Sentences with phrase «made such policy changes»

Prominent workers» compensation lawyer Gary Newhouse questioned the WSIB's professed inability to change the traumatic mental stress policy without legislative reform, citing previous instances where the Board had made such policy changes.

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Reworking EI benefits to be portable across provinces for a trial period garnered the most support among the respondents, since they believe such a policy change would make it easier for job seekers to move to where employment is available.

The change, which applies to all retailers that accept AmEx, comes in addition to similar policy changes the company has already made, such as the elimination of signature requirements for purchases under $ 50 in the United States, $ 100 in Canada and 30 euros in the United Kingdom.

Companies that have made such agreements, like the world's No. 1 retailer Wal - Mart Stores Inc and convenience store chain Kwik Trip, say they expect to uphold the commitments they have made regardless of any policy changes in Washington.

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In addition, MSCI will share our experiences with regulators in other countries, such as India, Korea and Taiwan, when they made similar policy changes.

I'm referring to statements such as the conditional commitment we made in 2009 — when we pledged to keep the key policy rate unchanged for a year as long as the outlook for inflation didn't change.

In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.

Furthermore, the Fed would like to adhere to the so - called «Taylor Rule» (in spite of Professor Taylor's protestations that it is misinterpreting and misusing his concept), a mathematical construct that purports to make monetary policy more «scientific» by establishing an arithmetic rule for varying the administered interest rate according to the variance of «actual from target inflation» (note that «inflation» refers to the change in a price index in this case, not the phenomenon of inflation of the money supply as such), as well as the variance of economic output from «potential output» (i.e, the so - called «output gap» is incorporated in the formula as well).

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Such collapse in value, he explained, has made it difficult for policy makers to effect change in the society.

This time Corbyn contemplated sweeping changes to his shadow cabinet, recognised that such a move would trigger unwanted resignations on an impossibly big scale, stepped back from such a move but still sacked stroppy dissenters and made a significant move in relation to defence policy.

«We would need the County Executive, the County Attorney, to send us some language to make some changes to county policy to permit us to withhold payments in the future to such individuals.»

The proposed changes in tax policy from income tax to payroll tax is one such policy that needs a closer look before a determination can be made.

The jurisdictions identified by the Section 4 formula were required to seek federal approval — or pre-clearance — when seeking to make changes to practices or policies affecting voters, such as redrawing district lines or changing polling sites during an election.

The Society credits Merkel for boosting German research funding and for «the leadership she has provided on the European and world stages in promoting science - based policy making over issues such as climate change.»

«Given the novelty, we would expect that the study will be useful in demonstrating just how much of an impact changes in food production can make and increase the utility of such options in climate - change policy,» Harwatt said.

The Court determined that the public policy of Texas would permit a husband and wife to enter voluntarily into an agreement before IVF treatment commences and make provisions for the disposition of any non-transferred embryos in the event of contingencies such as divorce, death or changed circumstances.

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Congress can make such changes to tax policy through «reconciliation,» a procedure that avoids up - or - down votes on each proposal and the threat of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.

Although it makes some important changes to NCLB, such as eliminating AYP mandates, the proposed ESSA would not accomplish important policy priorities of allowing states to make funding for Title I portable, allowing states to completely opt out through the A-PLUS provision, or cutting programs and spending that have accumulated over the decades in a manner that has failed students and burdened school leaders with red tape.

Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.

Nonetheless, they make a persuasive case that «policies that promote such competition are much more likely to raise schooling performance than policies that increase schooling quality and do not change the organization of schools.»

Her results indicated that participation in the district effort was not integrated with either state policy or the classroom changes that individual teachers were making; the district rules, objectives, players, audiences, and time frames were not conducive to such integration.

Highly influential school effectiveness studies120 asserted that effective schools are characterized by an climate or culture oriented toward learning, as expressed in high achievement standards and expectations of students, an emphasis on basic skills, a high level of involvement in decision making and professionalism among teachers, cohesiveness, clear policies on matters such as homework and student behaviors, and so on.121 All this implied changes in the principal «s role.

