Sentences with phrase «contract workers from»

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Work began in 2010 to establish the camp for the labourers who would build the prison, largely contract workers from Thailand and the Philippines.

Not exact matches

A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

The CWA said on Saturday that Verizon has not budged from its original proposal which they have said would increase workers» healthcare costs by thousands of dollars, eliminate job security and remove any restrictions on the company's right to contract out or offshore union jobs.

Researchers Chris Benner and Kyle Neering from the University of California Santa Cruz estimate as many as 39,000 workers in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties are contracted to tech companies.

It, like everyone, was hit hard by recession, and did what a lot of companies did: dramatically reduced costs, laid off workers, raised prices, and went back to customers and said, «I'm sorry we can't honor this contract...» The response from Wall Street was, «Wow, you've done a great job managing your costs!»

Third - party contracting firm benefits aren't only less generous, but the exorbitant Silicon Valley housing prices and rents make life as a contractor so difficult workers from contract companies often can't afford to elect a benefits package, because doing so will take too much out of their paycheck.

A 2016 report from Benner and Neering found the average yearly pay for tech employees was $ 113,000 while the pay for blue - collar contract workers was $ 19,900.

There will be almost 4 million independent contract workers in the U.S. by 2020, according to research from MBO Partners.

Currently, certain kinds of small businesses are exempt from paying employees the federal minimum wage, such as businesses with annual revenues less than $ 500,000, companies that transact within a single state, seasonal businesses, or companies that rely on contract workers.

The U.S. oil company removed executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

Costs for everything from skilled workers and drilling contracts to steel, raw materials, seismic surveys, engineering and a host of other oilfield services are pro-cyclical.

A 2015 study from Intuit and Emergent Research forecast there will be 7.6 million on - demand providers in the U.S. in 2020, out of a total of 66 million freelance, contract or self - employed workers.

Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energys Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium cores from retired nuclear warheads.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

They range from contract workers to freelancers who focus on administrative tasks in different sectors.

Under new rules just introduced by the Obama administration, companies contracting with the federal government are now obliged to allow both full and part - time workers to accrue paid leave which they can use for anything from preventative doctor's visits, to staying in bed and sipping chicken soup, to caring for an ill family member.

(This classification is also being considered in another case from May, involving waste services company Browing - Ferris Industries, where the NLRB is considering expanding joint employer status to include contract and temporary workers.)

A standard response emerged: If the unions refused to renegotiate their contracts, the airlines threatened to declare bankruptcy, where they might be judicially absolved from the commitments they had promised to workers.

Since 2009, Kevin Mercadante has been sharing his journey from a washed - up mortgage loan officer to emerging from the Financial Meltdown as a contract / self - employed «slash worker» — accountant / blogger / freelance writer — on Out of Your Rut.com.

Develop responsible contracting standards for service contracts to ensure that cafeteria workers, janitors, security officers and other onsite service workers are paid a livable wage, receive benefits equitable to those received by directly employed workers, have the right to a voice at work without fear of discrimination or retaliation, do not suffer mass layoffs when contracts change hands, and are protected from misclassification and other forms of wage theft;

Mining companies including Anglo - American Plc agreed to settle a class - action lawsuit from workers who said they contracted deadly lung diseases in South African gold mines.

Businesses that occupy the free - trade zones have no restrictions on the repatriation of their profits, and they benefit from relaxed labor laws that allow them to hire workers on a temporary basis without supplying a year - long contract.

One of the East Coast's first proponents of open adoption, Adoptions From The Heart now works from eight offices, with networks of consultants and contract social workers elsewhFrom The Heart now works from eight offices, with networks of consultants and contract social workers elsewhfrom eight offices, with networks of consultants and contract social workers elsewhere.

Adoptions From The Heart, the East Coast's leading private adoption agency, has contract social workers in the Manhattan area of New York City to help families with a home study for international or our domestic adoption program.

Though he has been trying to distance himself from the issue, many expect the governor to step in at the last minute to settle a contract his state agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and unions that represent some 5,400 LIRR workers.

Craig Spencer, the Harlem doctor who contracted and beat Ebola, lashed out at Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, saying they acted out of fear and without knowing all the facts when they ordered mandatory quarantines of health - care workers returning from west Africa.

«These factors, combined with irregular earnings under zero - hours contracts, result in care workers not only struggling to make ends meet day to day, but not knowing from one week to the next what their entitlement to WTC will be.

Vince Cable has said clauses in zero - hour contracts that ban workers from jobs with other employers are «offensive».

ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson's legal team will argue that the furlough plan and the decision to hold back raises from state workers are extraordinary actions taken during an unprecedented fiscal crisis, and therefore do not represent an unconstitutional shredding of a labor contract.

The Harlem doctor who contracted and beat Ebola lashed out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday, saying they acted out of fear and without knowing all the facts when they ordered mandatory quarantines of health care workers returning from West Africa.

But it's increasingly unclear how far the Legislature will actually be able to go to restore the cuts sought by Cuomo, particularly when it comes to the concessions he plans to seek from state workers whose contracts expire as of April 1 (the same day the budget is due).

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

The council is also preparing for a potential vote on requiring a certain percentage of contract workers to be hired from within the city.

The committee meeting continued, where they spoke with representatives from ECWA's workers union, who said they've been without a contract for the last year.

We're also taking action on zero - hours contracts by banning exclusivity clauses that stopped workers from finding other jobs.

The Group maintain that the problems low paid workers face are more often than not to do with poor support from the system, rather than the actual contracts themselves.

«An example from recent email correspondence we received featured a care worker paid the national minimum wage (NMW) and on a zero hours contract whose work - related motoring costs were not reimbursed by her employer.

The Business Council's Ken Girardin argues against project labor agreements, which he says increase construction costs for taxpayers and unfairly shut out nonunion workers from competition for government contracts.

«President Trump says he is fighting for American workers, and then signs a law that lets companies that repeatedly steal from their employees get federal contracts,» he said.

Caseworkers, early childhood teachers and child welfare agents contracted by the state want the same $ 15 an hour from Cuomo that state employees and fast - food workers got.

Workers, who have been without a contract since August 2015, say that that Verizon is asking them to shoulder more health care costs and wants to send more technicians on the road, away from their home area, for weeks or months at a time.

Bargaining unit members negotiated a contract that includes such basic guarantees as living wages, reimbursement of standard work - related expenses, and protection from sexual harassment and discrimination, according to a release from the Campaign Workers Guild.

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.

The prime minister may not be promising to match Labour's commitments to ban zero - hours contracts or raise the national minimum wage to # 10 but her workers» rights programme marks a decisive break from Thatcher's «enemy within» attacks on the unions.

Hein, who doesn't respond to requests for comment from this columnist, calls those contracts fair for workers and county taxpayers.

Two years after its contract expired, Local 100 reached a deal that avoided the pattern of pay freezes, furloughs, and layoffs Cuomo had extracted from other state workers.

Since passage of the original law in 2006 it has since been determined some, but not all, contractors and subcontractors to Erie County construction contracts are taking advantage of a loophole in the original law to not have in place New York State Certified Worker Training programs that actually graduate apprentices from such programs.

A pledge of new investment from its parent company and news of a newly secured military contract have workers at Remington Arms a little more optimistic their jobs will be staying in upstate New York.