Sentences with phrase «changing pay practices»

Top firms are hiring groups of lawyers to expand specific practice areas, changing pay practices, jettisoning or demoting some partners and staff members and seeking ways to distinguish their brands to set them apart from competitors.

But when shareholders vote down a pay package, companies will often sit down with major shareholders — which in Cheniere's case includes Soroban Capital Partners and PointState Capital — and consult with them on how to change their pay practices.

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Voting WITHHOLD Mr. Hagenbuch will send a strong signal to the entire compensation committee that the Company's executive pay practices must change.

Shareholder resolutions have seen rising support on key issues ranging from governance practices to climate change to pay equity, and the recent expansion of proxy access provides long - term investors with an opportunity to shape the board itself.

The European Commission has set out plans to ban unfair trade practices in the food supply chain including late payments for perishable food products, last minute order cancellations, unilateral or retroactive changes to contracts and forcing the supplier to pay for wasted products.

Consumers paid more and they want to help farmers practice UTZ, 4C... progams but so far Vietnamese farmers don't get any benefit and nothing change.

Whatever your beliefs are regarding the intentions of this club moving forward, don't think for a second that it has to do with appeasing the fans, winning the highest honours and / or changing the stagnant culture that permeates this club... every decision is made for one sole purpose and that is to maintain the delicate balance between Kroenke's unyielding need to acquire more wealth and Wenger's fragile psyche, which is why we have this ridiculous wage structure that pays deadwood too much and makes it incredibly difficult to attract special players... personally I believe that Wenger's greatest fear isn't that he won't win a big trophy again but exposing himself to the overwhelming criticism he will face when people discover the totally dysfunctional state of affairs that exist at Arsenal due to his antiquated practices which have gone relatively unchecked and unchallenged since the departure of Dein

[62] She called for «a profound culture change and radical legislation» to close the pay gap, and recommended measures to require companies where women make a successful complaint of pay discrimination to audit their practices and implement plans to ensure that men and women are paid equally for equal work.

Hochul said she was «confident» that Democrats could capture the Senate this year, and pass the Women's Equality Act, which would increase pay equity provisions and sexual harassment penalties as well as change abortion law to decriminalize the practice.

People need to tune in and pay attention to the change that is being attempted in Albany to turn the failed practices and policies around so that their interests, not the special interests are acted upon during the next 60 days.

«The N9.6 bn refund is exclusively for the state government to pay salary and so any other claims by Fayose to brainwash the workers to deny them their entitlements once again is not only wicked and selfish, but also a fraudulent practice that Fayose has elevated to an official policy to short - change the state and her people at all times.»

He said that it is «conceivable» that de Blasio might develop a «political backbone» without reelection pressure and force changes such as ending broken windows, abolishing the quota system that mandates a certain number of arrests and summonses and dismissing and suspending officers who engage in abusive practices without pay.

All 3 interventions involved modest changes to the practice environment; none restricted clinicians» choice of treatment or changed how clinicians were paid.

It turned out that Groat was a paid board member of an energy firm that conducts fracking — sparking a controversy that has led to his departure from UT and changes in the university's conflict - of - interest practices.

The consumer is key, whether being persuaded to pay more for a greener product or by applying pressure for a change in practice.»

While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S. Medicare program have expanded opportunities for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to provide care to more patients and receive reimbursement for their services, many states still restrict their scope of practice and limit their pay.

And thus began my practice of paying attention and doing hard work to change my patterns.

Each and every Root Collective purchase changes lives by providing jobs with fair pay, kind labor practices, and adorable footwear as a result.

This change would not reduce costs overall, but it would begin to curb the practice of paying operating expenses with long - term, off — balance sheet debt.

Ravitch is aware that the rhetoric of latter - day progressives changed more than did actual practice in the schools, where many teachers paid little attention to their theories.

Elected officials and advocates routinely cite the United States» mediocre standing, and what they know of the educational practices of high - performing nations, to gird their arguments for their favored changes to American education — from encouraging greater parental involvement to revamping school curricula and standards to paying teachers more.

My point is, that if the goal of such a system is to change the practice of teaching and learning in a consistent way for the better, there seemed to be no correlation between earning merit - based pay with such an outcome.

When I began incorporating basic instruction about the brain into my classes and teaching simple activities to improve brain processing, students not only became more engaged and confident, but they also began changing their study practices in ways that paid off in higher achievement.

With this year's calendar changes, many parents are concerned about finding or paying for child care on the fifth day, or about athletics suffering because of one day less for practice.

They have shown no inclination to change their practices — they offer too little in royalties, and they don't provide the one thing that modern authors would be willing to pay for — decent marketing.

The company denied it ever misled customers in a settlement in 2011, but agreed to change its sales practices and pay $ 5 million.

However, the change in practice to cease paying for the iShares Funds» GST liability will result in an iShares Fund's respective management expense ratio (which includes GST) increasing slightly, by between 0.01 % and 0.03 %.

We can change our practice of paying overdrafts on your account without notice to you.

Of course, we also report more pressing stories about conservation and climate change, paying attention to the severe outbreak of coral bleaching damaging our planet's reefs — and informing our readers about the harmful practice of big game hunting.

