Sentences with phrase «group of workers in»

A grip boss is that person who is in charge of supervising and coordinating a group of workers in a movie shooting location.

Down a hallway, a group of workers in blue uniforms and clear plastic caps spill out of a full room to hear from Schumer.

The IRS will help an organization free of charge to determine the appropriate classification for a worker or group of workers in the organization as regards federal law.

Teachers have not faced similar pressures and remain one of the most unionised groups of workers in the economy; their unions have not had to face up to decisions many others confronted several years ago.

Not exact matches

Canada is a nation of immigrants, and a new report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests that there are plenty of workers in other countries who would like to join in.

Ben Dutton, president and CEO of the Casman Group of companies, said about half of the 200 workers employed by his Fort McMurray - based general construction firm are already back in town and working on restoring heating - ventilation and other systems for commercial and industrial customers.

(i) Assist companies in determining and interpreting their ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to companies to compare and explain ratios among their peers on an industry - by - industry basis, because average worker compensation for Bank of America will be different than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to labor groups to assist them in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).

«A few cosmetic changes to the form and rollout of the travel order do not change its original intent,» said a statement from Tech Stands Up, a grassroots group of tech industry workers that was formed after President Trump's initial immigration order, which was halted in federal court.

The actual state of knowledge of the impact that the minimum wage has on employment in North America, and especially in Québec, leads to the conclusion that a minimum wage that is greater than 50 % of the average wage is harmful to small wage earners and that a minimum wage that is less than 45 % has very little risk for this group of workers.

The latest calculations were based on an earlier finding by the groups that earnings for CEOs in the U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 dropped by a fifth in 2016 to 4.5 million pounds ($ 5.4 million) annually and another showing a CEO - to - worker pay ratio of 120 to 1.

And the association has been joining hands with groups like Silicon Valley Leadership Group to show members of Congress how the economies of states like California are almost entirely dependent on foreign workers, from the people who grow and produce food there to the people who are creating high - tech jobs at startups in Silicon Valley, Regelbrugge says

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

She later added that she was surprised to see that workers of underrepresented groups weren't all clumped together in the company.

A worker shortage at companies could affect the amount of building activity in the U.S., said Stephen Sandherr, CEO of the contractors group.

Findings show that workers who hang with a varied group of friends in their off - hours tend to build larger and similarly diverse networks on the job.

Then we had a control group of non-entrepreneurial businesspeople and another group that was not involved in business at all, like nuns and government workers.

This group of Uber employees flew into Miami for 10 days in part for a work retreat, and in part to act as a kind of advance squad, whose duties include networking with hospitality workers, scouting venues, and recruiting Miami Uber drivers.

Chrysler Group LLC assembly workers lower an engine on to the frame of a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup truck on the assembly line at the Warren Truck Plant during a tour of the plant's redesigned work stations in Warren, Michigan, September 25, 2014.

A report by Anzalone Research Group published by Fast Food Forward, the campaign behind the fast food strikes in New York, found that of the 500 fast food workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past year.

So we were curious: What makes coworking spaces — defined as membership - based workspaces where diverse groups of freelancers, remote workers, and other independent professionals work together in a shared, communal setting — so effective?

Other companies started identifying this same need, and a new group of technical worker known as developer operations, or DevOps, emerged in the last decade or so.

The efforts of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and App - Based Drivers Associations in Washington, New Jersey and California have also been cited by Rebecca Smith, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, an employment advocacy group.

A survey by industry group Restaurants Canada found that 96 percent of its members were «very likely» to raise prices, 84 percent would cut hours and 57 percent would fire workers, in response to Ontario's policy, according to results gathered June 22 to July 5.

In New York, the National Labor Relations Board is hearing a formal dispute between two unions, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Association of Machinists, over which group will represent LaGuardia airport - based drivers.

For example, in the Philippines the growing population of overseas workers sending money back home has lead to the rise of financial technology (fintech) apps that offer a variety of new, low - cost services such as remittance payments, transfers, and lending that were otherwise expensive and dominated by a few groups.

According to the Forbes editorial on Zillow Group, we are ``... among the youngest companies to break into the top 100 thanks to strong marks in customer and worker treatment, as well as the effect the company has on the number of jobs in the United States.»

«It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have two different rates for two different groups of workers,» he said in French.

At the same time, underlying shifts in the economy have again shifted the interest group politics — these days, manufacturing workers are a small share of overall US union membership, so the original impetus for the Democratic tilt against trade is going away.

Studies of the economic impact of existing laws sponsored by groups across the ideological spectrum have found that while the costs to employers of paid sick leave mandates tend to be low on average, they tend to be more significant in certain industries, like food services, where paid sick leave is less common and workers typically are younger.

