Make sure employees are aware of their workplace rights
including sick pay and other benefits they could be entitled to.
Not exact matches
2) Costco: Employees rave about the benefits, which
include «Great health and dental insurance plan, 401k,
paid vacation,
paid holidays and
paid sick time for both part time and full time employees.»
«This
includes how
pay decisions are arrived at, how they are rated on their performance, how the company treats things like
sick leave and other benefits, how the company views work - life programs and how they will be treated in a dispute.»
Make sure your company policy
includes paid sick days and encourage people to use them.
In February of this year, Facebook (fb) expanded its employee benefits to
include 20 days of
paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member and up to six weeks of
paid time to take care of
sick relatives.
(a) Schedule 2.7 (a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list setting forth each employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement (
including any «employee benefit plan» as defined in Section 3 (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended («ERISA»)(«ERISA Plan»)-RRB-,
including, without limitation, employee pension benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (2) of ERISA, multi-employer plans, as defined in Section 3 (37) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (1) of ERISA, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, bonus plans, stock purchase plans, fringe benefit plans, life, hospitalization, disability and other insurance plans, severance or termination
pay plans and policies,
sick pay plans and vacation plans or arrangements, whether or not an ERISA Plan (
including any funding mechanism therefore now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, under which (i) any current or former employee, director or individual consultant of the Company (collectively, the «Company Employees») has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) has had, has or may have any actual or contingent present or future liability or obligation.
Benefits
include a generous company contribution to health and dental insurance, retirement contribution after 1 year, 8
paid holidays, vacation, 5
sick days.
«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits,
including lack of a pension,
paid vacation and
sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.
Qualcomm charges a percentage of the price of each handset regardless of whether it
includes a chip from the company, and Apple is
sick of
paying those fees.
Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to
include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to
paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting
pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»
Full time employees receive a number of competitive benefits,
including Medical, Dental, Vision insurance, Basic Life Insurance, Short - Term Disability and Long - Term Disability insurance, 401 (k), Vacation,
Sick, and Holiday
pay, and Fitness Reimbursement.
Chipotle also offers a highly competitive benefits package to all employees,
including paid sick leave and vacation time for full and part time employees, along with tuition reimbursement and merit - based increases.
Sure I would be giving up a decent salary, a reliable bonus, and benefits
including paid vacation days,
paid sick days, and employer sponsored 401k matches that doubled the investment in my retirement fund, but saving on child care and spending precious time with my newborn seemed to make sense at the time.
These investments to expand and strengthen child care and early education programs complement the Administration's other efforts to help working families,
including offering workers the opportunity to earn
paid sick and family leave, a higher minimum wage, and equal
pay for women.
«In addition, each of them receives a benefit package that
includes 100 %
paid health insurance, short term and long tern disability insurance and a life insurance policy for free, two weeks
paid vacation, plus 8
paid personal or
sick days and 50 cents on a dollar matching contribution to a retirement plan.
There's no agreement yet on whether the state budget will
include Cuomo's proposed employee - funded
paid family leave program, which would let workers receive a percentage of their salaries while taking off up to 12 weeks to care for a newborn baby or
sick relative.
But the WFP is perhaps best known for pushing legislation,
including a recent Connecticut bill requiring employers to offer
paid sick leave.
About 45,000 of the telecom giant's workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, walked off the job on Aug. 7 in protest against Draconian concessions demanded by the highly profitable company,
including eliminating pensions for new hires; slashing
paid sick time and holidays; and increasing employees» contributions to their health care costs.
Retirement
pay often
includes accruals for unused
sick time and other incentives.
As 1010 WINS» Stan Brooks reported, the group —
including U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) and Nydia Velazquez (D - N.Y.) gathered on the City Hall steps demanding that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn allow the
paid sick leave bill to come up for a vote in the Council, insisting there is enough support to pass it.
the bill, arguing that employers themselves «are best suited for determining the terms and conditions of employment,
including benefits such as
paid sick leave.»
«Every New Yorker deserves the protection of guaranteed
paid sick leave —
including the 300,000 workers still left behind.
Moss» ire also
includes Quinn's recent blockage of a mandatory
paid sick - leave bill.
«I'm still hearing out the candidates» views on issues
including criminal justice reform, police reform, minimum wage, and
paid sick and family leave,» said Councilman Donovan Richards of Queens.
De Blasio's trip comes after he traveled to Washington last spring to launch a national campaign called the Progressive Agenda to push for changes in national economic policy,
including a $ 15 minimum wage, closing the carried - interest tax loophole and national
paid sick leave and
paid family leave.
When healthy people get health insurance, they have to
pay premiums based on the average health costs of everyone,
including sick people.
