Sentences with phrase «governments over workers»

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«Sadly, it appears the federal government may bow to the political heat over the TFW issue and gut the program for employers of lower - skilled and entry level workers,» he said.

Over the past decade, employment of skilled technology workers in BC has grown 27 %, driven partly by U.S. companies frustrated with their own government's limit on visas for skilled workers.

LONDON — Chancellor Philip Hammond has said that Britain needs a «grown - up» debate over whether pay for public sector workers should be increased, arguing that the government must «hold its nerve» on austerity.

A spat among airlines over which deserved the contract to fly U.S. government workers on certain routes intensified on Tuesday, with the chief executive of JetBlue Airways calling rivals hypocritical for protesting its award.

The latest jobs numbers prove a point: Putting government policy over business interests has been a disastrous failure for the American worker.

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.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

Unions, working with employers, have come along way to making these workplaces safer over the past 30 years, but there's much more work to be done - particularly as we discover the toll these types of jobs take on workers mental health and as the Conservative government moves closer and closer to total industry self - regulation (something that puts all Canadians at risk).

The government favoring bankers over factory workers?

Migrant workers hired by government officials flipped over the parish car, then the police came.

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

How long will the Christians and people of the United States have to contemplate the incongruity of its government... as it supports with over a million dollars a day another government that represses, kills bishops, religious workers, children, men and women, violates human rights, closes itself to dialogue and obstructs the pastoral task of the churches?

We've seen this over recent years with the policies that have been introduced by this government and their recent support for cuts to penalty rates for weekend workers in Australia.

Since then the government estimates over # 30 million of unpaid wages has been returned to over 100,000 workers.

The Nigeria Labour Congress is currently leading over one thousand workers in Kaduna state in a protest in solidarity with the 21,000 teachers sacked by the Kaduna State government.

Up to two million public sector workers are striking over their pensions today, as union leaders» impasse with the government continues.

David Cameron addresses the Local Government Association's conference in Birmingham, two days before public sector workers strike over their pensions:

End private equity secrecy The UK's largest trade union has welcomed the government's plans for talks on greater protection and consultation rights for workers in companies taken over by private equity.

The protesting workers stretched for over five kilometres and are currently on their way to the government house.

The NLC had earlier criticised Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, over what it described as the harassment, arrest and detention of workers who were protesting the government's policy to hand over public schools to individual in the guise of public, private partnership.

«The NASUWT has warned repeatedly, since 2011, that such poor practices would flourish if the Government continued to present equality and the rights of workers as unimportant and gave excessive freedoms, flexibilities and discretion over pay and conditions given to employers.

The row began over the weekend when shadow chancellor Ed Balls said a future Labour government would retain the coalition's pay squeeze on public sector workers.

The Senate deemed the budget extender bill illegal this afternoon, and then promptly passed it anyway, choosing to risk angering the (already very upset) state worker unions over infuriating the rest of New York State but shutting down the government.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has called the UK government's decision to sack over 1,000 disabled workers at Remploy «Barbaric».

The Deputy Minister, Freda Prempeh has directed Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to ensure retired government workers who are still occupying state bungalows hand them over to new recruits.

Over a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figuOver a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figuover pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

As a result of retirements and layoffs, the latter which could only have been avoided through union concessions that were rejected, we will operate County government with the smallest complement of workers in over 30 years.

Over 2,000 medical workers are descending on Westminster later to protest against the government's NHS reforms.

The All Progressives Congress lawmaker from Lagos State told his colleagues that aside ensuring that workers were paid a living wage, the bill would address the frequent protests over poor wages and the unwillingness of employers, particularly the government, to raise wages.

He also lamented over the dismissal of workers who are perceived to be members of an opposition party by a ruling government.

Paterson pledged the state will not have «anarchy» even if legislators decide at the last minute to reverse course and choose a government shutdown over angering the public sector workers.

According to the party, the government has since assumption of office superintended over developments that worsened the plights of Ghanaian workers.

Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to drag the state government to court over the non-payment of workers» salaries and pensions...

The 1985 Local Elections saw a Labour Party — which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael — fare poorly, with its national share of the vote dropping to just over seven percent and with its position as the leading left wing party being usurped by a major contender for this position, namely the Workers Party.

It is curious that the chunk of the funds which the state is asking for, over 40 billion Naira, is for the payment of the salaries of Local Government workers.

Speaking to Citi News after inspecting some government bungalows at Koforidua in the Eastern Region the Deputy Minister also charged coordinating directors and estate officers to ensure that retired government workers who are still occupying these bungalows hand them over to be used by new recruits.

How can the state be owing Local Government workers when it has been collecting 2.2 billion Naira monthly in allocation for Local Governments, amounting to over 100 billion Naira in four years?

The government currently faces a backbench rebellion over its attempts to force MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, putting them on a par with public sector workers such as police and prison officers.

He noted that the plight of Kogi State workers today was like a dagger in his mind, saying that no responsible leader would allow workers to go home empty handed at the end of the month in this modern age and chided the present government for being economical with the truth over the bailout fund.

Social Workers under the umbrella of Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW) have applauded the Federal Government over the proposed payment of 5,000 monthly stipend for unemployed youths in the country.

But a far more pressing concern for many of the workers on site is the ongoing dispute with the government over their pensions.

Minority Members of Parliament have alleged that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has sacked over 14,000 public servant workers.

«Local Government workers in Ekiti State will not allow a return of Fayemi's «Boko Haram» that made their lives impossible for over three years.

This compounds the loss of personal details belonging to 25 million child benefit claimants, questions over the government's handling of Northern Rock, the foreign workers security breach and aborted autumn election.

«Over the past few weeks we have undertaken a thorough and coordinated effort alongside all relevant partners, from healthcare workers to the local and federal governments, in order to implement the appropriate precautions.»

«Therefore, be prepared for worst because in the state broadcast to mark 57th independence anniversary, government has not seen any reason to open dialogue with organised labour over the catalogue of workers» demands that led to he ongoing strike action.

After months of haggling over Depew's future, weighing potential tax savings against the prospect of 170 village workers losing their jobs and how government services would be impacted, voters decided they wanted Erie County's second - largest village to live on.

Shockingly, the cabinet papers also show that the Tories were willing to go as far as declaring a state of emergency and deploying the Army in order to gain victory over the striking miners and the unions — confirmation that it was a central tenet of government policy to regard tax - paying, law - abiding colliery workers, locked in struggle to defend their jobs and their way of life, as (to use that awful phrase of Margaret Thatcher's) «the enemy within».

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

The action came amid investigations into foreign spying by government workers and open questions over U.S. surveillance in Germany, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel said.