«This is a frivolous and blatant, politically - motivated complaint that makes a mockery of the Federal Election Commission process,» the Tillis campaign said in a statement, adding it «never employed foreign workers or improperly coordinated with outside groups.»

In a note to clients on the ADP report, Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said, «Employment wouldn't be growing this strongly unless companies were able to find workers among the unemployed or draw on those out of the labor force.»

Our particular areas of focus in our Immigration Practice Group include: H - 1B (Temporary Foreign Workers), L - 1A / L - 1B (Intracompany Transferee Executives or Managers; Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge Professionals), E-2 (Treaty Investor), EB - 1 & O - 1 (Extraordinary Ability in Athletics, Arts, Sciences, etc.), EB - 1 (Multinational Managers & Executives), EB - 2 (Advanced Degree), EB - 3 (Skilled Workers, Professionals, Unskilled Workers), EB - 5 (Immigrant Investor), TN (NAFTA Professionals), J - 1 (Exchange Visitors) visa categories, and Labor Certification (PERM applications).

The report delivered to Flaherty showed the income of Canadian middle - class families did not grow as fast as other income groups over the last 35 years, with male workers in middle - class families having seen «little wage increases» since the mid-1990s.

Search «digital nomad» in LinkedIn's search bar, and you'll find hundreds of groups specifically for connecting with digital nomads and remote workers.

«Without understanding if associates are going to be compensated for gas, additional insurance costs, wear and tear on our cars and the potential risks of delivering packages, this program could be creating problems for associates,» said Cynthia Murray, a Walmart employee in Laurel, Md., who leads the Organization United for Respect Walmart, a workers» activist group.

A group of workers at Venezuela's state - owned oil company is requesting wages in dollars as well as meal plans and better health insurance to make up for what they called «suffocating» economic conditions.

Being in those cities «makes it easier because they already have a core group of workers that wouldn't have to relocate,» said Gad Levanon, chief economist for The Conference Board.

«Amazingly, only 48 percent of workers surveyed said they've taken the time to calculate the amount of money they'll need in retirement,» according to Luke Vandermillen, vice president of retirement and investor services at Principal Financial Group.

1) Anyone who understands how supply and demand inter-relate should understand that minimum wage laws are not only counter-productive on an economy - wide basis but also cause the most problems for the group of workers they have supposedly been put in place to protect.

Studies by the group Retirement Made Simpler, advised by David John of the Heritage Foundation, shows that well over 80 percent of workers who were enrolled automatically in 401 (k) s are grateful for it and started saving earlier than they otherwise would.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

A «small army» of social workers and charitable groups managed their arrivals» from Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society workers in their white enamel badges to the volunteers from the National Council of Jewish Women (light blue silk armbands).

The group of MPs are exploring case studies from Northern Ireland, France and Sweden - all countries which have criminalised paying for sex - to see if it helps protect sex workers and minimise the number of people working in the industry.

Instead of wasting time with these frivolous lawsuits, I wish the American Atheists would take issue with employers who require all workers to participate in group prayer (as one of my former employers did) or landlords who «casually» ask about your religion before they will rent you an apartment (that's life in the Bible Belt, eh?).

As immigrants disproportionately increased the supply of workers in a particular skill group, the wage of black workers in that group fell, the employment rate declined, and the incarceration rate rose.

My hope is that it will prove useful to participants in growth groups; to professionals (clergymen, teachers, youth workers, and school counselors,) who lead small groups as one part of their jobs; to counselors and psychotherapists who desire to give stronger emphasis to the growth approach in their groups; and to nonprofessionals who are in training to lead growth groups.

However, in reality, the system represents a pact between today's workers and a group of people who have not even been born — and, indeed, may not be born.

The internist is equipped to treat the physiological problems and administer Antabuse; the psychologist is trained to do testing through which the alcoholic's therapeutic needs can be evaluated, and he may be trained to do research and psychotherapy; the psychiatrist, being a medical doctor like the internist, can prescribe medication, but his unique skills are in the area of individual and group therapy and their relationship to drug therapies; the social worker may be trained to help the alcoholic work through his marital and vocational problems and do group as well as individual therapy; the social worker may also work with spouses; the pastoral counselor is specially equipped by training to help the alcoholic with his «spiritual» problems as these relate to his sobriety and his interpersonal relationships; he may also be trained to do group and marital counseling; 40.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

The proposal, which was eventually adopted in a weakened form, spoke not of jobs allocated to minority groups but of the percentage of workers to be drawn from unemployed residents of Milwaukee's inner city.