Cuomo also said he's confident the budget deal will
include a plan to allow workers to take
paid time off to care for a new child or
sick loved one, and will also contain a large increase in education spending.
Money matters The employer should provide clear information on an employee's financial entitlements
including company and statutory
sick pay and other relevant company benefits.
This
includes over-estimating payments in lieu of taxes ($ 381,000), rental payments ($ 305,000) and interest earnings ($ 426,000); as well as over-expending budget line items for health insurance ($ 944,000), accumulated
sick pay and vacation
pay ($ 750,000), and workers compensation ($ 415,000).
The arguments against
paid sick leave, as stated in the Capital Region Chamber's petition opposing Local Law «C» on behalf of its more than 2400 area businesses and organizations,
include: the proposal will hurt our economy, reduce jobs, lower the county's sales tax revenue, and act as «an impediment to attracting, retaining and growing jobs.»
The Memorandum also posits that «employers are best suited for determining the terms and conditions of employment,
including benefits such as
paid sick leave.»
The bill signed Monday expands the reasons to allow
paid sick leave to
include addressing domestic violence and other criminal offenses.
The reasons for allowing an employee to take
paid sick time
include: employee's short term illness; time to deal with medical, legal or relocation issues related to domestic violence or child abuse; and to care for a family member when ill or in need of medical care.
Overall, the appointments are expected to mean smooth sailing for much of Mayor de Blasio's agenda —
including the recently announced expansion of
paid sick leave.
Benefits
include health and dental insurance, vacation and
sick pay and a retirement plan.
The report also does not
include termination
pay for unused
sick and vacation time that many retiring employees collect.
Mark - Viverito irked several members,
including some of her supporters, when she and de Blasio announced they had reached a deal on a bill to expand the city's
paid -
sick - days policy for private companies without first consulting the Council.
Last summer, a number of LGBT leaders ----
including Dr. Marjorie Hill, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis, Liz Margolies, executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, Melissa Goodman, an LGBT and reproductive rights attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Amber Hollibaugh, the co-director of Queers for Economic Justice ---- told Gay City News they were strong backers of
paid sick leave.
Kurland, 44, a Chelsea resident whose priorities
include affordable housing and
paid sick - leave, said maxing out on funding indicates the strength of her grassroots support in the district, which covers Greenwich Village, the West Village, the Meatpacking District, Hudson Square, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and Midtown.
A reluctant Orangetown Town Board has approved a new five year contract with the town's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, granting an average 2.4 percent
pay hike annually through 2015 and keeping all existing benefits in place
including pensions, overtime, personal and family health packages and vacation,
sick, and personal days off.
De Blasio is a strong advocate of the
Paid Sick Leave bill, which is opposed by many businesses
including, not coincidentally, many small ones.
«This chimeric role of employment / education affords us several concessions,
including deferring student loans, increased time off... plus
sick and holiday leave, decent benefits, the ability to
pay into the UC retirement plan, and the flexibility of participating in lectures, seminar, conferences, and classes.»
Approximately 40 percent of respondents in the NHIS sample did not have
paid sick leave; approximately half of the respondents were female; more than half were married or cohabitating; three - quarters indicated that their highest level of education
included at least some college; and 62 percent were non-Hispanic white.
Most of their stories
include a
sick relative who's in need of money for medication or help
pay their travel expences to come visit you.
When the New York Times summarized Hizzoner's «proud recitation of campaign promises kept» during his first 100 days, the list
included «universal prekindergarten, an end to unconstitutional policing,» and «
paid sick leave.»
Next, a school district in Illinois just awarded its teachers a 10 - year contract that
includes a 40 percent salary increase over its term, preserves a pre-retirement, 6 percent yearly
pay spike to boost teachers» pensions, an increase in
sick - days from 15 to 24 per year, and a freeze on health insurance and prescription drug costs for district employees for the 10 - year period.
Benefits package for FT employees
including: medical, dental and vision insurance, 401K retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, flexible spending accounts, continuing education benefits, mileage reimbursement, and
paid vacation and
sick leave
Paid Time Off
including Holidays, Vacation Time,
Sick Time,
Paid Maternity Leave, Volunteer Days and Professional Development Days
Benefits
include:
paid sick leave; excellent health benefits package with employer contribution to benefits; Optional Flexible Benefits Plan; 403b Retirement Savings Plan with Employer match; Commuter Check Plans; Life Insurance at no cost to employee.
Other benefits offered to North Carolina teachers
include family medical leave, state health plan coverage, extended
sick leave, longevity
pay, disability income, personal leave, and one to two vacation days per month, which can be accumulated if they are not used during the month they are earned.