Sentences with phrase «low income workers as»

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At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

Another of the participants in VanHacks, as the event is known, is Knack by Potluck Café, a non-profit with the goal of building an online platform to help workers and employers in low - income neighbourhoods (starting with the Downtown Eastside) connect quickly and efficiently.

Some wage experts say New York's move is a positive development, as it will give many low - income workers more money to spend locally, which will create a ripple effect in the economy.

As such, it is an inequitable tax on low and middle - income workers.

A job search led me to a position as a ministry - based social worker for an organization that provided job skills, mentoring, childcare and Bible study for low income women in the inner city of Nashville.

Perhaps, as has recently been suggested, a new tax regimen of sharply lowering or eliminating the corporate income tax on exports could go a long way toward improving the lot of the average worker in the US.

While workers wages are falling in real terms the tax credit system - a vital lifeline that boosts income for many families - effectively acts as a government subsidy for «low pay» corporations.

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

LITRG has now taken this further by highlighting the significant challenges low - income care workers face when dealing with the tax and benefits systems, using queries they have received from workers as illustrations of the issues.

At Pratt, he led many successful community - planning efforts, as well as campaigns to expand affordable housing and create NYC's «inclusionary zoning» program, which requires developers seeking tax breaks to set aside 20 percent of their units for low and moderate income families and pay a living wage to their service workers.

«Many states would be forced to kick low - income and disabled people off their health care coverage once federal funding for the Medicaid program is cut, as this Senate bill would do,» said Chris Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America.

The budget backlash continues today as several groups representing education, public employees, and low - income New Yorkers bashed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, saying there are other ways to close the state's $ 10 billion gap without laying off workers or cutting from education and health care.

«If zero hours contracts are here to stay, and it seems that they may be, this query clearly illustrates the need for basic information about what low - income workers on such contracts should expect, as well as the mismatch of the rules that may be affecting them.

Some highlights of the budget include a 45 cent increase in the cigarette tax, a 25 cent fee on ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft, and a reduction of the state's earned income tax credit for low - income workers.

Cuomo told a roomful of supporters in West Haverstraw waving «Strong Families Strong New York» banners that his proposal would benefit especially women, minorities and low - income workers as well as strengthen families, the workforce and economy.

What had been a reasonable state tax rate for working people and the upper class under George Pataki has become oppressive with inflation as even lower - income workers are now pushed into higher brackets.

The trouble for Cuomo, according to McMahon, is that the «scam» of the government helping low - income workers was long championed by his father, as well as a generation of Democratic and Republican political leaders.

Hawkins was joined by former residents at the site of the former 400 - unit Kennedy Square low - income public housing on S. Crouse Ave.. The site is now a staging area for parking, equipment, and materials for construction workers who were busy as Hawkins spoke building upscale apartments across E. Fayette St. for the Syracuse University community with rents ranging from $ 1,400 to $ 2,500 a month.

First, there have been significant increases both in the extent of low - paid work as well as the number of people moving from low benefit income into low - paid jobs and being parked there; second, cuts have been imposed upon benefits and tax credits claimed by this same group of low - paid workers»

The community health workers in the study felt their Hispanic patients had only a limited understanding for how to use glucometers, prompting Dr. Kenya to state, «Glucometers, which add a costly expense to many patients, were not used effectively by the low - income Hispanics we were studying, suggesting that tools such as these are futile if users are not equipped with the knowledge to use them to their full capacity.»

Nearly two decades after they attended an experimental preschool program in a low - income neighborhood in Ypsilanti, Mich., the small group of young people monitored in a now - well - known study continue to fare better as students, workers, and citizens than children from the same neighborhood who did not attend the preschool.

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

EITC expansions and minimum wage increases should be viewed as complementary policies to lift the incomes of low - wage workers; state policymakers should consider adopting them in tandem.30

Partnership social workers are in 32 schools around New York City, including in some of Mayor de Blasio's recently designated «community schools,» which receive extra funding from the city to allow them to function as social service centers in low - income communities.

Tens of millions of individuals and families previously classified as «middle class» — including many white - collar workers — are now considered «low income» because they:

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Most visible has been the charity's debt counselling service, which uses a combination of face - to - face home visits, budgeting advice, debt management tips, creditor negotiations and insolvency services to aid lower - income workers or those struggling with financial challenges such as job loss or divorce.

For this purpose, the state would have to take some decisive steps, such as providing coverage to workers with a low income through Medicaid programs.

True, as the rules currently stand, money invested in Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) will not in itself disqualify GIS recipients: that's arguably one reason Ottawa introduced TFSAs: to encourage low - income workers to save without fear of losing such benefits (which makes me wonder why the Liberal government cut the previous $ 10,000 TFSA limit back to $ 5,500, if they're so worried about low - income seniors).

The organization has gone so far as to call ACA a «job killer,» especially for lower - income workers, whose cost of coverage would be out of proportion with their wages.

Q / How will funds be used to help those most affected by climate change, such as energy workers, low - income families, agricultural workers and people in extreme weather vulnerable areas?

Bike Easy will focus on the 7th Ward and Central City neighborhoods, and on workers in the hospitality industry, as part of their efforts to introduce bike share to low - and moderate - income people and people of color in areas where transportation options are most needed.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

Susanna worked as a caseworker at a poverty law clinic in Toronto where she represented low - income workers in employment, human rights, workers» compensation, and EI disputes.

During law school, Lauren volunteered at the Queen's Legal Aid Clinic as a case worker providing a wide range of legal services to low - income residents and students.

It is therefore important for immigrants and other low - income workers to know that there are laws in Ontario that provide basic protection for most employees, including those who work part - time, as well as those who find their jobs through temporary agencies.

Community legal clinics provide legal services to low - income people in areas such as housing, employment insurance, income support, immigration, human rights, and workers» compensation.

Any individual with low - income group such as small farmer, rickshaw puller, daily wage worker, domestic help, labourer or micro-entrepreneur etc. can protect their assets and lives under micro-insurance policy.

Home - visiting programs, such as the one that Avelar De Andrade is involved in, pair low - income struggling parents with trained nurses, social workers or educators, who provide support throughout the stressful first years of their children's lives.