Sentences with phrase «introducing paid family»

That same week, Senator Deb Fischer (Republican of Nebraska) introduced her paid family leave act, called the Strong Families Act.

Not exact matches

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

Under new rules just introduced by the Obama administration, companies contracting with the federal government are now obliged to allow both full and part - time workers to accrue paid leave which they can use for anything from preventative doctor's visits, to staying in bed and sipping chicken soup, to caring for an ill family member.

The Liberal Party announced they would introduce pay equity legislation, increase funding to Family and Community Support Services and reinstate the Charitable Donation Tax Credit, which was decreased in the recent budget.

For that reason, this year we are introducing Variant Tuition for kindergarten through 8th grade, which takes into account each families ability to pay.

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

She'll be introducing legislation for better paid family leave, equal pay for equal work and affordable day care.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the age for juvenile offenders to 18.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his January State of the State and budget address introduced a package of ethics measures, but has largely focused in recent weeks on increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 and creating a 12 - week paid family leave program.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, the head of the Independent Democratic Conference, introduced a bill offering 12 - weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

He added: «The ideological drive to introduce markets and competition by creating yet more types of school has been a disaster pursued without thought for its financial cost or the price paid by those children and their families whom the Government has so badly let down.»

«Introducing this legislation to accelerate the three - stage minimum wage increase underscores the fact that right now, there are thousands of hardworking men and women that are still forced to choose between putting food on the table for their families and paying their bills each month.

Soon after speaking with Gotham Gazette, Klein introduced a new version of his paid family leave bill to the state Senate.

Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie said Mr Osborne should introduce tax breaks for employers that pay the living wage as a way of boosting people's incomes and warned against underestimating the importance of tax credits to families.

The Assembly, which has passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.

He introduced a bill to provide a tax credit to families that pay private school tuition, and fielded questions on the Assembly floor about another bill he sponsored that would require food - inspection violations to be posted on a state website.

However, the government is planning to introduce means testing for free school meals under universal credit, which The Children's Society warns will fail to reach one million children in poverty and will create a «cliff - edge» where many families would be better off taking a pay cut.

The ideological drive to introduce markets and competition by creating yet more types of school has been a disaster pursued without thought for its financial cost or the price paid by those children and their families whom the Government has so badly let down.

introduced an amendment that would allow parents to use a special tax - free college savings account to pay tuition for private K - 12 schools, a provision that would largely benefit wealthier families who can already afford private schools.

Initially introduced to ensure those with high incomes paid at least a minimum amount of federal income taxes, the AMT has hits many middle - class families in recent years.

Senate Finance Committee member, Ron Wyden, and Senator Sherrod Brown of the Finance Committee Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee, together with five other Senate Democrats, introduced a bill with a goal of protecting citizens of United States who receive Social Security from stripping away their benefits in order to pay federal debts like student loans.

Introduced with great fanfare by Stephen Harper on October 30, this new provision will reduce the amount you have to pay in federal taxes, as long as you are a two - parent family with children under age 18.

My name is Harold Wilson I am here to testify about the good works of Perry Morgan Loan company a reliable loan company who help me in getting a loan of 60,000.00 dollars, i was into a debt for over 5 years, i was unable to meet up with the repayment of the debt i went to severer banks here in Bellingham, Washington USA but they refuse to grant me the loan saying that my bank draft is too low to apply for any amount of loan, i was very confuse because i could not meet up with the repayment of my debt, i got an email that they will come and take my house since i could not meet up with the debt repayment because when i borrow the money i use my house as a collateral, the year was almost coming to an end, the grace period i was given was November 2nd i don't want to lose my house and keep my family out side, a friend of my introduce me to one of the online reliable loan lending company who also help him in getting a loan the name of the loan company is called Perry Morgan Loan Firm, i emailed them and apply for a loan of 60,000.00 dollars they gave me some procedure which i followed could you believe the loan was credit into my bank account after 48 hours, do you need a loan, are you into debt and you don't know how to pay back contact the loan company now they can help you with any amount of loan at a low interest rate, contact them now via email: [email protected] for more info.

I would love to introduce you to the service of [email protected] who's services are 100 % real and genuine, they help fix my credit issues, mark d all debts as paid, removed all collections and increase my credit card limit to 5000 all within one week.I never believed this could be possibly done but they proved me wrong by providing a good result which made me and my family happy....

Having the new owner pay for a vet checkup and current vaccinations is another good way since you will want to make sure the animal is in good health before you introduce it to other animals and to your family.

From 5th April 2015, the Work and Families (NI) Act 2015 introduced shared parental leave and statutory shared parental pay to Northern Ireland.

# a new Securities Transfer Act will be enacted to provide a modern framework for the transfer of shares, bonds and other securities, and promote interprovincial and international harmonization of rules; # personal health information access and privacy legislation will be introduced to balance the individual's right to confidentiality with the need to get information for legitimate health purposes; # government will receive the report of the Task Force on Access to Family Justice, and respond to its recommendations accordingly; # a Building Code Act will be enacted that establishes a chief building inspector position, promotes consumer safety, and provides for province wide adoption of the National Building Code and mandatory inspections by qualified inspectors; # a Heritage Conservation Act will be introduced to improve heritage stewardship; # a new Pay Equity Act will be introduced to ensure that pay equity legislation applies to all parts of the public serviPay Equity Act will be introduced to ensure that pay equity legislation applies to all parts of the public servipay equity legislation applies to all parts of the public service.

The Greeks and Romans introduced burial insurance c. 600 CE when they organized guilds called «benevolent societies» which cared for the surviving families and paid funeral expenses of members upon death.

Introducing SUD Life AAYUSHMAAN — a Non Linked Deferred Participating Plan that pays lump sum benefits and lifelong financial protection, a plan to help you ensure that nothing comes in the way of your family's happiness.

Apart from faster wireless charging and the respring bug fix, the update also introduces Apple Pay Cash which allows one to send money to their friends and family using an app in iMessage.

Virginia has no parental leave policies, but nearby District of Columbia introduced new legislation in 2015 to provide its residents with up to 16 weeks of paid family leave in a year, the most generous family leave policy in the nation.