Sentences with phrase «by low paid workers»

In particular, the introduction of fees had led to a decline in smaller claims traditionally brought by lower paid workers, such as claims for unpaid wages, notice pay, holiday pay and unfair dismissal.

Not exact matches

Oxfam said that women workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less than men and usually have lower paid and more insecure forms of work.

Hardly a day goes by when American unions are not attacked from some quarter: Last week, the Supreme Court weakens unions representing home care workers, one of the lowest paid and fastest growing occupations.

By contrast, many other independent workers are in low - wage occupations where the supply of labor is huge and turnover is constant; if someone leaves because of crummy pay or wretched working conditions, the employer can easily tap somebody else to fill the slot.

That proposal was controversial because some critics view it as a way for tech companies to simply save money on labor costs by relying on lower - paid workers from overseas.

But there is little or no discussion in Unions Matter of current intergenerational tensions in the union movement: the movement toward two - tier workplaces, like Air Canada's Rouge Airlines, which aims to hire new, mostly younger workers at a lower pay scale and with fewer benefits than are enjoyed by older, established workers.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a large share of the tax is paid by workers in the form of lower wages.

Studies of the economic impact of existing laws sponsored by groups across the ideological spectrum have found that while the costs to employers of paid sick leave mandates tend to be low on average, they tend to be more significant in certain industries, like food services, where paid sick leave is less common and workers typically are younger.

Last weekend's Cambridge Analytica news — that the company was able to access tens of millions of users» data by paying low - wage workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to take a Facebook survey, which gave Cambridge Analytica access to Facebook's dossier on each of those turkers» Facebook friends — has hammered home two problems: first...

The pullback in government support was often justified by the idea that employee stock ownership may be a risky substitute for fixed worker pay, but almost all the studies indicate that employee stock ownership in the form of ESOPs does not come at the expense of workers taking lower wages or other forms of compensation.

The U.S. financial sector found this appealing as long as consumption was financed by running into debt, not by workers earning more money or paying lower taxes.

After a year that has seen Apple's reputation tested by controversy over the way its Chinese production partners treated low - paid workers, observers said Cook might have seen an opportunity to bolster the company's image as a socially responsible and progressive force.

But economists and professors cast doubt on whether tax policy changes were the driving force behind the move by a retailing giant that for years has stood as a lightning rod for criticism over low worker pay.

In addition, U.S. workers will begin receiving more take - home pay, likely by next month, as lower tax rates for individuals under the Republican plan kick in.

The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev John Sentamu, has called on the government to cut the number of low - paid workers by one million.

On average in the EU, taxes paid by the employer and employee sum to a total equal to nearly 70 per cent of take - home wages for low paid workers.

The Paid Family Leave law spearheaded by Cuomo will start to make things a little easier on new parents — but it's still not enough, especially for lower - and middle - income restaurant workers.

He wants the government to make it a «goal» to cut the number of low paid workers by one million by 2020.

Port Authority staff recommended that the agency raise the minimum wage for more than 40,000 NYC - area airport workers to $ 19 an hour by the fall of 2023 — an increase of more than 80 percent in about five years for the lowest - paid workers at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the three major airports operated by the authority.

«It is far too easy for employers in Britain to undercut wages and working conditions by recruiting temporary workers from elsewhere in Europe on very low pay and with no job security, knowing that the benefit system will top up their income.

In response, Labour came up with a letter of its own, signed by what it described as «a true cross-section of British society» - actors, business leaders, writers, nurses and low - paid workers, including those who work on zero - hours contracts.

In parts of old industrial Lancashire and Yorkshire, Ukip are beginning to pick the votes of disaffected working class voters, especially the low paid and low skilled workers who feel left behind by Labour.

In the July Budget, Osborne also planned to cut tax credits, which top up pay for low - income workers, prompting claims that this represented a breach of promises made by colleagues before the general election in May.

As a left winger, I would prefer to do that by pushing up the earnings (and working conditions) of low paid workers.

The move comes after peers voted in favour of a motion by the former Labour minister Lady Hollis to halt the cuts until the government produces a scheme to compensate low - paid workers for three years.

He said: «The bill tries to drive a false wedge between government, industry, employees and the public by restricting rights — and at worst criminalising — ordinary working people, from midwives to factory workers to challenge low - pay or health and safety concerns.

