employment they provide, and the buildings, structures and premises they own or occupy, are more accessible to persons with disabilities;

He has served as a labour arbitrator and mediator, conducted inquiries and reviews at Canadian, British and American universities, and recently chaired government commissions on employment standards, pensions and workplace insurance.

For example, the Department of Labor's section 504 regulation (found at 29 CFR part 32), consistent with the ADA standards, requires recipients that conduct employment - related programs, including employment training programs, to maintain confidentiality regarding any information about the medical condition or history of applicants to or participants in the program or activity.

It is unclear whether I will be paid at all, even though by Supreme Court standards this could be full - time employment for the next five years.

Now that the Integrated Accessibility Regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act is now law and will come into force on July 1, 2011, let's take a closer look at the accessibility standard for employment.

RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE # 18 - # 22K PA PLUS UNCAPPED OTE If you have the drive and ambition to succeed in a highly pressurised environment Extra Personnel are currently recruiting for: INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT Hours of Work — Monday — Friday 40 hrs per week with flexibility to the business KEY DUTIES OF THE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT * To identify suitable candidates for current and prospective industrial clients * Conduct interviews and full reference including right to work for all workers * To canvass new and existing clients to generate new business opportunities * Ensure that all clients and workers comply with health and safety legislation and promptly refer any concerns to the branch manager * Maintaining quality and ISO procedures in line with Standard Operating Procedures to ensure effective, positive quality audit results * Liaising daily with the clients and managing expectations including job requirements, hours of work and rates of pay * To conform to all statutory employment and contractual legislation * To ensure all administrative requirements are satisfied to ensure candidates are paid correctly, promptly and customers are invoiced promptly and correctly * Covering out of office calls and demands on a rota requirement * On time reporting of key information to Extra Personnel SKILLS REQUIRED FOR A RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT * Strong Sales and Customer service experience within a fast paced changing environment * Able to communicate at all levels from worker to director * Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads which continually change * Computer literate — outlook, excel and word * Ability to report critical information accurately and to tight deadlines * Ability to use a common sense approach to problem solving * Full UK driving license required BENEFITS As part of our commitment our Recruitment Consultant will also receive: * Excellent salary and bonus opportunities * Healthcare Scheme * Pension * Min 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays rising to a maximum of 29 days plus Bank Holidays * Plus an additional days holiday for your Birthday * Continued advancement training

Lisa Calicchio, SPHR, vice president of employee relations, global recruiting and diversity at Princeton, N.J. - based Covance Inc., says her company has its own standards for employment and resume verification.