Sentences with phrase «by federal government employees»

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By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as employees, federal, state and local governments potentially miss out on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.

The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise employees, has increased by about 35 per cent between 1999 and 2009, (from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess of overall growth in population of 11 per cent over that period.

He sold GM shares at cut - rate prices for a net savings of $ 900 million; cut the contingency reserve by $ 2 billion; and, booked a «settlement» of $ 900 million for a new disability and sick leave management system for federal government employees.

Employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), CSRS - Offset, or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) who plan to retire under the voluntary age and service rules should use the Federal Government Employees Ballpark Estimator.

Any non-federal employee earning the equivalent of an MP's salary, who wants an equivalent inflation - indexed benefit backed by the federal government, would need to buy federal real - return bonds — to the tune of about 70 per cent of income!

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalGovernment Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalgovernment,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal agencies.

Federal government nonmilitary employees shrunk by 8,000 employees under Carter.

On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»

Few Glendal Foods employees had been members of the National Union of Workers (which covers some food manufacturing) until August, when a complaint was made to the union by Ms Nguyen, who also contacted the federal government's Fair Work Ombudsman, which in turn referred her to WorkSafe.

Republican activist E. O'Brien Murray filed an ethics complaint against US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, claiming Gaspard broke the federal law barring political involvement by government employees by assisting de Blasio in last year's mayoral contest.

MSPB only governs actions which may not be taken by employees of the Federal Government acting in supervisory capacity.

«It bears restating that Nigeria is a federation of states, and no trade union can alter this federal reality by imposing on an employer state government the terms that federal employees have agreed with the Federal Govefederal reality by imposing on an employer state government the terms that federal employees have agreed with the Federal Ggovernment the terms that federal employees have agreed with the Federal Govefederal employees have agreed with the Federal GoveFederal GovernmentGovernment.

The weekly standard had a sensationally titled piece that was picked up and linked to by the Drudge report that claimed it was proof that Hillary Clinton knew she sent classified info over her personal email, which would be a violation of federal regulations regarding the handling of classified information by government officials and employees.

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the scrapping of the Ministry of Aviation by the Federal Government.

The EFCC subsequently received a petition alleging that over N50bn from the Employee Compensation Scheme fund, paid by Ministries, Departments and Agencies and private companies as well as another N18bn, being the contribution of the Federal Government as take - off grant to the NSITF, was mismanaged and diverted into the personal accounts of Olojeme and Umar Abubakar, a former Managing Director of the NSITF.

The N41, 566, 565, 184 released to PENCOM was the outstanding appropriated for the year 2014 and 2016 by the National Assembly for the settlement of the retirement benefits of Federal Government employees.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

It forbids those employees, or those employed by agencies funded by the federal government, to seek public office.

The OMB guidelines were issued in response to reports of wasteful government spending by federal employees at «junket - style» gatherings.

To establish which states are most corrupt, the researchers examined more than 25,000 convictions for violations of federal anti-corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 and created a «corruption index» by comparing convictions with the number of government employees.

The American government conducts hearings that will determine the future of the Federal Theatre Project, which is valiantly defended by its head, Hallie Flanagan (Cherry Jones); but helped taken down by a low - ranking employee (Joan Cusack), who in turn is pursued romantically by a ventriloquist (Bill Murray).

Washington — Compared with what they would have received if fiscal 1981 federal spending policies had remained in effect, state and local governments have lost $ 42 billion in federal assistance since President Reagan assumed office, according to a new analysis by a national public employees» union.

By utilizing innovative instructional design and the latest technology advancements, our firm partners with large brands and federal government agencies to create cutting - edge training that engages employees and changes behaviors.

These provisions strengthen protections for Federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse, and modify rules on the use of nondisclosure policies or agreements by government agencies.

PHMSA must also manage user access by federal, State, and local government employee / contractors to HMIS.

Outside of the FAA, the bulk of the DOT employees are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) at the local level, most by AFGE Local 2814 at the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) and AFGE Local 3313 representing multiple units in multemployees are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) at the local level, most by AFGE Local 2814 at the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) and AFGE Local 3313 representing multiple units in multEmployees (AFGE) at the local level, most by AFGE Local 2814 at the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) and AFGE Local 3313 representing multiple units in multiple OAs.

Last week, RIM announced the United States government had granted the BlackBerry PlayBook «FIPS 140 - 2 certification,» making it the first tablet approved for use by employees of U.S. federal government agencies.

