Sentences with phrase «contract workers which»

Cartwright is part of a growing trend of self - employed and contract workers which, according to some US figures, make up nearly 15 per cent of the workforce and is expected to climb to nearly 20 per cent by 2020.

Cartwright is part of a growing trend of self - employed and contract workers which, according to some US figures, make up nearly 15 per cent of the workforce and is expected to climb to nearly 20 per cent by 2020.

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Dig Deeper: The Case for Self - Insurance Health Care Reform and Small Business: If You Have 50 Employees Starting now, companies that are growing or which are already hovering around 50 employees should make sure they can document exactly how they count employees versus contract workers, temps, and full - time equivalents.

They can rely on a seemingly endless supply of contract workers, of which there are about 3 million in the U.S.

The NLRB ruling, involving the Teamsters Union and waste recycler Browning - Ferris Industries, has become a highly politicized flashpoint between those who would like to expand the employment rights of the three million contract workers upon which the economy increasingly depends, and business owners who object to the increasing regulation of their affairs.

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.

Toyota's reliance on contract workers, which Unifor puts at 25 % of the company's workforce, is another flashpoint.

These nurses may collect a housing allowance and can have a say over their hours and choice of hospitals, which need these contract workers to fill in for staff out on maternity leave (normally for 13 weeks), or felled by a bad flu season.

She'd also provide greater protections for contract workers in the «gig» economy, while supporting the innovations of companies such as Airbnb and Uber, which have built that new sector.

A spat among airlines over which deserved the contract to fly U.S. government workers on certain routes intensified on Tuesday, with the chief executive of JetBlue Airways calling rivals hypocritical for protesting its award.

The ruling, which involves a staffing agency that provided workers for a California recycling center, is critical for small businesses to understand because it redefines your responsibilities around hiring contract workers.

The laws passed by Republicans in Michigan last week would exempt existing contracts between employers and unions until they expire, such as the automakers» contract with the United Auto Workers union, which expires in 2015.

But Li & Fung, which had played a role in brokering some of the contracts for work at Tazreen, agreed to pay injured workers and the families of those killed roughly $ 1,200 each.

He posted a job request on eLance.com, a Web site on which contract workers bid for jobs.

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.

They include Apple (which relies on China for a quarter of its iPhone sales but also indirectly employs hundreds of thousands of workers in China through its contract manufacturer, Foxxcon).

Canadians have reacted angrily to outsourcing in the past, with Ottawa making changes to its rules on foreign workers after the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RBC) drew criticism in the spring for cutting Canadian jobs after contracting a supplier to provide IT assistance, which brought in foreign workers to fill them.

But for years, most top recipients of the visas have been outsourcing or consulting firms based in India, or their American subsidiaries, which import workers for large contracts to take over entire in - house technology units — and to cut costs.

The rule, which does not need additional approval, requires that workers in assignments related to many federal contracts receive one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work, for up to 56 hours of leave a year.

AT&T told CNBC the bonuses announced on Wednesday are above and beyond any existing agreements, which means some workers would get two $ 1,000 allocations: One with a new contract, and one when the tax reform bill is signed.

During a CapTon interview last night, Donohue said he hopes the new contract, which includes raises, longevity bonuses, overtime increases for some workers and no significant health care givebacks, will enable CSEA to «open a new page» with Cuomo.

State worker unions have until April 1st, when their contract expires, to come up with their alternatives to lay offs, and the prison closing panel has until May 1st to decide which facilities should close.

The Card Check / Neutrality agreement also includes an «interest arbitration» provision, which guarantees that the workers at Rivers will not have to go on strike to win a first contract.

It was this arbitration process which led to the landmark Resorts World Casino contract in 2012, doubling workers» wages there overnight and rocketing them into the middle class.

The opposition cited the example of Islington council's grounds maintenance contractor Enterprise, which fully absorbed the # 150,000 cost of introducing the living wage to all its workers to keep its # 20 million contract.

