Sentences with phrase «federal workers because»

It may be harder to find the best debt consolidation loans for federal workers because only limited organizations offer this kind of service.

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The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

Borrowers with loans from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration or the Rural Housing Service will feel the most direct impact because furloughed workers are involved in processing those loans.

That raises doubts about a key argument for proponents of federal immigration reform: that companies need looser rules to import overseas workers because there aren't enough job candidates in the United States who can fill specialized skills, namely in science, technology and engineering.

The Department of Labor lawsuit, originally filed in 2012, alleged that the company flouted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because its workers weren't making minimum wage ($ 7.25 an hour) when their bosses required them to take unpaid breaks, according to the Associated Press.

Last month, the union filed a complaint with a federal labor board on behalf of scores of workers who it says were laid off because they support the union.

The Prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), meanwhile, has seen incredible growth since the early 2000s because of the region's vibrant economy and the federal government's emphasis on trade workers needed in the area.

HOW do people think the POOR got help BEFORE the government took over the job of redistribution??? NOW we PAY federal workers to redistribute money to the poor with a LOT of wasted dollars in between because of layers and layers of federal mess in between

He said all that the workers asked was that government should give their demands top priority from its federal allocation because salary was an entitlement and not a privilege.

The current Gov. Cuomo, conducting an aggressive, union - backed crusade in his father's name for a mandatory $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, unleashed a jaw - dropping attack on a portion of the private sector last week by claiming low - wage businesses are «stealing from the taxpayers of this state» because their workers are entitled to state and federal benefits.

Raise the wages of state workers making federal minimum wage because they aren't included under state minimum wage law.

For example, Apple announced that because of the federal tax cuts it would be investing $ 350 billion in the U.S. over the next five years and hiring an anticipated 20,000 workers.

After half a year of expecting that 1 December would bring raises in response to a new rule governing overtime pay, these workers found that, because of an injunction that a federal judge issued in the last week of November, the arrival of the planned start date for the raises instead brought disappointment.

State workers were left out of the original Social Security Act in 1935, initially because of concerns whether the federal government could tax state and local governments.

Federal workers hired after December 31, 1983, are generally not affected by either provision because they paid into Social Security.

Their returns are higher because the federal government can borrow funds at a low interest rate while workers can invest the funds at a high rate.

Lately, it's been getting a bit of interest because some parties see it as a threat to much - loved Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans for federal government workers and Crown Corporation employees, (such as Canada Post, CBC, Via Rail, etc.).

The agency had argued that the provincial law prohibiting these fees, as far as it affected foreign workers, was invalid, because it conflicted with the federal law that - they said - authorized the fees.

Letter to the Prime Minister asks the federal government to address a gap in the Canada Pension Plan by requiring workers» compensation boards to make CPP contributions on behalf of those unable to because of workplace injury.

The federal government does not provide workers with any SDI benefits through Social Security, but because of federal laws, employers are required to provide employees with some form of unpaid leave (such as a workers» compensation leave or FMLA).

Even if it is not mandatory for your small business, offering your employees benefits such as health and life insurance may be wise because it helps you attract and retain good workers — and may even qualify your business for federal tax credits.

Up to 40 % of the individuals employed by U.S. Natural gas is having a boom in employment, so much so that some states asked for federal help in finding field workers additional living space because there simply isn't enough housing in communities to hold all the necessary workers.