Sentences with phrase «covered federal contractors»

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And federal labor laws to protect workers» right to join together in unions do not cover independent contractors.

While contractors with specialized skills may be able to negotiate with a company individually in order to obtain good pay and benefits, lower - skilled contractors have little power to negotiate on their own and are not covered under the federal labor laws that allow employees to come together in unions.

Most safety net programs are currently administered at the state or federal level, rather than the local level — meaning that states have a greater capacity to cover independent contractors through government safety net programs.

The New York Times covered the exciting news that the federal government has met its goal of awarding 5 percent of money spent on contractors to women - owned businesses.

Eligibility criteria for employees to be covered by each of the state and federal laws related to employee leave, including how to distinguish between employees and contractors;

POGO's study analyzed the total compensation paid to federal and private sector employees, and annual billing rates for contractor employees across 35 occupational classifications covering over 550 service activities.

An employer may also attempt to classify an employee as an independent contractor when they are actually a regular employee covered under state and federal labor laws.

Some federal agencies and contractors of federal agencies that are covered entities under the privacy rules are subject to the Privacy Act.

Many veterans make the mistake of writing one resume, sometimes from the resume writing lessons in the TAP class, and use this one resume to cover all job applications: private industry, government contractor, federal and whatever job titles that appeal to them at the moment.

Although it's possible to debate whether federal and state employment laws cover independent contractors, Charles Caulkins, managing partner of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. based Fisher & Phillips, one of the largest labor and employment law firms nationwide, advises his clients that the safest course is to assume that they do.