Sentences with phrase «hired for public works»

Companies hired for public works projects in the state are required to pay their workers what's known as a prevailing wage, which is a minimum rate set by the state based on factors like region.

Not exact matches

It usually starts like this (at least this is how it started for me when I earned my scar tissue): you own or work for a startup that sells a product or service and are looking to contract out some work instead of hiring inside staff because, well, you're strapped for cash — things such as fulfillment, public relations and web design are all common applicants.

Along with hiring Peck, the board has come under fire for awarding a contract for computer work to a firm that has worked with Peck's company and approving policies residents said limited public comment.

According to data released by the state comptroller's office, a firm hired by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was paid an additional $ 397,000 in November for its work to quash subpoenas originally issued by the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

In his proposed state budget, Cuomo also has proposed $ 11 million in funding to hire additional health care workers at cancer treatment facilities for outreach work, $ 15 million for public education campaigns targeting underserved communities, and $ 5 million to support commercialization of cancer - related technologies.

«The Livery Industry Council of Westchester, which represents the for - hire companies in the county, will continue working with the County Executive and TLC leadership to ensure that public safety remains its top priority,» said Stoppelmann.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto has said that in 2011 he hired Mangano's brother Rob as deputy public works administrator on the county executive's recommendation, but added that the brother was highly qualified for the position, according to a Newsday article.

Adam, 33, and Dean, 67, both of Rockville Centre, are on trial in federal court in Manhattan on allegations that the former Senate majority leader solicited bribes and extortion of three different companies — Arizona - based AbTech; Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn and New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management — to hire Adam as a consultant in return for favorable legislation and public - works contracts.

JCOPE Controversy: Four of the 14 commissioners from the Joint Committee on Public Ethics wrote an open letter on the questionable hiring of «special counsel,» a position excluded from the original JCOPE staffing plan, but created previously and now being again filled, this time with Kevin Gagan, who will be chief of staff and counsel, by the outgoing executive director, Letizia Tagliafierro, at the behest of the governor, whom she is leaving to work for.

«We need to make sure that our transportation system works for everyone, including the city's traditional yellow cabs, for - hire drivers, and most importantly the riding public,» he added.

For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red taFor many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tafor public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tafor constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tafor life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.

The Community Affairs Unit, which works with community organizations on local issues and is regarded as a political arm of the mayor's office, also hired Roberto Perez, Jonathan Viguers and Kicy Motley, all of whom worked for the public advocate's office before shifting to the mayoral campaign.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Given that 94 % of human communication occurs non-verbally, and that public speaking and presentation to groups are (along with expository writing) among the proficiencies most lacking in young hires today, it makes sense for the classroom to be a place where young people can develop the «people skills» required to work and live successfully.

In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomes.

(Update: Gov. Brown's May budget includes $ 120,000 to hire history scholars to evaluate the voluminous public comment and submit their recommendations to the Instructional Quality Commission, which oversees academic standards work for the State Board of Education.

as long as they meet the job qualifications», actually translates into Connecticut residents can not be hired because all residential candidates were educated in the horrific state public school system, automatically making them unqualified for any Jackson Lab jobs, except for maybe custodial work.

Human Resources Employment Policies and Practices (hiring, firing, evaluations, and wage and hour issues); Collective Bargaining and Working with Unions; Workplace Policies Regarding Email Internet Privacy and Teacher / Student Interactions; Personnel Responsibility Particular to Public Schools and Teachers (FERPA, mandated reporter status, 4th and 5th amendment student rights, etc.); Workers» Compensation; Workplace Wellness; Avoiding Burnout; Best Practices for Employee Leaves; Appropriate Handling of Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Pryor has dedicated himself to hiring his personal friends, giving out millions of dollars in contracts to out - of - state, politically - connected companies, putting his «Turnaround Office» in the hands of Morgan Barth, a person who illegally taught and worked for Pryor's charter school management company (Achievement First, Inc.) for six years and relentlessly and consistently doing the wrong thing for Connecticut's system of public education.

«In addition to giving grants to right - leaning think tanks like the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, the Walton foundation hired an education program officer who had worked at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative business - backed group.»

There's Rod, holder of the record at Pikes Peak for so many years that they started calling the place Millen's Mountain; there's Steve Millen, rally driver, road racer and performance parts maker at Stillen; there's Rhys, son of Rod, himself a rally driver, successful Pikes Peak racer and driver of who - knows - how - many stunts in all those «Fast and / or Furious» movies; and now there is Ryan, a lad so polite you almost want to hire him on the spot to do public relations work at Disneyland, maybe for a souped - up version of Autopia where the cars leave the track and drift wildly through the Magic Kingdom.

Despite its name, Sumo Digital isn't a company that throws its weight around in public, largely due to the secrecy of its work - for - hire projects.