Some federal employees and employees of state or local government agencies may be eligible for pensions that are based on earnings not covered by Social Security.

By and large, federal government employees, who ditch work at a median age of 58.

Federal government worker Average age at retirement: 58 Years of service: 26 Years collecting a pension: 27 Estimated value of pension at retirement: $ 560,000 to $ 660,000 (based on a projected real return of 2.8 % to 4.3 % a year) Amount of pension currently contributed by the employee: 33 % Pension benefit is equivalent to what percentage of worker's salary?

The federal government announced that contributions from employees and employers is to increase by 1 %, a boost that will be phased in starting 2019 and be in full effect by 2023.

Also, new federal government hires will be able to retire with unreduced pensions after a long career only at age 60, rather than the 55 enjoyed by current employees.

Former federal government employee Tony Miller earns a steady return by loaning out his RRSP money.

While federal and provincial leaders debate how to solve the pension crisis during meetings in Whitehorse this week, an interesting proposal has been suggested by the head of Ontario's municipal workers pension plan: let anyone join a government employee pension plan.

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).

By requesting, obtaining or using a Credit Card from us you agree that we may release information in our records regarding you and your Credit Account: (a) to comply with government agency or court orders; (b) to share your credit performance with credit reporting agencies and other creditors who we reasonably believe are or may be doing business with you on your Credit Account; (c) to provide information on your Credit Account to any third party who we believe is conducting an inquiry in accordance with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; (d) to share information with our employees, agents or representatives performing work for us in connection with your Credit Account; or (e) as otherwise permitted by the Bank's privacy policBy requesting, obtaining or using a Credit Card from us you agree that we may release information in our records regarding you and your Credit Account: (a) to comply with government agency or court orders; (b) to share your credit performance with credit reporting agencies and other creditors who we reasonably believe are or may be doing business with you on your Credit Account; (c) to provide information on your Credit Account to any third party who we believe is conducting an inquiry in accordance with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; (d) to share information with our employees, agents or representatives performing work for us in connection with your Credit Account; or (e) as otherwise permitted by the Bank's privacy policby the Bank's privacy policy.

Incentives should include exemption of microbusinesses (under 20 employees, and under $ 2 million annual revenue) from the more onerous reporting, environmental liability, minority quotas, employee liabilities, OSHA hassles, and taxation (including patent «maintenance fees»), imposed by the federal government.

Let me start by saying I write the blog as a private citizen, not as an employee of the National Park Service (NPS) or federal government.

by Kathryn Watson Daily Caller A loophole in federal law allows Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees and other federal workers get away with deleting millions of official records created using cellphone text messaging, according to government transparency experts.

Former Visium Asset Management LP trader, Jason Thorell's cooperation with the SEC Whistleblower Program and other US federal agencies has supported insider trading and fraud and conspiracy proceedings brought by the SEC against former Visium hedge fund managers and a government employee at the FDA.

In particular, this chapter addresses: (1) employee rights as provided by an employer and by federal and state law; (2) differences in employee rights in the context of an external (i.e., government - driven) investigation as compared with an internal investigation; (3) representation of individuals; (4) indemnification and insurance coverage for individuals; and (5) privilege issues particular to the representation of an individual.

If an injury occurred in the scope of the employee's job or the employee was acting on behalf of the government, then the FTCA allows private citizens to sue the government for damages caused by the negligence of federal employees.

And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal Law Blog had the scoop on a «hot off the presses» ruling by federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG partners in pressuring the firm not to advance them legal fees (I originally blogged about the matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or employee rights when government comes knocking on the corporate door).

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.

Justice Abella harkened back to an explanation given by the government in 1978 when the provisions were introduced and found that the intention was to expand the dismissal rights of non-unionized employees in the federal sector to analogously match those enjoyed by unionized employees.

Represented a prominent executive of a widely known firm in the construction industry, obtaining an acquittal of federal campaign contribution charges arising from contributions made by employees to a federal congressional campaign, which the government contended were disguised corporate contributions and exceeded contribution limits.

If you were injured by the federal government or one of its employees, then different rules and notices apply.

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.

If a court wants to transfer certain kinds of federally regulated retirements assets titled in the name of one spouse to another spouse in the course of a divorce, this is only effective if the Court follows the exacting requirements of a «qualified domestic relations order» (similar requirements apply to both federal government employee benefits and to private pension plans governed by ERISA which is a federal law with broad pre-emptive effect over private pension law).

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.