Sentences with phrase «local government employees as»

We pointed out this shortcoming of the ECEC in 2011, noting that «BLS data do not report on retiree health coverage for private sector or state and local government employees as these plans are generally unfunded, meaning there are no current employer contributions to measure.»

He said, Zamfara workers were faced with a number of problems which include failure to pay the salaries of 1,400 recruited by the government more than two years ago, non payment of backlog of pension and gratuities, non payment of minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government employees as well as non payment of annual salary increment.

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By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as employees, federal, state and local governments potentially miss out on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.

Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag on employment growth just as state and local governments are beginning to recover (blue is the federal government; green is state government; red means local government; and private sector employment, excluding farm employees, is orange).

Many local governments and education systems use this retirement vehicle as a way to allow employees from non-profits sectors like this to contribute toward their retirement as well.

A chapter of Service Employees International representing private - sector airport workers also endorsed her (Local 32), as did another AFSCME chapter representing county employees throughout the government (LoEmployees International representing private - sector airport workers also endorsed her (Local 32), as did another AFSCME chapter representing county employees throughout the government (Loemployees throughout the government (Local 199).

The chart below shows just how local and municipal government operating spending and spending on employee compensation has changed over the past two decades as a share of the economy.

A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector worLocal Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector worlocal employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.

He said the state should also enact a single payer health care plan that would eliminate the counties» contribution to the Medicaid program as well as the private health insurance bills that local governments and school districts now pay for their employees.

Since the state Constitution guarantees pension benefits for current employees, pension reform needs to be understood as a strategy that will impact state and local finances for the next generation of government workers and taxpayers, not current workers and taxpayers.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owLocal Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owlocal governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

Cuomo credits the budget, as well as agreements approved in mid-March, for implementing new teacher evaluations, pension changes that create a new tier of lowered benefits for public employees, and helping local governments with Medicaid costs.

And as taxpayers across the state get even more used to the protection provided by the cap, it will become a taller political order for public employee unions and local governments to riddle it with loopholes, as they've been trying to do.

Also invited were Chairmen, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joint Negotiation Council (JNC), Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), traders, as well as representative of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO).

ALBANY — Public employees are working without contracts in cities and counties across New York State, as labor negotiations stall because local governments say they can not afford to raise wages.

The uniform policy includes protections for employees of state and local governments, as well as state contractors and freelancers.

ALBANY, NY (04/30/2008)(readMedia)-- CSEA today slammed two controversial recommendations of the Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness as the same old scapegoating of public employees.

The Bayelsa Government said on Thursday in Yenagoa that it was not owning council workers 16 months» salary arrears as claimed by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees.

Carmel O'Shannessy landed on Lajamanu's dirt airstrip in 1998 as a government employee sent to support local teachers of English and Warlpiri, a language spoken in several places in the Northern Territory.

As those who have followed the school battles in Wisconsin and Indiana know well, school employees enjoy generously funded health - care benefits and handsome defined benefit pension plans that are driving many state and local governments to the edge of bankruptcy.

Having participated and watched government in action at the national, state and local level for more than four decades, I can safely say that I have never, ever, seen an meeting as unbelievably insulting as the «presentation» (PowerPoint and all) that those targeted local school administrators were forced to sit through or the even more incredible way in which public employees responded to a member of the public trying to raise important and legitimate concerns about the very issue that the school officials were summoned to the meeting to discuss.

As a result, HMIS contains PII on federal, State, and local government employees and contractors that require access to HMIS.

Similar tax - deferred retirement plans, such as 403 (b) plans for teachers and employees of nonprofit organizations and 457 plans for state and local government employees, and the federal government's Thrift Savings Plan have identical annual contribution limits.

This program is available to any government employees — federal, state, and local — as well as those who work for tax - exempt entities or for - profit institutions with a qualifying service.

Many local governments and education systems use this retirement vehicle as a way to allow employees from non-profits sectors like this to contribute toward their retirement as well.

b) If We are unable to provide this Service because of something beyond our reasonable control such as technical failure, lightning, flood, or exceptionally severe weather, fire or explosion, civil disorder, war, or military operations, natural or local emergency, anything done by government or other competent authority or industrial disputes of any kind (whether or not involving our employees), We will not be liable for this.

It involves, for example, contracting with guests and customers, suppliers, employees and professional advisers; complying with regulations / laws by central and local government (licensing, health and safety, food standards, consumer protection all spring to mind); also you need to be aware of the hotelier's liability as an occupier and his liability for the property of guests and of many other areas of the law such as race relations, sex equality and potential legal issues arising from the letting of banqueting rooms and the hiring of entertainers, to name just a few.

Taft Local Government attorneys work closely with local government representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - related matLocal Government attorneys work closely with local government representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - relateGovernment attorneys work closely with local government representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - related matlocal government representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - relategovernment representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - related matters.

My conclusion is largely based upon the fact that state and local governments often impose taxes on professional sports players for the earnings they make while in their city and state at away games as employees.

The SC work - injury lawyers at The Strom Law Firm, LLC proudly seek justice on behalf of employees injured or killed on the job who work for private companies, as well as employees working for local county, city, and state government.

The power of Congress to impose federal income and payroll taxes encompasses employees of state and local governments, as well as private sector employees, even though this means that state and local governments have to file federal withholding tax returns on a regular basis.

They have intimate knowledge of the local environment and understand the unique aspects of distribution networks, government procedures, employee benefit plans and environmental laws, as well as tax, customs and legal systems.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex - based wage discrimination; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee; and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.

Traditionally, employees had been paid in accordance with the rates set by the National Joint Council Agreement for Local Government Services (known as «the Green Book»).

From 2010 to 2018, Allan served as a Senior Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice («DOJ»), Civil Rights Division, in Washington, DC, where he protected the rights of employees of state and local governments as well as military service members.

For example, as arguing counsel, Tom has prevailed on behalf of bond purchasers, corporate civil defendants (three times), corporate civil plaintiffs (three times), a debtor, employees (twice), a habeas petitioner (three times), an immigrant, investors, an individual civil defendant, an individual criminal defendant, a local government, persons with disabilities, and shareholders.

A 457 plan is available for state or local government employees, as well as some tax - exempt organizations.

Public servants such as police officers, postal workers and those in political office can often find various products and services just for federal and local government employees and their families.

The ADA applies to private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as to state and local government employers.

The ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as state and local government employers (Section 501 of The Rehabilitation Act provides similar protections for federal employees).

Bans the State of Illinois and local governments from paying for abortions or including abortion coverage in health plans such as Medicaid and employee health insurance.