Sentences with phrase «cap increases awarded»

Not exact matches

In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

Last week, Gov. Chris Christie convinced the Legislature to take one of a series of follow - up steps, setting a 2 percent cap on the salary increases arbitrators can award to police and firefighters.

AFC awarded high marks to Florida's program for its broad eligibility, reaching families with incomes of up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level; for the generosity of the tax break to donors, a dollar - for - dollar match with a cap that increases automatically each year; and for the large size of scholarships, nearly $ 6,000.

I also don't like to see the ceiling for awards increasing as other programs such as Hilton Honors have pledged a cap for their top properties at 95,000 (at least for the time being).

The cap was, like many in the U.S., designed to combat the rising amounts of noneconomic damages awards, which increased 300 percent nationwide from the 1960s to the 1980s.

However, where the proposal calls for greater discretion expect that to be code for not increasing awards as happened for many years to capped compensation for unfair dismissal.

Under the current Employment Standards Act, a claim for unpaid wages by an employee is limited in two ways: • There is a six - month time limit imposed on most wage claims (increased to 12 months for repeat violations and claims for unpaid vacation pay); and • There is a $ 10,000 cap imposed on the amount an employment standards officer or the Ontario Labour Relations Board can award in a wage order.

Caps on awards for pain and suffering establish arbitrary compensation which act as a one size fits all and show to increase claim costs and the amount of administration involved in personal injury cases.

This figure does increase regularly to take inflation into account, but whatever the cap may be, it means that you can never be awarded more than this for your pain and suffering.