Sentences with phrase «compensation fund increased»

Recently, the commission's compensation fund increased its maximum coverage amount to $ 20,000 per client.

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Would you support an increase in the marginal tax rate to fund an increase in compensation for those, CNAs included, who provide support to the disadvantaged?

Workers» compensation reform, rejection of most tax and fee increases, full funding for a middle class tax cut, and $ 2.5 billion for clean water were all pushed by Senate Republicans.

The letter came after Contreras - Sweet and Burkle met with Schneiderman and offered to increase the size of a victims» compensation fund, the website said.

Although all schools want to pay their teachers more — and all teachers would like to be paid more — the folks at Edkey Inc. are «committed to fiscal responsibility with the funding available to increase compensation for all staff at our schools,» Plitzuweit said.

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school day.40

Arizona voters passed a citizen initiative in 2000 to fund teacher performance based compensation from an increase in the state sales tax.

At the beginning of the partnership, DCPS had just received a federal grant through the Teacher Incentive Fund to increase opportunities for teacher leadership, building on the district's previous work on teacher evaluation and compensation.

Funds from these two programs are used to support the compensation increase.

The Plans may not be amended to increase materially the amount of the Distributor's compensation to be paid by each Fund, unless such amendment is approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the affected class of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act).

Others like hedge funds have compensation structures that offer them a fraction of the returns generated, and in an atmosphere of low returns, the desire to goose them up increases.

If the total value of claims submitted exceeds or falls short of the balance remaining in the Settlement Fund, then the compensation provided to each Settlement Class Member shall be reduced or increased pro rata.

The member was unable to provide adequate documentary evidence to support such a defence or to support his claim for increased compensation for late payment of his AVC fund.

LAO maintains the new structure is revenue neutral and notes the government had directed it to implement a compensation framework as part of a 16.75 - per - cent funding increase to clinics since 2009 - 10.

Various options are proposed to tackle the issue: rehabilitation vouchers - these address the point of «phantom» attendance for rehabilitation, but may be complex to administer; all rehabilitation arranged and paid for by defendants - the MoJ notes that this would help speed up access to treatment and increase independence and transparency; no compensation payment towards rehabilitation in low value claims - the claimant would need to fund this and primary legislation would be needed to achieve this as at present there is no intention to restrict recovery of special damages; expand MedCo to include rehabilitation providers; and introducing fixed recoverable damages for rehabilitation treatment - the MoJ notes that this could be difficult and invites comment as to whether this would be achieved via a fixed cost per session or by fixing an upper value limit that can not be exceeded.

Funding is highly controversial, not least with large corporations, with many in - house lawyers fearing that its increased availability will take the UK further down the road towards a US - style compensation culture.

Policy changes to workers» compensation have increased claims denials and cut benefits, forcing an increasing number of injured workers onto taxpayer - funded social assistance.

I will continue to try and obtain justice for those people effectively given a death sentence by just going to work but can not recover compensation because not only is there no fund of last resort for employers liability claims, backed by a database, but the government has now seen fit to relax the requirement that insurance records be kept for 40 years, somehow seeing this as the exception to the increased regulation seen in nearly every other aspect of life.

A new system of base funding will include substantial increases to operational funding to keep services affordable while ensuring professional compensation, good working conditions and supports for registered early childhood educators (RECEs) and early years staff.

In addition to increasing funding levels, the federal government must craft comprehensive policies to ensure that early childhood workers receive adequate compensation, benefits, and support for their professional growth — no matter where they work or who they serve.

Last year saw an increase in fees the Council collects for the Real Estate Compensation Fund Corporation and the Superintendent of Real Estate.