Sentences with phrase «because federal employees»

Countless federal records are being lost to posterity because federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create on government computers, send by e-mail and post on the Web.

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In 2013, the Walton family received $ 8 billion in tax breaks, $ 6.2 billion of which came from federal taxpayer subsidies handed to them because employee wages are so low.

The group incentive nature of employee stock ownership and profit sharing makes this an effective way to create and reinforce a sense of common purpose, and to encourage higher commitment and productivity.23 It is also the case with ESOPs that the new ownership might not be viewed by the firm in the same way as other added compensation because the ownership is financed through loans to buy new capital as company stock, with Federal tax incentives, and the shares are not paid as normal wages and benefits out of company budget reserved for this purpose.

Filings with the Labor Department show at least two dozen instances during the last two years in which former IBM (IBM) employees applied for federal aid because the tech giant moved their jobs to other countries.

The reason the priest can't volunteer is because there's a federal law which states federal employees may not continue to work voluntarily during a government shutdown.

Employees would benefit by paying less federal tax because they would drop to a lower tax bracket.

That's because the vehicle for the continuing resolution that funds the government until Feb. 8 was legislation that prohibits the Government Publishing Office from distributing free printed copies of the Federal Register to congressional offices or other government employees, unless specifically requested.

HOOSICK FALLS — State officials said on Friday that they did not test water in Petersburgh for the toxic chemical PFOA in 2014, even though a state employee privately raised the possibility of its presence in the water supply, because it was not on federal regulation lists.

Because only 19 SURA employees are authorized to be paid with CDBG funds, federal money should not be used to buy insurance for the others, the ABO contends.

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a city law to regulate carwash businesses violated federal law because it encouraged unionization, dealing a blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to increase protections for low - wage carwash employees.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The 20 - year - old lead abatement program run by the city of Syracuse will shut down and its four employees will be laid off because federal officials, who had criticized the city's handling of grants, rejected Syracuse's application for continued funding.

Postdocs holding NIH and NSF fellowships (known as stipend postdocs) could not receive those benefits, however, because federal policy forbids universities to consider them employees.

And Representative Don Beyer (D — VA), whose district includes NSF's headquarters and thousands of federal employees, noted that rotators «can cause problems among the rank and file employees [because] they are not necessarily trained managers.»

Because as a employee of a tax - exempt institution, a university, you have to distance yourself, you can't get health care insurance, salary from federal grants and run for office.

«Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.»

Responding to a comment by DeVos that she couldn't think of an ongoing civil rights issue that would warrant federal involvement, Lhamon, in an op - ed for The Hechinger Report, ran down the types of cases her office had worked on: a North Carolina University revoking a student's acceptance after discovering he had cerebral palsy; a segregated Alabama school district offering advanced courses at its high schools that served primarily white students, but not at the high school that served virtually all of its black students; California district employees ignoring sexual assault cases because they considered them part of their Latino students» «urban culture.»

Candidates shall not be deemed ineligible because an individual used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal employees during a competition, if the facilities and employees are made available to all individuals participating in the competition on an equitable basis;

Lately, it's been getting a bit of interest because some parties see it as a threat to much - loved Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans for federal government workers and Crown Corporation employees, (such as Canada Post, CBC, Via Rail, etc.).

In a report earlier this year, the think tank estimated the cost of federal employee pension plans is more than $ 100 billion higher than the government says it is because Ottawa is underestimating the future costs.

So if a funding deficit arises in a TBP (because of underfunding, or lower - than - expected investment returns, say), part or all of it can be compensated for by reducing accrued benefits to employees whereas a traditional DB plan would require the entire deficit to be funded by increased contributions on the part of the employer — the federal government (and by extension, the taxpayer).

Regardless of whether you work for the government or a private employer, federal law prohibits employers from firing an employee solely because they have decided to seek bankruptcy protection.

Because you aren't an employee, the payments you receive from your business don't have any federal income tax withholding taken from them, and there are no deductions for social security or Medicare.

And they are SCREAMING all over Facebook because the rule that does not allow the sale of disposable water bottles on Federal Lands — though the sale of the same bottles containing sugary drinks is fine — has been eliminated along with the White House Employees only Bike Share rack in DC.

Because all the employees of both agencies have a federal gag order on them.

FUTA taxes are in any case de minimus because state unemployment taxes are a credit against federal unemployment taxes dollar for dollar except for a very small minimum per employee FUTA tax (0.6 % of the first $ 7,000 per year of wages for each employee, for a maximum FUTA tax of $ 42 per year per employee in most cases), because state unemployment taxes are almost always higher than federal FUTA taxes.

The lawsuit was granted in federal court because of premises identified in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

If you store on the computer personal information of customers, clients, employees or third - parties, and there is a real risk of significant harm because of the intrusion caused by the Ransomware, you may have to contact a federal or provincial Office of the Privacy Commissioner to disclose the breach of personal information and communicate with affected individuals.

Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), many employees are entitled to unpaid leave when they need it for their own health problems, to care for a family member with a health problem, because of the birth or adoption of a new child, or because of certain events related to the military service of a family member.

But, I strongly suspect that the fundamental source of the distinction is the kind of case handled by each agency and not agency of employment per se, because constitutionally and for most purposes, SEC employees and Justice Department employees are both employees of the same entity, the federal government of the United States of America.

I'm asking how hard it would be for a federal employee who was diagnosed with work related PTSD to be fired if they don't feel safe because the agency has a very anti-prosecution view of employees that attack other employees.

The federal government does not provide workers with any SDI benefits through Social Security, but because of federal laws, employers are required to provide employees with some form of unpaid leave (such as a workers» compensation leave or FMLA).

Because the government is subsidizing your life insurance, it usually makes the most sense for a federal employee to take advantage of the system and opt - in to federal life insurance through FEGLI.

Even if it is not mandatory for your small business, offering your employees benefits such as health and life insurance may be wise because it helps you attract and retain good workers — and may even qualify your business for federal tax credits.

The federal resume requires a different approach than a conventional one, primarily because the federal government looks for a different set of characteristics from its employees.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

In contrast to New York, the US Congress has singled out certain classes of women (low - income women, federal employees, military personnel serving overseas, residents of the District of Columbia, and women in federal prisons) and restricted their access to legal abortions because their health care is funded in part by the federal government.

If you turn to an employee leasing company to handle your office employees or a salesperson benefit plan, Williams offers one caveat: «Be very careful about any leasing company you do business with, because you're sending it your payroll and payroll taxes and depending on it to pay your employees and deposit funds with the federal government.

The Supreme Court of the United States has considered whether the federal Fair Housing Act («Act») imposes personal liability without proof of fault upon an officer or owner of a residential real estate corporation because of the actions of the corporation's employee or agent.

REALTORS ® enjoy a broad range of deductions and other advantages under the federal tax code because the government enables brokers to treat agents as independent contractors, not employees.

«But if you're a salaried, overtime - exempt employee, generally under federal law the employer has the obligation to pay the salary if the employee works part of the week, meaning just because an employee isn't able to come in for a day doesn't mean the employer can say, «You don't get paid for that day.»