Sentences with phrase «government employees work»

In fact, 84 percent of government employees work outside of Washington D.C. in one of over 400 different career fields.

In recent years, critics say militants have been threatening government employees working on federal land from as far north as Washington to as far south as Texas.

Not exact matches

Invite government officials to meet your employees — a local district representative, or someone who works in an area of government related to what your company does.

One is the live experience they need of actually being in a working enterprise, whether it's a bank or city government, and two it gives them the credibility of being able to say, «Hey, we've got this installed at the city government and they've got this many taxpayers or employees or traffic.»

Now the company has grown to 45 full - time employees, and dropped its commercial arm to focus on government work.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

The British government assured employees working on the company's public - sector contracts that they'd be paid, but no such promises were made to workers on Carillion's contracts in the private sector.

Back when the government first tracked workers» hours in 1890, full - time manufacturing employees worked a backbreaking 100 hours each week.

Seven banks — Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Lazard — that «provide the opportunity for additional compensation to employees who leave the bank to work for the government» received letters from the AFL - CIO, according to a press release in late November.

If you hire someone under a freelance contract, but end up providing necessary materials, asking her to work out of your office or giving constant direction over the work, the government might consider the worker to be an employee.

Virginia's coastal region is for lovers, veterans, and government employees — with more than 150,000 people working for the government in some capacity.

[74] In 2008, Corzine approved a law that increased the retirement age from 60 to 62, required that government workers and teachers earn $ 7,500 per year to qualify for a pension, eliminated Lincoln's Birthday as a state worker holiday, allowed the state to offer incentives not to take health insurance and required municipal employees work 20 hours per week to get health benefits.

If the government can guarantee certain savings in bank accounts through the F.D.I.C., why not establish a program that would require that every employee own a regulated block of stock (Retirement Account) made up of stock in the company the employee works for and, so the employee will not have all his retirement eggs in one basket, include in this retirement basket high rated bonds and stocks from other non-competing employee - owned companies?

To join you must either have military experience, work for a government agency, be a relative of a servicemember or qualified government employee, or pay a one - time $ 17 fee to join a non-profit partner.

• For - profits, not - for - profits or government entities • Publicly or privately held businesses • Companies with a facility in Nassau or Suffolk County • Companies with 15 + permanent employees working in Nassau or Suffolk County • Companies in business a minimum of one year

He has provided unmatched leadership for the Chapter's innovative programming, government relations work, membership development, and the Employee Ownership Foundation.

Horn said that voluntary paid family leave is the better option because it allows employers, who «are closer to their employees than the government is,» to create programs that work for them.

Unlike the lawyers Trump retained in New York, lawyers who work for the federal government aren't his employees and can't automatically cover for him when questions arise.

SPRINGFIELD - State Senator Tom Cullerton is working with the Better Government Association to put a stop to bloated golden parachutes for failed state employees.

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalGovernment Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federalgovernment,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his budget,» in which Trump proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal agencies.

The reason the priest can't volunteer is because there's a federal law which states federal employees may not continue to work voluntarily during a government shutdown.

But it occurred also because of government laws protecting workers from extreme exploitation and from the organizing work of the employees themselves.

Few Glendal Foods employees had been members of the National Union of Workers (which covers some food manufacturing) until August, when a complaint was made to the union by Ms Nguyen, who also contacted the federal government's Fair Work Ombudsman, which in turn referred her to WorkSafe.

You work for the federal government, a state or local government, a public or private elementary or secondary school, or any company that has 50 or more employees working 20 or more workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year and residing within 75 miles of your workplace.

HB 786 passed in 2015 and effective Sept. 1, 2015 requires all public employers in Texas, including school districts, public colleges, local governments and state agencies, to provide basic accommodations to employees who pump breastmilk at work.

To qualify for leave under the FMLA, an employee must have worked for over 12 months for the state or federal government, a public school or private employer with more than 50 employees.

However, if history is any indication, they will not suffer lasting severe hardship since, as we previously noted, in the 1995 and 1996 shutdown, these nonessential government employees were eventually paid not to work.