In Washington, the Obama administration's Race to the Top program rewarded states for making significant policy changes such as supporting charter schools.

Even for middle - class households with the wherewithal to relocate, the reality that districts often arbitrarily change their zoning policies — especially based on the clout of the families who live in a particular area — means that simply moving residences doesn't guarantee that those families will get into one of the few high - quality traditional schools for which you made such a move.

Our book offers tips for teachers who want to make small but powerful changes to their own classroom policies, such as changes to the kind of homework assigned and how much it is worth, test correction and revision policies, incorporating more real - world, project - based learning and authentic assessments, and how to foster more positive teacher - student relationships.

Indiana is not the only state making such moves, but from 2009 to 2011, no other state made more changes to teacher policy.

Lucy Powell, the Labour MP and former shadow education secretary, said: «The new prime minister or the new education secretary should urgently make a statement to Parliament about such a huge change in education policy.

That's changing, of course, but you definitely want to make note about what each blog's policy is on such things in the same way you would pay attention to the submission criteria for querying an agent or publishing house.

Now, in addition to understanding macro-educational policies, standards and testing requirements, parents must also make sense of ever - changing acronyms, such as STEM, STEAM — and now STREAM.

With congress making changes and prices continuing to climb, it's hard to know if there is such a thing as a better policy or a better price.

There are instances where your health or financial situation changes such that it would actually make better sense to convert your term policy to a permanent one.

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Not only should Mr. Berwick be fired, the city should reprimand the chief for allowing such dangerous practices and make sure the policy on stray animals is changed immediately.

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Local and international speakers discussed the advancements that had been made in the control of major diseases of these animals, most notably rabies, and the changes that had resulted in the laws, regulations and policies of other rabies free countries such as the UK, the Cayman Islands and Barbados, with the introduction of «Pet Travel Schemes.»

Such interactions should be designed to bring societal relevance and trust to science - policy interfaces, and more effectively inform decision - making to keep pace with rapid global change.

Most Republicans are skeptical about whether, in general, policies aimed at reducing climate change benefit the environment (72 % of Republicans and Republican leaners say these policies either make no difference or do more harm than good), and 57 % think such policies harm the economy.

More specifically, when opponents of climate change policies make self - interest based arguments against the adoption of policies such as cost to the United States, there are no follow - up questions asked by the press about whether those who argue against climate change policies on grounds of cost to the United States are denying that the United States has duties or responsibilities to those outside the United States to prevent harm to them.

Such economic clout makes California ideally positioned to take the lead on energy policy and environmental issues like climate change, even as the United States as a whole has failed to make much progress on either front.

It presents the results of spatial analyses that can assist decision - makers in planning for REDD + in a way that generates multiple benefits, and explores the possible contributions that REDD + can make to the achievement of other policy goals such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the objectives of Peru's National Climate Change Strategy.

By far the most frequent arguments made in opposition to climate change policies are economic predictions of various kinds such as claims that proposed climate change legislation will destroy jobs, reduce GDP, damage US businesses such as the coal and petroleum industries, or increase the cost of fuel.

(Sec. 145) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) revise the energy efficiency public information program to make it into a Smart Grid and energy efficiency program and extend such program to 2020; (2) require the Secretary to report to Congress on such program for each year when appropriations exceed $ 10 million; (3) change such program's termination date to December 31, 2020; and (4) authorize $ 90 million for such program for each fiscal year through FY2020.

For most of the 35 years, proponents of climate change policies have usually responded to these arguments by making counter «factual» claims such as climate policies will increase jobs or trigger economic growth.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

This kind of argument has taken several different forms such as, climate policies simply cost too much, will destroy jobs, harm the economy, or are not justified by cost - benefit analyses just to name a few cost - based arguments made frequently in opposition to climate change policies..