Sentences with phrase «living standards and accountability»

Now the battle of the week ahead is to shape Brexit negotiations to put jobs, living standards and accountability centre stage.

Not exact matches

The Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC), brings together seven of the world's most influential voluntary sustainability standards: Fairtrade International, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), GoodWeave International, Rainforest Alliance (RA), Social Accountability International (SAI), Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and UTZ, in its partnership with the ISEAL Alliance, and world - renowned living wage experts Dr. Richard Anker and Ms. Martha Living Wage Coalition (GLWC), brings together seven of the world's most influential voluntary sustainability standards: Fairtrade International, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), GoodWeave International, Rainforest Alliance (RA), Social Accountability International (SAI), Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and UTZ, in its partnership with the ISEAL Alliance, and world - renowned living wage experts Dr. Richard Anker and Ms. Martha living wage experts Dr. Richard Anker and Ms. Martha Anker.

The immediate and huge success of the club created a responsibility to evolve the program to teach and promote the game and skills at international standards, while continuing to help the kids learn real core values about both rugby and life, such a respect, honor, discipline, integrity, teamwork and accountability.

The code requires members to act in the public interest and in accordance with the seven general principles of conduct identified by the committee on standards in public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

«Transparency, accountability, the truth and personal discipline are needed if we want to move Ghana into a higher level of performance and give our people the opportunity to enjoy a world - class standard of living in our lifetime,» he said.

Maureen Kelleher argues in Education Post that the decline in support is likely caused by «the failure of too many charter operators to live up to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and professionalism.»

Under present day standards and accountability systems, states, pushed and prodded by the federal government, have moved from trying to force districts to educate students to a minimum level of basic skills and to do something about schools that are obviously failing, to holding districts, schools and teachers accountable for (in the words of the Common Core State Standards Initiative) «preparing all students for success in college, career, and life.»

Genuine accountability also requires credible assessment tasks — work that more directly reflects the language of the standards and the reality of adult life.

We must also recognize that the accountability and performance measures for students in an RTC must be different from the standard since these students are not leading the «standard» lives.

The Brookline Educators Association (BEA) supports high standards and accountability but opposes the use of a single high - stakes test to make life altering decisions about students, teachers, schools or school systems.

But because we know, without a doubt, that family poverty exerts a crushing influence over children's lives, it is no small thing when standards - and - accountability education reformers repeat, ad nauseam, that poverty can be totally «overcome» by dedicated teachers.

In 2015, Assurity Life was certified as a «B Corporation» by the non-profit B Lab for meeting rigorous standards of both social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and local payroll as well as returns for multiple authorities on monthly basis.

· Better Outcomes Brighter Futures is implemented; · High quality early years care and education is accessible and affordable; · Child welfare and protection systems are effective and responsive; · Evidence - based policy is promoted and supported, and children and young people participate in decisions that affect their lives; · High standards of compliance on governance and accountability are supported and enforced; and · Performance is improved through the effective alignment of resources.