Pioneer Works, the expansive «center for research and experimentation in contemporary culture» in Brooklyn, has hired Sheetal Prajapati as director of public engagement, to begin next week.

Including pipes, faucets and spigots, these plumbing elements are often used by out - of - work plumbers to signal their availability for hire and serve as a public display for the city's struggling workers.

Ingeborg de Roode, curator of Industrial Design for the Stedelijk Museum, said that the interior elements might have been overlooked in the past because, while the architects were hired to work on public, social projects, the design items were often commissioned by wealthy individuals for private homes.

At a September 27, 2014 panel discussion at Queens Museum titled «Climate Wars: Propaganda, Debate, and the Propaganda of Debate,» Hoggan revealed that he was inspired to start DeSmogBlog by the work of Ross Gelbspan, a retired journalist who helped launch the modern environmental movement and spread the slanderous narrative of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance (page 160) that skeptical scientists are paid shills of fossil fuel companies hired to neutralize public support for government climate programs.

Barbara Boxer hired, into a key counsel position for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, a Republican whose resume includes fighting against stronger acid - rain provisions when Republican counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and employment with that stellar environmental institution, -LSB-...]

Indeed the evidence indicates that... these journalists collected, including the distinguished historian of science at Harvard Naomi Oreskes, who wrote the book The Merchants of Doubt,... that they hired several of the very same public relations agents that had perfected this fraudulent and deceitful craft working for the tobacco companies.

car sharing, public transit, telecommuting and living near, where you work, bike sharing, autonomous electric vehicles for hire.

Lawrence, when I say «builders» I mean the people who hire the engineers, and the politicians who pay for the work and tell the public that it's good and their money well spent.

Law and regulations do not lose their public domain status and become subject to copyright because they were drafted by a private party as «works for hire.»

They are «work for hire» and the articles are emphatically not in the public domain simply because they were not published under a by - line.

Can you talk a little bit more about how difficult this policy now makes it on retention and for hiring and retaining these employees who want to work in public service, who many of them went to law school for the purpose of engaging in public service after law school?

For example, Accenture hires former doctors to work in their health and public service practice.

As part of her work, she has facilitated the implementation of interviewing and hiring protocols, policy development, and worked with the leadership of numerous companies to effectively develop internal talent.Debra has worked with professionals at all levels and is comfortable writing for people from myriad disciplines, including investment banking, marketing, sales, public relations, manufacturing, academia, law, technology, corporate finance, accounting, and strategic management consulting to name a few.

Skills for Rhode Island's Future (Skills RI) is a nonprofit public - private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers.

I've been recruiting for almost 15 years and have personally reviewed well over 20,000 resumes, mostly from teachers, through my work in the New York City Public Schools, including as the Director of Teacher Recruitment (5,000 hires a year), and as a private consultant.

Your Disabilities Coordinator will assist you in utilizing the Schedule A process which not only streamlines the hiring process to bring employees on board quickly and faster than the competitive process but also give you the opportunity to give back and to give others a chance and a opportunity to be working and pay taxes and not be reliant on public support as you and I are paying for out of our taxes.

WORK HISTORY Aug 2007 — Dec 2012 Local Museum — Indianapolis, IN Curator • Arranged for a particularly rare Mayan artifact that the museum was looking for to be displayed for three years • Researched newfound facts about three different displays and added to the information tablet • Planned and executed exhibitions • Worked with the public at large to provide information regarding particular displays • Researched new and rare artifacts and arrange form purchases • Cataloged all items according to type • Managed item preservation • Wrote content for museum's website and tablets • Hired and trained staff to manage the exhibits

A highly motivated and passionate fresh graduate, looking for work as a call centre agent wherein skills in public dealing and telesales expertise can come in handy for the promotion and projection of the hiring organization.

Work in public relations includes position as Production Assistant and Staff Coordinator for Bravo Entertainment Company, which included hiring of 100 + employees, on - site management of event logistics, gathering permits from city councils, hiring of entertainers, mitigation of interpersonal problems and arranging flights of VIPs.

But the public found me after being told I hadn't worked there for a long time and he didn't know where I was, perhaps had left the business, and told them he would send his new - hire to them to carry on since I was no longer there.

demanding real data, that those they elect, those they hire, those in positions to obtain overall pictures will work in their (the public's) best interest, not their own (ie until they sell their own properties, for example).

The real estate buying / selling public in Canada currently enjoys the same right as the political voting public enjoys, the right to vote against, or for, a so - called dominant industry leader (competing CREA member brokerages within said industry) via choosing to work with / hire same, or not, when deciding to participate in competitve real estate offerings / transactions.

Public Works says it plans to look at options and to follow a new procurement process, which among other improvements will involve hiring impartial third parties for advice and ensuring that all bidders have sufficient time to prepare.