However, by ensuring our lowest paid workers no longer pay income tax and by helping with childcare costs, we are also working to create a fairer society.»

The suggestion, which was made today in a report from Eurosceptic think tank Open Europe and a version of which has already been aired by Labour's Rachel Reeves, would mean low - paid workers from EU countries lose an average of # 55 per week.

Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF spending growth appears lower.3 Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.

This line was attached by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS, who said rising poverty was in part fuelled by the strict pay deals imposed on low paid public sector workers.

Nearly 500 of the City of Buffalo's lowest - paid workers would be getting a series of raises starting next year and ultimately earn $ 15 per hour by 2021 under a plan revealed by Mayor Byron Brown, who made this announcement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner made her support for raising the pay of the lowest - paid workers more than rhetorical by increasing the minimum wage for the city's employees to $ 15 an hour, effective immediately.

Four million more low - paid workers and pensioners would be exempt from paying income tax under Liberal Democrat plans unveiled by Vince Cable.

The something for nothing culture encouraged by the previous Labour Government created a two - tier benefits system where the strivers and low paid workers have been penalised for the idleness of the shirkers.

Increasing support for low - paid workers through our social security system - cruelly slashed by the Tories - and delivering a revolution in workers» rights to give people a strong voice at work.»

Mr. Cuomo's office said the state worker wage phase - in would follow the same calendar as his fast food pay plan: taking full effect for workers in New York City by 2018 and for the rest of the state by 2020, with the lowest paid workers getting $ 10.50 an hour by the end of this year and $ 12 by the end of next.

The donation came less than two months after workers at certain busing companies, including one owned by Mr. Lodde's firm, had gotten an unprecedented windfall from New York City government: a $ 42 million grant pushed through by Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise wages at low - paying private bus companies with city contracts.

Failure to do so would confirm the Tories are not only happy to stand by while insecurity booms, but are also happy to punish low and middle paid workers for it.

It's galling that low and middle paid workers are having the scales tipped even further against them by this government, who are refusing to stand up for their rights at work that would help make work pay and taking money from their pockets through Universal Credit cuts.

A new report by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) will highlight the plight of temporary low - paid agency workers who turn to confusing and costly umbrella arrangements to claim tax relief on travel expensLow Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) will highlight the plight of temporary low - paid agency workers who turn to confusing and costly umbrella arrangements to claim tax relief on travel expenslow - paid agency workers who turn to confusing and costly umbrella arrangements to claim tax relief on travel expenses.

But TUC leader Frances O'Grady accused IDS of ignoring the hit to low - paid workers and job losses predicted by various Brexit studies.

«This will also help stop the abuse of migrant workers from unscrupulous employers who pay very low wages in the anticipation that these will be topped up by tax credits and family benefits,» he argued.

For a start you're not questioning why working class socialist labour voters went Ukip in the first place, it wasn't some guardian reading, snobbery that the working class are think, therefore are bigoted, so they must vote UKIP as they're nasty right wingers who dint like immigration, the decrease in wages among blue collar workers, due to immigration, is by the bosses seeking immigration to pay lower wages to make themselves more profits, Appeasing implies going along with something through fear of something worse, to agree with controlling immigration, because ex labour voters are going UKIP isn't appeasing it, why would us being afraid of losing is our votes to.

A quirk in the newly enacted minimum wage increase could mean that in upstate New York by the early 2020's, fast food workers could be paid significantly more than other low wage jobs, like being a home health care worker or a cashier in a grocery store.

His spokesman told journalists: «He is not concerned about numbers,» adding that rather than seeking controls on immigration, Labour would seek to mitigate its effects on low - paid workers by reintroducing a «migrant impact fund».

PRO: Minimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York's minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of a raise.

First, there have been significant increases both in the extent of low - paid work as well as the number of people moving from low benefit income into low - paid jobs and being parked there; second, cuts have been imposed upon benefits and tax credits claimed by this same group of low - paid workers»

In contrast, real immigration reform, Hira said, should «significantly raise wage floors» depressed by the presence of low - paid workers on temporary visas and «ensure that Americans have a first and genuine opportunity for these jobs» — two goals apparently absent from Warner's stated preferences.

When the coal company announces a lower pay rate, a strike is called by United Mine Worker Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper).

Vulnerable employment is also often characterized by low pay and difficult working conditions, in which workers» fundamental rights may be undermined.