Sentences with phrase «ensure worker protection»

• Created policies and procedures to ensure worker protection and decrease lawsuits.

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While the president's report does not propose any quick fixes for growth, it suggests that large - scale investment in infrastructure improvements, regulations that ensure the internet remains open to all, and protections for the increasing number of workers who wind up as contractors in the gig economy will be essential.

Make sure that construction contractors enter into project labor agreements that will help ensure workers have protections on the job and can guarantee that construction will be completed on time using skilled hands;

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The bill, known as the Climate and Community Protection Act, would set into law the Cuomo administration's target goals for clean energy while also ensuring equity for frontline communities workers.

«At the same time, recently enacted reforms will ensure injured workers maintain their protections,» Briccetti added.

Labour will also support two amendments drafted by the Labour MP Melanie Onn intended to protect workers» rights and to ensure employment protection does not fall after Brexit.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

In Ontario, effective 1 April 2018, equal pay protection under the Employment Standards Act will be extended to ensure that part - time, seasonal and casual workers must be paid the same as full - time workers doing similar work; and workers hired through temporary help agencies must be paid the same are workers hired directly by an employer who are doing similar work.

Following a trial, the supervisor was convicted of failing to ensure the worker wore fall protection devices as required by law and of failing to ensure that an adequate form of fall protection was provided.

Each pleaded guilty to two charges: failing to ensure the company provided information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding fall protection and / or working at height and to failing to ensure that the company ensured that a worker was protected by fall protection (director and officer provisions in Ontario, as well as B.C., require that directors and officers take all reasonable care to ensure corporate compliance with OH&S provisions including regulations and orders).

The directors each pleaded guilty to two offences: failing to ensure the company provided information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding fall protection and / or working at height and to failing to ensure that the company ensured that a worker was protected by fall protection.

The government noted the rise in non-traditional employment relationships, the increased diversity of Ontario's workforce, and accelerating technological change, amongst other issues, and decided that it was necessary to revisit Ontario's cornerstone workplace laws to bolster protections for workers while ensuring that the province remains an attractive place for employers to do business.

A worker normally had to be entitled to actual rest, with a view to ensuring effective protection of his health and safety, since it was only where the employment relationship was terminated that Art 7 (2) of Directive 2003/88 permitted an allowance to be paid in lieu of paid annual leave.

Never mind their statutory duty to «take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker,» don't employers who are vigilant in ensuring their workplaces are free of H1N1 fulfill an important public health objective?

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

The advocate general dismissed these arguments, pointing out that the minimum holiday entitlement was a fundamental social right, and it would be impossible to ensure a comparable level of protection across the EU if member states were allowed to stipulate circumstances in which it could be lost because a worker was ill.

Law firms will need to clarify the legal and tax status of gig workers to ensure they receive the same protections (and benefits) as other self - employed workers.

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Managed multinational workforce of Subcontract Worker (SCW) cleaning crew and ensured proper cleaning materials usage, proper Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and those Ablution units were cleaned in accordance with the Stand Operating Procedures (SOP).

Trained workers should also become familiar with the cultural context in which children grow up to ensure that children's needs for safety, nurturance and protection are met no matter what the cultural practices.

NEW RULE VIII CODE OF ETHICS - LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS (1) Pursuant to 37-22-201 and 37-23-103, MCA, the board adopts the following professional and ethical standards for licensed professional counselors, licensed social workers, and licensed marriage and family therapists to ensure the ethical, qualified, and professional practice of social work, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy for the protection of the general public.

The Casework Practice topic area is relevant to child welfare because the child welfare worker's use of engagement strategies that encourage families to work as partners with Public Child Welfare for the protection of their children are vital to ensure that families receive appropriate services.

Employers who previously were not concerned with minimum wage issues are now put on notice to ensure they are providing those basic protections to workers.»