Union workers remain embroiled in a contract dispute with Charter Communications, which offers cable, internet and telephone services under the name Spectrum.

Early this year, Teamsters Local 72, which represents state Thruway Authority workers, filed an unfair labor complaint alleging its members were improperly threatened with layoffs if they failed to make concessions during contract talks.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Hourly workers at the plant, which makes equipment for the scrap recycling industry, approved representation by the Ironworkers Shopmen's union last June and have been bargaining a first contract since then.

The MTA reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing New York City's subway and bus workers, which would provide pay raises of more than 2 percent a year.

But Hammond took no action against rising, and unpredictable zero hour contracts — contracts which have left workers facing an uncertain, insecure future and more reliant than ever before on social spending.

Ultimately, CSEA's rank - and - file membership backed the contract, which stipulated workers should pay more into their health care costs.

Contracts for most state workers expired March 31, which triggered automatic step increases under the provisions of the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law.

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.

They have also come to an agreement with Uniform Food and Commercial Workers Local 2013, which represents roughly 900 Freshdirect employees, on a new contract, and my office is happy to see such cooperation between labor and management.

When pressed on whether or not the mandate relief team should specifically call for changes to the Triborough Amendment, which guarantees raises for some state workers at previous levels after their contract runs out, Duffy didn't dismiss the idea.

Here in the UK, the Bakers» Food and Allied Workers» Union's Fast Food Rights campaign, which works in conjunction with the US workers» movement, is calling for an end to the use of zero hours contracts and demanding an increase in the minimum wage to # 10 peWorkers» Union's Fast Food Rights campaign, which works in conjunction with the US workers» movement, is calling for an end to the use of zero hours contracts and demanding an increase in the minimum wage to # 10 peworkers» movement, is calling for an end to the use of zero hours contracts and demanding an increase in the minimum wage to # 10 per hour.

As for the rank and file workers, the county's largest union is at odds with Mahoney over its contract, which expired on Dec. 31, 2012.

Speaking to a rally of several hundred union members in front of the hotel's Lodge Street entrance, Sheehan recalled supporting a city tax break package for the hotel, worth more than $ 1 million a year, and said hotel owners United Capital Corp. had «broken their promises» by failing to reach a contract with the Hotel Trades Council, which represents about 140 workers at the hotel.

But the new contracts do not include job protections for current workers, which the union threatened would put experienced drivers out of work and compromise kids» safety.

Triad has a $ 5.736 million contract with Nassau, which started in 2015 and ends Dec. 31, 2019, for administering Nassau's workers» compensation cases.

The linemen and other workers are provided by National Grid, which has a contract with LIPA to manage the electrical system.

Ed Miliband will today promise new rights for workers to stop the «worst abuses» of zero - hours contracts - employment contracts which do not guarantee the provision of work.

Already, the Transport Workers Union, which has been engaged in bitter criticism of de Blasio over funding for an emergency Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) plan put forward by Lhota (again the agency's chair), has spent $ 119,025 on a TV ad attacking the mayor (TWU is seen as an ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo, a consistent de Blasio foe with whom the union negotiates its major labor contracts).

«Due to one - time events such as lower worker's comp costs, lower retirement costs, lower DGS costs from weather, but also some systemic changes from management, use of the ERP and timekeeping systems, which enabled the city to manage personnel costs better, city contracts and non-personnel costs better.»

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza.

-- The Secretary shall ensure, in entering into a contract with an employer to provide on - the - job training to a worker under this subsection, that the skill requirements of the job for which the worker is being trained, the academic and occupational skill level of the worker, and the work experience of the worker are taken into consideration.

In a well - functioning labor market, one would see considerable movement of workers from areas of contracting demand to areas in which demand is increasing.

Kentucky decided to implement the self - insurance plan, which increases teachers and state workers» out - of - pocket costs, after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky decided not to renew its contract with the state.