Sentences with phrase «government working group»

Recommendations made by a Government Working Group set up to examine these issues are being ignored by employers and schools.

Establish mechanisms for collaborative investigations and enforcement including: Government to Government working groups under equivalence arrangements, joint working groups between certifiers, NOP, and / or State Organic Programs and require increased documentation under specific areas of concern.

Not exact matches

The federal government has signed a $ 1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac - class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.

We gathered an only - slightly - larger group to discuss one of the more pressing topics among corporate and government types this year in Davos, the future of work.

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

The environmental group trying to stop work on the state government's Roe 8 project has been refused an interim injunction on construction by the Federal Court, but has vowed to keep fighting.

A subsidiary of Spanish - controlled CIMIC Group will build the final stage of the $ 1.12 billion Northlink WA roads project, with the state government awarding the last unassigned portion of work today.

Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland says the group's annual results show the benefits of its diversification, with its government and property contracts largely offsetting a decline in resource sector work.

Building contractors Aurora Project Group and TR Homes have won a combined $ 12.6 million worth of work in rural Western Australia for the state government.

Celis became involved with the work of Engineers without Borders Canada, a group of engineers, students and volunteers who use their creativity and problem - solving skills to help communities in Africa, and soon left her job at OPG for a year - long position in Ghana, working with the development systems of local governments.

On March 7, after being fired as National Security Adviser, Flynn belatedly filed a FARA disclosure that revealed that, through his firm, Flynn Intel Group, he had worked in 2016 on behalf of Inovo BV, a firm based in Netherlands and owned by a Turkish businessman with links to the Turkish government.

Business groups have criticised the federal government's latest crackdown on the 457 visa program, following today's announcement that the Fair Work Ombudsman would be given new powers to monitor and

The government is working through the multiple issues before making a final decision and has encouraged employers and labour groups to not walk away from the committee's work, said Stephen Laskowski, president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

They said their hopes now rest on a report expected this summer from the alcoholic beverages working group struck under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement signed last year by federal, provincial and territorial governments.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that the Financial Stability Oversight Council, a government body that assesses financial system risks, has formed a working group focused on cryptocurrencies.

Chelsea Thomas, who is listed as the trade group's executive director on its web site, worked in government affairs for Apple before joining the App Association in 2016, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has worked hard to repair the rift produced by the Harper government's imposition of a visa requirement on Mexicans, and a high - level, non-governmental leadership group has been set up to help promote a further deepening of our ties.

Given the considerable number of background studies and the solid work of various groups such as the Jenkins Panel, the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, and the C.D. Howe Institute, CATA argues that it is time the Government considers and tables an action plan and commits to milestone deliverables in the 2012 Budget to foster an effective environment for successful commercialization of Canadian innovations.

He is co-chair of the campaign on Corporate Globalization and Positive Alternatives for the Alliance for Democracy, a national non-partisan group working to end corporate domination over government and policy.

There are many groups — governments, non-profits, concerned citizens — working on these issues.

In 2012, the social entrepreneur and futurist co-founded Loveland Technologies, a Detroit - based startup that works with government officials, developers and community groups — including Develop Detroit — to gather and share data about real estate properties via its online searchable parcel map technology.

Thus they are requesting a seat on the Clean Technology, Innovation and Jobs Working Group that the federal government is establishing as part of the Vancouver Agreement on clean growth and climate change.

In 2014, Mr. Turnbull was appointed by the Government of Canada as one of two Co-Chairs of the Canada - Assembly of First Nations, Joint Working Group on Resource Development, and delivered the final report in 2015.

Newly formed, dynamic and inclusive, NCFA Canada works closely with industry groups, government, academia, other business associations and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry and voice across Canada.

Before joining government, he worked at RBC Financial Group for more than 20 years.

NACO works to with government departments and agencies to administer special programs and support Angel groups in expanding their presence and scope across the country.

