Sentences with phrase «issue of public sector»

Going back to the issue of the strikes, YouGov asked how well people thought David Cameron and the government had handled the issue of public sector pensions and negotiations — only 23 % though he had handled them well, with 59 % thinking it had been done badly.
Unless the Government starts to treat the issue of public sector pensions with respect and honesty then that is exactly what will happen.»
Lord Turner added that the controversial issue of public sector staff retirement needed to be looked at.
«This issue of public sector pay has demonstrated that there is little sign of a coherent plan about how to fund the health service, education, social care, defence, housing, or transport infrastructure.»

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CNBC has assembled an elite group of chief financial officers representing public and private companies from various major sectors, to share their frontline insights and unique views on key issues and challenges facing today's CFOs.
As part of the Demo Day, President Obama issued a call to action to both the public and private sector, according to Tom Kalil, deputy director for technology and innovation at the OSTP.
But at a time when the public sector has made a major resurgence in the global economy in the wake of the economic collapse, Barton feels McKinsey is still «looking through a keyhole» at public - sector issues.
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As Chief Economist, Brian is tasked with measuring the impact of the sector and bringing economic issues facing charities and nonprofits to the forefront of public policy decision makers.
The Chief Economist for Canada's Charitable and Nonprofit Sector is responsible for measuring the impact of the sector and bringing its economic issues forward to public policy decision makers.
As Chief Economist for Canada's Charitable and Nonprofit Sector, Brian Emmett is tasked with measuring the impact of the sector and bringing economic issues facing charities and nonprofits to the forefront of public policy decision makers.
The fund under normal circumstances invests in at least 65 % of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities, including bonds issued by both U.S. and non-U.S. public - or private - sector entities.
 This issue has a number of pieces on issues of inequality, including: Rising inequality is hurting our economy Labour rights, unions and the 99 % Canadian economy bleeding jobs; public sector cuts to intensify Recession and cuts hit Aboriginal and -LSB-...]
I believe the real issue is funding of any school that is not in the public or separate school sector.
By: Jessica Oosthuizen 27th April 2018 The issue of discounting the professional fees of consulting engineers, driven by public sector and private sector clients alike, is plaguing the sustainability of the consulting engineering industry, says voluntary association Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) CEO Chris Campbell.
Look to Mr. Campbell to provide a more diplomatic approach to public sector pension changes, an issue that hastened the demise of his predecessor, Doug Horner.
The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.
This voluntary food, flavors and fragrances industries program engages with vanilla exporters, producers, sector organizations and public authorities worldwide to progress issues of governance, traceability, labor rights and technical assistance to grower groups.
I think it's great that these issues are now routinely discussed in mainstream media and a lot of activity has been mobilized in both the public and private sector to address it.
Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bPublic Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bpublic health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.
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As part of the ongoing talks over wider cuts to public sector pensions, ministers have since ruled out any negotiations on the issue.
The second point is that mutualism in the public sector raises issues concerning equity similar to those posed by localism: how can equal access and quality of service be maintained nationally if there is much greater variation in how services are delivered locally.
The University of Birmingham established a Policy Commission on the Distribution of Wealth in September of last year to bring leading figures from the public, private and third sectors together with Birmingham academics to generate new thinking on this issue.
And just like private - sector unions, the public - sector unions will make contracts with their employer (the government) regarding a whole host of HR issues, negotiate renewal of those contracts, and potentially strike if they can't agree on a contract.
«Poverty and the expansion of opportunities are issues that require teamwork and a public commitment from individuals and entities from both the public and private sector, and I was pleased to support County Executive Poloncarz and his administration in the creation and establishment of this Executive Order.»
The decision has implications for tens of thousands of home - based child - care workers who were initially roped into public - sector unions under executive orders issued by New Jersey's then - Gov.
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An answer to a parliamentary question has also revealed that the BHA has received a further # 35,000 from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to to deliver «increased understanding of issues of religion or belief in the context of equality and human rights within the voluntary sector, media and general public».
«We wish to state that if by July 14, directives have not been issued for the transfer of funds to various public sector schemes, we will advise ourselves,» said Mr Awotwi Nkansah, Deputy Executive Secretary of GNAT in charge of Labour.
«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»
Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are satisfied that he has already shifted the terms of debate leftwards on issues such as the 1 per cent public - sector pay cap — which all of the candidates oppose — and the child tax credit cuts.
Mr Ramsden joined the Treasury in 1988 and has worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues relating to the UK and European economies including fiscal and tax policy and public finances, the business sector and labour markets.
He later served as President of the Information Security Forum («ISF»), a nonprofit consortium of corporations and public - sector organizations working to resolve cybercrime and cyber security issues.
The unpopularity of the plans, plus the alienation of David Cameron's core support on this issue, are revealed ahead of tomorrow's (Wednesday, 9 May) Queen's Speech, which is expected to announce measures to make public sector workers work longer.
On the issue of unemployment in the country, the President indicated that the government is constraint in employing people into the public sector.
«David Cameron's claim that he wants to maintain a discussion with the unions is undermined by him saying in the next breath that he's not prepared to negotiate on the specific issue of the change from the RPI to CPI index for public sector pensions - which represents a massive cut in the value of pensions.
Gordon Brown today issued a strong defence of his handling of the economy, and underlined his tough line by calling yet again for restraint in public sector pay rises.
Speakers include practitioners, academics and thinkers and will discuss both theoretical and practical issues concerning the role of the third sector in delivering public services.
A meeting of the union's national executive committee unanimously agreed that further co-ordinated industrial action should be organised if the government continues to refuse to negotiate on the key issues of forcing public sector workers to pay more and work longer for a worse pension.
iv ensuring that the public sector unions are involved in the review of the PSED v reinvigorating equality as a mainstream collective bargaining issue and providing guidance and advice to affiliates.
Her for - it - before - she - was - against - it vote on Tier VI did not play much of a role, even though that's a hot button issue with labor (particularly the public sector unions).
At an Urban Land Institute conference last week, two panels of transportation experts — one from the public sector, the other from the private sector — discussed the issues plaguing tri-state transportation systems and the potential of public - private partnerships to address them.
She has worked as a consultant in the private and not - for - profit sectors on a variety of large - scale public engagement and issue campaigns.
Making Nigeria the investor destination of choice is the major issue as public and private sector leaders from around the world gather in Abuja today to kick - off the 17th Nigerian Economic Summit.
Today, she shared a number of concrete proposals to better tackle the issue of increasing opportunities for MWBEs — an area where she has been critical of de Blasio — and more generally aimed at increasing diversity throughout the city, including setting up a public - private partnership and a point person who would be responsible for increasing opportunities in the private sector.
Making Nigeria the investor destination of choice is the major issue as public and private sector leaders from around the world gather in Abuja today to...
The public sector unions have tangled with Cuomo over all sorts of policy issues — from creation of a teacher performance evalution system and Tier 6 to his refusal to reinstate the so - called millionaire's tax (later assuaged by an overhaul of the state's entire tax code).
McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.
On the face of it public sector pensions is an issue that should unite workers; but the detailed differences in outcome may undermine that unity.
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