Sentences with phrase «for vulnerable sector»

Sexual offender records are flagged by CPIC and remain accessible for vulnerable sector check.

Not exact matches

Consequently, in the unlikely event that the current bull market in US equities continues for one more year and gold - mining stocks trend upward during that year, the gold - mining sector will then be vulnerable to the downward pull of a general equity decline.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

But for the few vulnerable sectors, targeted policies can help.

Of course, the widespread social benefits of vigorous competition make it appropriate for a society to use public - and private - sector initiatives to cushion the most vulnerable people from the worst effects of job loss.

It builds upon other certification systems, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and tackles some of the most challenging issues facing the palm oil sector, such as the destruction of high carbon stock forests and the abuse of the most vulnerable workers,» said Matthias Diemer, Chair of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.

IRRI Director General Dr. Matthew Morell said that the institute will continue to work with the Bangladesh government to ensure collaborative and responsive programs for the rice sector are in place to meet the current and future needs of the country's rice industry, particularly for the vulnerable farmers and consumers.

The Government was today condemned for its «economically sadistic» policies which wreak misery on the most vulnerable sectors of society and drive millions into poverty.

Warm Front in England provides grants for energy efficiency improvements for vulnerable private sector households.

In England, funding for the «flagship» Warm Front programme, which provides heating and insulation grants for vulnerable private sector households, has been cut by 70 % and will terminate completely in 2013.

The Gender ministry was created to coordinate and better implement social intervention programs aimed as safety nets for the poor and vulnerable in society and to compile a database for the sector.

Casualties of the Chancellor's budget The battles lines have been drawn in the government's first budget, and public sector workers, the vital services they provide, and the poor, sick and vulnerable people who depend on them, are in the firing line, writes Dave Prentis, general secretary of UNISON, for Channel 4 News.

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

Once classified as an experiment, Gotham's charter sector is now the largest scaled, high - performing charter district in the country — filled with top, nationally - recognized organizations that support real success for the city's most vulnerable communities.

Teachers are particularly vulnerable at a time when so few private sector workers have union benefits, and when there's so little political will for improving education by spending more on it.

There are many names in this sector that look extremely vulnerable from my chart reviews so it is worth your time if you are looking for potential short setups.

Prior to joining UCS in 2005, Ms. Spanger - Siegfried was an associate scientist at the U.S. Center of the Stockholm Environment Institute, where for six years her work focused on understanding and building the adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations and sectors in developing countries in response to climate change.

This flyer stresses that agriculture sectors are not only among the most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate change but also directly responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and constitute a key driver of deforestation and land degradation which account for an additional 17 percent.

This analytical report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change, including through building the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries.

The damage being done to 3rd World countries lies in food costs not insignificantly contributed to by green / UN policies of burning of food grain for fuel, by withholding funds (World Bank, EU, etc.) for building of cheap fossil fueled power to these countries, and other ways denying this vulnerable sector the potential to industrialize.

This analytical document presents the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries — and provides useful guidance to business leaders and policymakers alike.

Thus, to the greatest extent possible, policies at all levels should be designed and implemented to meet four goals: (i) In sustainable ways, maintain and increase the security of food supplies for food insecure people, particularly in developing countries; (ii) Enable small - scale food producers and other vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change; (iii) Sustainably reduce emissions from the agricultural sector; and (iv) Reduce emissions from the conversion of other land to agriculture.

This Rome - based agencies» partnership aims to jointly promote DRM for vulnerable people in high - risk countries prone to disasters in the food and agricultural sectors.

This manual provides a set of tools and methods to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district and local institutions with responsibilities for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to improve their effectiveness and the integration of DRM concerns into development planning, with particular reference to disaster - prone areas, vulnerable sectors and population groups.

The other thing I was hoping to emphasise was that, just as higher energy costs means a harder time for homes, it means that jobs in the energy - intensive sector are also vulnerable.

The first of the TAR chapters (Chapter 7) was largely devoted to impact issues for human settlements, concluding that settlements are vulnerable to effects of climate change in three major ways: through economic sectors affected by changes in input resource productivity or market demands for goods and services, through impacts on certain physical infrastructures, and through impacts of weather and extreme events on the health of populations.

It has been reported that trustees for the Toronto District School Board will consider a motion that would require all volunteers entering any TDSB school to submit a vulnerable sector check.

For Blauer and other advocates, open data became a basis for engagement and public sector transparency, leading to improved access to justice for some of society's most vulnerable communitiFor Blauer and other advocates, open data became a basis for engagement and public sector transparency, leading to improved access to justice for some of society's most vulnerable communitifor engagement and public sector transparency, leading to improved access to justice for some of society's most vulnerable communitifor some of society's most vulnerable communities.

For example, if you are applying to work with children, those who are disabled, or the elderly it is likely you will be required to obtain a vulnerable sector check.

Based on this concern, to complete a vulnerable sector check the RCMP now requires CPIC agencies to check the name, date of birth and declared information for a match (search criteria 1) and also check a repository of pardoned sex offender records for a gender and date of birth match (search criteria 2).

Also, the new procedure for conducting vulnerable sector checks seems likely to produce a high rate of «inclusive reports,» particularly amongst male job applicants to vulnerable sector positions.

A «vulnerable sector» check identifies whether an individual has been granted a pardon for certain specified sexual offences, but is only available to organizations hiring individuals to care for children and vulnerable persons based on restrictions in the Criminal Records Act.

In relation to the legal aid sector we warned that paying trainees at the National Minimum Wage rate would deter good quality individuals from entering this crucial area of work for vulnerable clients.

In July, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) plead guilty and was fined $ 80,000 for «failing to develop, establish and put into effect measures and procedures including safe work practices» to protect a vulnerable sector of their work force.

Vulnerable Sector Checks will include information on a criminal record check as well as any record suspensions or pardons for sexual offences, and local police records for information relevant to the vulnerable sector check (generally sexual offences or offences viewed as targeting vulnerable indVulnerable Sector Checks will include information on a criminal record check as well as any record suspensions or pardons for sexual offences, and local police records for information relevant to the vulnerable sector check (generally sexual offences or offences viewed as targeting vulnerable indvulnerable sector check (generally sexual offences or offences viewed as targeting vulnerable indvulnerable individuals).

A vulnerable sector check is an enhanced criminal record check used to verify if an individual has a record suspension (formerly pardon) for sex offences.

It is anticipated that these changes will urgently address the disproportionate impact that penalties for unauthorised driving and fine default licensing sanctions have on vulnerable sectors of the community.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.

the sustainability of Australia's robust not for profit health sector, which currently supports the most vulnerable in our community, is threatened by this move.

Trust are bringing together their expertise and knowledge — and that of others within the sector — to explore how society can best provide homes for our most vulnerable children.

The joint commitment from the Health and Education sectors to work collaboratively should improve access to parent information, child health, and educational services for vulnerable families at an optimum time in the life of the child.

The rationale for this is that regional agencies will be given a greater pool of approved adopters with which to match vulnerable children successfully first time; make vital support services more widely available to adoptive families as and when they need them; ensure recruitment of adopters is better targeted; and make the sector more efficient.