However, as many of the major U.S. airlines are changing their tune, Air Canada's practices such as crediting miles on the basis of how much you paid for your ticket are less foreign today than they used to be.

Not only has culture changed, making free - to - play and pay - to - win practices more acceptable, but we've also learned a lot about how game design and game monetization interact, making it possible to create high monetization games that play naturally, don't offend players, and don't cause outrage in the community.

The destruction of mountains, streams, rivers and groundwater, the destruction of land laid waste by strip - mining, the loss of wildlife in these areas, the human illnesses and premature deaths that result from these practices especially in Appalachia, the CO2 emissions and resulting climate change along with the havoc this causes — all of these are externalities that do not enter into the price companies pay to mine the stuff or the costs we pay to turn on the a.c.

At a time when the U.S. and the world's nations are trying to put together an agreement to tackle climate change (for better or for worse), Steyn's book reminds everyone of Climategate, why the public doesn't trust climate scientists and aren't buying their «consensus»... I hope that everyone will learn that adversarial science as practiced in its pathological form by Michael Mann doesn't «pay» in the long run.

«Lots of companies do rotten things in the course of their business â $ «pay terrible wages, make people work in sweatshops â $ «and we pressure them to change those practices,» says veteran anti-corporate leader Naomi Klein, who is at work on a book about the climate crisis.

In contrast, law firms that already struggle to sustain an MVA - focused practice may want to consider more efficient methods of acquiring clients like paid lead generation, or pursuing other related practice areas to help address this change.

Address the situation Pay close attention to any changes in your kid's behavior and practice positive reinforcement.

They wrap up the first part of this podcast by examining the future of Apple Pay, why it might succeed where Google Wallet failed, and how lawyers could utilize these changes to get ahead in their practice.

Artificial intelligence for reviewing documents is going to change a law firm's day - to - day work, and new practices that move away from hourly billing are going to change the way people pay for law firms.

In business practice this is called «bait and switch», you promise one thing and then after the customer (students) pay, you change the rules of the game.

Even more worrying is the wider change that was tagged onto the back of the change in defamation in amendments to CPR44.3 B which provide that, subject to the court's consent, a failure to disclose the existence of an «after the event» policy within the time limits set out in the Practice Direction will mean the premium paid will not be recoverable.

In practice, however, employers normally suspend the suspected employee using other legal provisions such as providing additional paid leave, and if the employee consents, changing the employee's place of work to home or another location.

While a paying parent may have questions about support obligations when a child's living arrangements change, it is always sound practice to continue making payments to avoid penalties.

The potential for stark change in American practice being pretty modest, discussion about the effects of various alternative versions of Loser Pays runs some risk of violating the maxim that the perfect is the enemy of the good.

The Department is unable to estimate the cost of these changes because there is no credible data on the extent of current third party marketing practices or the price that third party marketers currently pay for information from covered entities.

The LA Times says that in addition to paying $ 6 million now, the settlement requires GEICO to, «change its business practices and agree to biannual audits.

Facebook representatives have since responded, «We will not change our practice of refusing to pay rewards to researchers who have tested vulnerabilities against real users.»

Policy and practice decision - makers need to pay particular attention to parents who are most at risk: they need find ways to facilitate change in parents» behaviours, taking into consideration factors such as parent beliefs, social support, mental health status, in order to maximize effectiveness.

107 DOS 98 Matter of DOS v. Sosis - subject matter jurisdiction; due process; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; deposits; fraudulent practice; DOS fails its burden of proof; DOS has subject matter jurisdiction if at the time the disciplinary proceeding was commenced by proper service of a notice of hearing and complaint the party was (i) licensed to engage in regulated real estate activities, or (ii) an applicant for either a license or for the renewal of a license to engage in regulated real estate activities, or (iii) eligible to automatically renew the prior license under the two - year limitation provision of RPL § 441 (2); ex parte hearing is permissible upon proof of proper notice of hearing; DOS has subject matter jurisdiction where party was licensed at the time proceeding was commenced and, where at time of hearing, although not licensed was eligible to automatically apply to renew pursuant to RPL § 441 (2); licensee operated a real estate brokerage business under an unlicensed name; licensee unlawfully retains deposit funds after deposit monies were delivered on the condition that same were to be disbursed only on the principal's consent and approval and said consent and approval was not given; licensee's illegal exercise of right of ownership over his principal's funds spawns conversion and constitutes a fraudulent practice; DOS fails its burden of proof to establish licensee failed to deposit trust funds in a segregated escrow account, engaged in fraud and changed business location without notice to DOS; restitution ordered in the amount of $ 1,900 plus interest, fine of $ 1,000 and any further application for licensure shall not be considered until applicant pays said fine and provides proof of payment of restitution

168 DOS 98 Matter of DOS v. Briggs — due process; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; ex partehearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; licensee changed location of principal place of business without notice to DOS and operated a real estate brokerage business under an unlicensed name; real estate services rendered on behalf of an unlicensed entity are illegal; $ 500.00 fine, failure to timely pay fine will result in suspension