Sentences with phrase «civil service contracts»

A major attraction for foreign researchers is that the French national research agencies and universities employ researchers on permanent civil service contracts.

In France, universities and public research organizations have long employed scientists in permanent positions through civil service contracts that must be won in nationwide, annual competitions.

David Cameron's spokeswoman told me tonight that this was «perfectly normal», and that when Labour was in power they, too, frequently employed former party staff on civil service contracts.

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BC Iron has terminated a mining services contract with Watpac Civil & Mining three months early as it seeks to cut costs at its Nullagine joint venture operation in response to the plunging iron ore price.

Watpac Civil & Mining has won a $ 17 million contract to provide mining services to Ramelius Resources» Kathleen Valley gold project near Leinster.

Civil contracting and mining services firm NRW Holdings has dipped into the red with a $ 120.6 million half - year loss, but announced a $ 330 million contract extension with Middlemount Coal.

THE administrators of Henry Walker Eltin Group, McGrathNicol & Partners have announced the sale of HWE's mining contracting and services business together with part of its Western Australian civil construction business to Clough.

The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy decisions; entering into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some senior public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money».

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and CSEA President Sabina Shapiro Monday announced that a tentative contract agreement has been reached between the county and the Civil Services Employees Association.

Walker signed agreements with each of the county's unions — the Civil Service Employees Association, Police Benevolent Association, Superior Officers Association, Corrections Officers Benevolent Association and the Detectives Association Inc. — aimed at restoring longevity pay, a bonus for longtime county workers that had been frozen under their most recent contract.

The deal offered to Civil Service Employees Association Local 058, to run through 2022, is similar to a contract recently approved by one of the state's largest unions, the Public Employees Federation, with 2 percent annual raises going forward.

The provision in question (Section 209.4 of the state Civil Service Law, better known as the Taylor Law) provides for compulsory binding «interest arbitration» of contract disputes involving police and firefighter unions.

More than 2,000 members of Civil Service Employees Association Local 834 have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2012.

The Civil Service Employees Association announced on Thursday the talks had started ahead of the March 31 expiration date for the current contract, forged in 2011 amid heightened friction given the financial crisis the state was facing.

«We remain concerned that without specificity surrounding the recommendations there is the potential that if implemented without safeguards in place they could lead to layoffs, increased reliance on costly contracting out and privatization, and would weaken the civil service merit and fitness system, opening the door to increased patronage and cronyism.

In this economic reality, rising state workforce costs are unsustainable, as the members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), the state's largest union, recognized when they overwhelmingly passed an identical contract.

Cuomo's representatives have been at the negotiating table with two large public employee unions, the Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation, since their contracts expired April 1.

A new civil service apprenticeship scheme would be introduced, and companies bidding for large government contracts would be required to offer apprenticeships.

Fights over to what extent the county is responsible for paying the full cost of employees» health care have sprung up recently after heated negotiations between the Astorino administration and the Civil Service Employees Association, CSEA — a union representing the county's public sector workers — failed to produce a compromise, including a contract offer that the union rejected earlier this month.

A similar contract had been ratified by the largest state government union, the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).

Workers for the county's largest union, Civil Service Employees Association Local 834, have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2012.

ALBANY, NY (06/20/2017)(readMedia)-- ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his administration has reached a five - year contract agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association.

The company was already under contract with Onondaga County for structural and civil engineering services, Millea said.

Despite the conclusion of one of the more controversial contract battles in recent history between the Civil Service Employees Association and the executive branch, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NY's largest state workers union remain at odds over a host of issues.

When given the opportunity to comment on additional matters, County Legislator Nancy Low - Hogan addressed the issue of the upcoming Civil Service Employee's Association (CSEA) contract, which had been negotiated to an agreement between the CSEA and the executive branch.

Also of Long Beach, she works for the Nassau County Civil Service Commission and her fervent skepticism about county hiring and contracts is on target.

The county's major unions — the Civil Service Employees Association, Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Detectives» Association, Inc., Police Benevolent Association and the Superior Officers Association — appealed, contending the freeze violated the U.S. Constitution's Obligation of Contracts Clause, which establishes contracts as binding agContracts Clause, which establishes contracts as binding agcontracts as binding agreements.

The deficit number could also go up depending on the outcome of contract negotiations with Westchester's largest labor union, the Civil Service Employee's Association.

Steve Morgan, Onondaga County's chief fiscal officer said the buyout program came from another incentive the county offered to the Civil Service Employees Association or CSEA in a tentative agreement on a new contract.

As an authority, LIPA is exempt from civil service rules that impose legal limits on political activity and affiliation being the basis for employment, and is not constrained by union contracts.

County administrators said Mychajliw's criticisms apply to a tiny fraction of the county's workforce and that both civil service and union contract rules limit his recommended fixes.

There are so many employees on short - term contracts today that «given the number of [civil service] positions available, very few of them will be able to have jobs» within academia in France, Bossis says.

In spite of the less secure work contracts and the lack of civil service status for professors, he and quite a few other scientists working at private research universities can well imagine a long - term stay at these institutions.

Within 90 days [due approx January 2011] after the date of enactment of this Act, or upon completion of reference designs for the Space Launch System and Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle authorized by this Act, whichever occurs first, the Administrator shall provide a detailed report to the appropriate committees of Congress that provides an overall description of the reference vehicle design, the assumptions, description, data, and analysis of the systems trades and resolution process, justification of trade decisions, the design factors which implement the essential system and vehicle capability requirements established by this Act, the explanation and justification of any deviations from those requirements, the plan for utilization of existing contracts, civil service and contract workforce, supporting infrastructure utilization and modifications, and procurement strategy to expedite development activities through modification of existing contract vehicles, and the schedule of design and development milestones and related schedules leading to the accomplishment of operational goals established by this Act.

The Cuomo administration and the Civil Service Employees Association have reached a tentative five - year labor contract, and the proposal now goes to NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby will go to trial on sexual assault charges, tentatively, in June 2017, even though it was expected to be this

Most obviously, union contracts and civil service rules make it next to impossible to fire low - performers, whether they be central office bureaucrats, principals, teachers, or aides.

After students were assigned to classes, the contract teacher and the civil - service teacher were also randomly assigned to classes.

The contract teachers were much more likely to be found in school and teaching (74 percent versus 45 percent for the civil - service teachers), and their absence rate was unaffected by tracking (see Figure 2).

«These contractors lack the accountability set down in civil service codes and make their money from accumulating contracts for a variety of paid services, be it school inspection, academy sponsorship or consultancy work.

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Though it's # 2 on Amazon's list, it's not a college town — but it is the home of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the Institute for Defense Analyses, according to Wikipedia, which points out that Alexandria is «largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, the U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to provide services to the federal government.»

As a coalition of over 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith - based, and civic and community groups, Americans for Financial Reform supports the Department of Education's announcement last month of a new competition for student loan servicing contracts.

The act also includes provisions to help protect servicemembers against eviction, foreclosure, repossession, and civil court proceedings for the duration of their service, as well as allowing you to terminate certain obligations, such as cellphone contracts or vehicle leases, if you are called to service.

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