The third charge against Flynn says he misrepresented the extent of his work on behalf of the Turkish government through his firm, the Flynn Intel Group.

Nicole Williams is a senior associate with Canadian Strategy Group and previously worked as an assistant to various MLAs and cabinet ministers in the old Progressive Conservative government.

«This is the first digital gold product that is institutionally targeted - and the first to work with a government entity - to be currently in a live testing state,» said Sandra Ro, head of digitization at CME Group.

After Mr. Mandel's retirement, she worked as a Senior Advisor with the Canadian Strategy Group, a government relations company run by long - time PC Party insiders Hal Danchilla and Michael Lohner.

While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.

Switzerland has set up a working group to look into oversight of blockchain technology and initial coin offerings (ICOs) and report back to the government by the end of this year.

«The Government is working with the FinTech Advisory Group on options to reform the current GST treatment of digital currencies and released a consultation paper for public consideration as part of the 2016 - 17 Budget.

A report earlier this month from FireEye, a California - based cyber security firm, described a North Korean cyber espionage group, known as APT37 (Reaper), that appears to be working on behalf of the North Korean government.

The Red Cross is working very closely with the entire response community - government agencies, other non-profit groups, faith - based organizations, area businesses and others - to get help to people as quickly as possible.

The provincial government announced earlier this month it was adopting a series of recommendations from the premier's LNG working group study, including the adoption of a foreign workers strategy and a workforce planning coalition.

The working group has been urging governments, companies and other stakeholders to increase the role Christian and other faith - based organisations have in tackling humanitarian crises such as lack of food, water or sanitation, as well as civil wars, religious persecution or natural disasters.

Among that group, 53 % believe the government does too much, with 44 % believing «able bodied - people who are out of work shouldn't receive unemployment checks.»

Rt Revd Alan Smith wrote an open letter to The Observer before government ministers attempt to reduce the benefits of people on the Employment and Support Allowance Work - Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG) on Tuesday.

The UNSC voted unanimously on Friday to establish an investigative team led by a special advisor to work with the Iraqi government in assessing the treatment of groups including Christians and Yazidis at the hands of IS.

Groups of friends, work colleagues, social networks, churches and even schools and government organisations are getting together to buy or source chocolate eggs and are then giving them away.»

Because of my legal work on behalf of groups persecuted by the Chinese government, I have been tortured three times since September 21, 2007.

Russia's evangelical minority, roughly 1 percent of its population of 143 million, finds itself living and serving in the East - West tension between its nationalistic government and the outside evangelical groups that support its gospel work in the heavily Orthodox country.

America's Roman Catholic bishops write that the «challenge of today is to move beyond abstract disputes about whether more or less government intervention is needed, to consideration of creative ways of enabling government and private groups to work together effectively» (Economic Justice for All) The truth of this declaration is evident in the U.S. housing...

People in one group believe that if government looks to the well - being of the people (promoting their their health, financial security and contentment), then the economy will work out all right.

In an attempt to give religious groups some guidance in navigating between Charitable Choice's front and back ends, some religious organizations have begun work on a «Code of Conduct» by which FBOs accepting government funds regulated by Charitable Choice would pledge to operate.

Rural churches across the country worked with the government to find and vaccinate groups of girls on Sunday mornings, ensuring that even girls in the most remote villages received the vaccine.

Many NGOs and church groups have worked at community development projects, but governments and global agencies have engaged in top - down development, such as huge dams, destructive of community.

When a person working that much can't pay for basic necessities without a government bailout, then there is indeed a problem with the cohesion of society, in that a group of employers gets the entire society to underwrite their labor costs via government «handouts.»

«In theory, under [the CSPA], the U.S. government is supposed to be able to block military aid that otherwise would have gone to the states on the basis of their child recruitment,» explains Tim Molyneux, the Child Rights Program Manager at Child Soldiers International, an international advocacy group that works to end the use of child soldiers.