Not exact matches
It's not perfect, but the open letter to Canadians from RBC president and CEO Gord Nixon
does hit a lot of the right notes to help stem the swell of ill will, sparked by a CBC report over the weekend claiming the company was swapping Canadian
staff for cheaper
temporary foreign workers.
But I want to see more companies providing assurances and demonstrating what they are
doing to train and recruit local
staff - particularly the young unemployed - even for
temporary posts, rather than using agencies that only bring workers in from abroad.
In each case, an expert group calls for, among other things, supporting more postdocs and graduate students on training grants and fellowships instead of on professors» research grants, employing more
staff scientists in permanent posts and fewer
temporary trainees to
do scientific work, providing higher pay and better working conditions for postdocs, and publishing information on the career outcomes of departments» and labs» graduate students and postdocs.
But last month, under orders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Steel told his two
staff members working with PR8 to put their experiments on hold and find other things to
do while NIH decides whether the work falls under a
temporary ban on risky virus experiments.
The «
temporary - worker model» the United States uses to
staff its labs «is completely out of equilibrium, [because] the country doesn't have the absorptive capacity» to provide career employment — rather than just
temporary jobs — to all of the young scientists that the system produces, Gerbi continues.
While I don't have access to a detailed Bay Area analysis, a report from the Learning Policy Institute found that the number of emergency and
temporary teaching permits in California tripled, concentrated in difficult - to -
staff fields such as special education.
Because patients
do not have a choice except for the ER
staff on duty, hospitals can be held «vicariously liable» for damages, even when the patient's injury was caused by a
temporary worker or independent contractor.
Follow the same engagement practices for
temporary and contract workers as you
do for permanent
staff.
«Companies we talk to are bullish about 2018, particularly given Singapore's positive economic outlook, but they also plan to keep a close eye on costs to maximise their potential for business growth and accessing a contingent workforce is an effective way to
do this,» Eardley said.Of the companies who engaged contractors and
temporary staff, 38 %
did so for «special projects» while 33 % used contractors and
temporary staff only in «exceptional circumstances», while 18 % enlisted the services of contractors and
temporary staff on a regular basis.Hays» data also found that, of the companies using a flexible staffing approach, 42 % employed «part time
staff», 24 % employed «casual
staff» and 12 % facilitated the provision of «job sharing».
Summer
staff positions are
temporary, seasonal positions and
do not include health benefits or paid vacation time...
So how
do you know when to bring on
temporary staff, and what
do you need to look for?
Hiring contract workers is a popular way for many companies to get important work
done without adding permanent
staff, similar to the
temporary agency approach.