«My members are ready and they're out there and there working on positive changes because they're concerned not only about their own jobs and the staffing and the constant attack on government services, but they're concerned with the services themselves and the people who need them,» said Susan Kent, of the Public Employees Federation.

«Our suggestions include ways to make state government more efficient by reducing the reliance on higher - priced private consultants and allowing state employees to do the work for less.

Lee Kyriacou's attorney said the IG's report that found his client misused state employees for personal errands demonstrates why it's hard to get «attract accomplished private - sector individuals» to work in government.

This seems not to be compatible with what we find in our data: high overall popular agreement with the following statements «Government should redistribute incomes» (agree 52 %, disagree 23 %), «Big business takes advantage of ordinary people» (agree 77 %, disagree 8 %), «Ordinary working people do not get their fair share» (agree 72 %, disagree 11 %), «There is one law for the rich and one for the poor» (agree 71 %, disagree 14 %), and «Management will always try to get the better of employees» (agree 68 %, disagree 12 %).

A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.

Companies which use zero - hours contracts but then prevent employees from working elsewhere will face a Government clampdown, the Business Secretary has announced.

Nearly three - in - four government employees at the state and local level work under a collectively bargained contract — almost double the national average of 39 percent.

Self - funded training Commenting on government plans to consult on extending the scope of tax relief currently available to employees and the self - employed for work - related training costs, Colin Ben - Nathan, Chair of the CIOT Employment Taxes Sub-Committee, said: «We welcome the government's announcement to consult in this area.

Guidance and claims process for employee expenses Commenting on HMRC plans to work with external stakeholders to improve the guidance on employee expenses, particularly on travel and subsistence and the process for claiming tax relief on non-reimbursed employment expenses, Colin Ben - Nathan said: «A simpler process for employees to claim tax relief for their expenses is something which we recommended when contributing to the Government's call for evidence.

Double dipping is a term used to describe the practice of allowing government employees to retire, start collecting a pension and then return to work for the state while continuing to receive pension benefits.

DROP is supposed to work this way: a government employee eligible for early retirement agrees to stay on for, say, five more years on the same pay.

Hiring employees in one department — and actually having them work in another — has been a practice in Nassau government for decades.

He said: «The bill tries to drive a false wedge between government, industry, employees and the public by restricting rights — and at worst criminalising — ordinary working people, from midwives to factory workers to challenge low - pay or health and safety concerns.

De Blasio said that city tax money would only be used to defend city employees in work they did for the city government.

New York's Public Officers Law bans former government officials from appearing before the state agencies where they worked for two years in a paid capacity, and also says state employees can not ever practice, appear before or ever even «communicate» with those agencies on matters over which they were «directly concerned» during their state employment, or which were under their «active consideration.»

The court might let government employees completely opt out of paying union fees, even if the union works on their behalf in areas like contract negotiations.

If he prevails, government employees would essentially be able to completely opt out of paying any money to their unions, essentially establishing a right - to - work system in every bureaucracy.

Howe's former WOH employee John Regan, who went on to several years of service as a senior Cuomo administration lawyer, currently works as Albany Medical Center's director of government relations and associate counsel.

The ruling allowed to City Hall advisers Rebecca Katz and Hayley Prim to work for Hilltop as it was running the Campaign for One New York in spite of a one - year ban on public employees going into a company that directly lobbies the government.

«Reviewing the way the government calculates how much employers and employees need to pay into pensions versus the benefits they will get out is crucial to making these reforms work.

«Despite the rabid tabloid headlines that these pensions are «gold plated», the average local government pension is just # 4,000 - a-year and over half of female NHS employees can expect an average of # 3,500 - a-year — hardly a fortune after a life time of work.

Going forward, we will work in good faith with the unions and our partners in state government to evaluate opportunities to achieve further savings that potentially could result in the rehiring of court employees.»

We need a consensus shift and a new bargain between government, industry and employees on the nature of work and the shape of the economy.