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 expens
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 expens
low -
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.