Sentences with phrase «lower staffing levels»

Evidence suggests that lower staffing levels and training at private facilities may lead to increases in the incidence of violence and escapes.

At one point, the province was left with just one geotechnical engineer and emails released through freedom of information requests showed that staff within the environment ministry had raised warnings that low staffing levels were leading to increased risks, citing tailings pond inspections as a particular area of concern.

«The legitimacy of prison regimes risk being undermined by low staffing levels, new mean and petty restrictions and a developing culture of punishment without purpose,» Mark Day of the Prison Reform Trust wrote in an article for Monitor magazine.

When asked about the staffing levels at local precincts, Bratton said, «I am very concerned about the low staffing levels as a result of the loss of those 6,000.»

In July, the Suffolk County Comptroller's office released an audit showing that, due to low staffing levels, the county treasurer did not adequately monitor the county's hotel - motel tax program in 2013.

The Nassau legislature's Office of Budget Review noted in a report that soaring police overtime in Nassau, which topped a record $ 70 million last year, can not be blamed on low staffing levels or union work rules, a fiscal adviser to the county legislature said.

Ignizio read back what Bratton told the Council in March - before the 1,000 extra cops proposal - when he said he was «concerned at the low staffing levels» in the department, which has 6,000 fewer officers than it did before September 11, 2001.

That is the lowest staffing level since 1997, though the number has bounced up and down several times since.

Not exact matches

The 2007 Safer Childbirth Document recommends that midwife to woman staffing levels are never to exceed 1:28 for low risk women and 1:25 for high risk women, in order to ensure that women are safely looked after and not left alone in labour.

Many services experience inadequate staffing levels, budget cuts, low morale and heavy workloads.

However, while Cuomo's 2011 - 2012 budget proposal included deep spending cuts, it spared parks and the DEC from having to further reduce staffing levels, which supporters and unions say have dropped to dangerously low levels.

Earlier this month the commons public accounts committee warned staffing levels across the three services had become perilously low.

I asked that regional offices, where staffing levels are already low, should not be expected to carry permanent reductions as constituencies rely on their assistance and expertise.

«By lowering absenteeism, mandatory influenza vaccination can help hospitals maintain optimum staffing levels especially during the busy respiratory illness season,» said Chris Nyquist, MD, MPH / MSPH, medical director, Infection Prevention and Control at Children's Hospital Colorado.

The schools vary widely in funding levels and other resources, from those that can barely make ends meet on per - pupil allotments that are lower than other high schools in the area to a few schools that amass large budgets from multiple sources and boast extraordinary technology and staffing.

The charter school's different approach to education should be kept in mind as board members consider staffing levels that are low compared to the district's approach, board member Mary Burke said.

«Our schools have been able to afford extra books for lower - level students, much - needed classroom technology, after - school programming that would otherwise be unaffordable in this budget climate, and additional staffing such as master teachers, turnaround teachers, and teaching residents,» teachers from 13 of the 33 schools wrote in their letter.

Never one to mince words, Chicago Teacher Union president (and member in good standing of the International Socialist Organization) Jesse Sharkey proclaimed, «The banks owe us a rebate of hundreds of millions of dollars, which we should invest in 50 sustainable community schools with robust wraparound services, restorative justice programs, low class sizes and sufficient staffing levels.»

EPA funding was kept flat at $ 8.1 billion, keeping funding levels below 2010 levels and staffing at its lowest amount in 15 years.

One study released in 2016 by Marshall University revealed that staffing levels — considered to be a significant predictor of quality of care — for - profit chains consistently had lower levels of registered nursing staffing, as well as lower staffing hours, when compared to non-profit nursing homes.

The AAJ reports that 90 percent of the nursing homes in the United States have staffing levels that are too low to provide adequate care to residents.