Sentences with phrase «give workers the protections»

Not exact matches

The measure «will give entrepreneurs the protection and the confidence they need to attract investment to grow their businesses and to hire new workers,» the President said on signing the bill.

For the past year and a half, British ministers have been assuring us that the MAI does «not affect the rights of signatories to carry out normal regulation», that it will «weaken neither environmental regulation nor worker protection» and that it contains «nothing... that gives investors the right to be compensated for lost profits».

They're concerned with factors like safe working conditions, giving back to the communities, worker education, lowering agrochemical use, waste management, wildlife protection and ecosystem and water conservation.

Protection of breast feeding from commercial exploitation should be among the highest priorities for the international community, yet violations of the World Health Organization's code of marketing of breast milk substitutes have been seen regularly, despite companies» expressed intentions to conform.1 — 3 The study by Aguayo et al in west Africa in this issue (p 127) provides further evidence that many manufacturers fly in the face of the code by providing free samples, giving donations to health workers, and contravening standards for labelling.4

Given that the purpose of the Bill was to protect Welsh agricultural workers after the UK Government scrapped that protection, it is disappointing that the Attorney General has referred the Bill to the Supreme Court.

Edit: One article talking about the topic is «Trump Gives Health Workers New Religious Liberty Protections,» posted yesterday by the New York Times.

Dr Sheldon Stone presented the findings from a major three - year trial led by researchers at University College London, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, showing that giving one - to - one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap.

Among the reasons given for rejecting Brexit are protection for workers, lower prices in the shops and maintaining the UK's influence on the global stage.

Speaking in central London, Mr Corbyn rejected claims he was giving only «half - hearted» support for the pro-EU campaign and argued environmental protections, workers» rights and the ability to crack down on tax avoidance would suffer if the UK left the EU.

Fidelity Life was established in 1896 as «Mystic Workers of the World,» which was a fraternal society that wanted to give financial protection to the Midwest and Northern states.

Explains that pipes and pressure vessels inside nuclear power plants give off significant amounts of waste heat, with temperatures reaching up to 55C (131F)- not very comfortable for maintenance workers who are swathed in radiation protection gear and doing repair work.

But the real concern is whether this will give the government what it seems to be wanting, some protection from the proverbial black eye it received during 2013's temporary foreign worker scandals.

Currently, protection is given only to workers employed as live - in caregivers.

These arrangements can give rise to employment status, worker status or «fall completely outside the scope of protective norms» (Adams et al) with no protection whatsoever.

The Act is a long and complicated one, adding significant operational expense to employers in implementation, and leaving many workers vulnerable given gaps in protection.

Following recommendations of the Weiler report, in 1987 the Act gave injured workers 100 % benefit indexation until 1995 when the government reduced protection for partially - disabled workers by use of the Friedland Formula (providing half of the Consumer Price Index minus 1 %).

The issue is a topical one given the new Alberta government's passage of Bill 6, the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act, as one of its first pieces of legislation in the 29th Legislature, 1st Session (2015).

That is, for some things «workers» as a broader category than «employees» have protection (e.g. some workplace safety legislation protects workers generally) and I do think it would be a good idea to give some more protections to dependent contractors (and maybe independent also), casual and temporary workers generally, partners with minimal control, etc..

Comment: Several commenters claimed that the statutory authority given under HIPAA can not provide meaningful privacy protections because many entities with access to protected health information, such as employers, worker's compensation carriers, and life insurance companies, are not covered entities.

While this case and others like it are shining the spotlight on the lack of protection and rights given to the new and growing army of workers working under these business models, it is too early to say precisely how this lack of protection will be addressed.

Fidelity Life was established in 1896 as «Mystic Workers of the World,» which was a fraternal society that wanted to give financial protection to the Midwest and Northern states.

Workers» compensation insurance gives Wichita companies an added measure of protection, stepping in to pay for medical bills and lost wages when an employee sustains a work - related injury.

Mutual Protection A workers» compensation policy does, first and foremost, give some assurance to your employees that a work injury will quickly be resolved financially.

That's why we're here — to help you find commercial insurance that gives you 360 degrees of protection against everything from a huge liability claim to a small workers» comp claim.

When there is a child protection plan, the child will be given a social worker who should meet regularly with the child and the parents to discuss the child's progress.

If not a workers compensation policy does not really give any additional protection.