Sentences with phrase «many public service employees»

A number of plan sponsors have moved to cover medical cannabis costs over the years, Zaid noted, including the University of Waterloo's student union, the Arthritis Society, Loblaw Companies Ltd., the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and the Labourers» International Union of North America.

The contribution agreements apply to the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, Ontario Public Service Employees Union Pension Plan, and Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan.

«The PSA is always significantly involved with processes, investigations and decisions which result in serious disciplinary actions against any BC Public Service employees,» wrote Whitmarsh.

Having lived in Ottawa for a number of years and a federal public service employee for neatly 30 years, I like the Wildrose but maybe lack the necessary experience which might cause the voters to split the vote, hence a minority goverment.

Upper - class individuals will obviously benefit from the new limit, but the new measure is also designed for public service employees and teachers with defined benefit pensions and contributions they rely on.

The union represents 12 million construction and public services employees.

Had the strike been initiated, other public service employees would have filled the prison jobs.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has announced that a tentative deal has been reached that will keep 6,000 jail guards and probation officers on the job.

On October 11, Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo, Chairman of the Legislature's Finance and Management Committee, joined Henry Wojtaszek, President / CEO of Batavia Downs Gaming, Thurman Thomas, Hall of Fame former Buffalo Bills running back, Vice Chair of NYS Tourism Advisory Council and Batavia Downs Ambassador, Lee Zarpentine, Labor Relations Representative of United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU), Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and Mike Nolan, COO of Batavia Downs to announce Erie County has received $ 545,984 from Batavia Downs Gaming in the second quarter of 2017 alone.

For 10 years, while president of the UFT, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100 - plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees.

Lots has been written about the increased health costs for public service employees, so we're not going to get too far in the weeds here.

Forgiveness of federal loans applies to teachers in low - income schools and public service employees who have made 120 or more payments.

This motion asserts that there was never a final decision on whether public service employees would have their student debt forgiven, as many believed.

These programs were designed to help Americans afford their repayment on their student loans and award public service employees.

There are other retirement accounts, such as a 403 (b) for public service employees, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), and Roth IRAs, but a 401 (k) is the most common when you are employed by someone else.

A Public service employee must maintain their qualified employment and make all required payments during the 10 - year term to qualify for forgiveness.

The public service loan forgiveness program, which offers loan forgiveness to public service employees who make ten years of consecutive loan payments, would be eliminated under the new bill.

Also, if you currently hold a Perkins loan, you could lose access to this particular loan's cancellation program for teachers and other public service employees if you consolidate it into another loan.

October 2017 is the date when the initial batch of public service employees will be eligible to get their student loans forgiven.

Nobody wants to get stuck with a hefty tax bill, so the Department of Education decided to accommodate public service employees through the PSLF program.

While a career in public service is great for our country, public service employees sometimes find themselves struggling financial as a result of student loans.

Some qualified public service employees are public defenders; correctional officers; law enforcement employees; and government employees of all levels (local, state, federal, etc..)

If you are a public service employee at a non-profit organization or government job, then you may be able to qualify for forgiveness.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was developed to reward public service employees by forgiving the remaining balance on qualifying direct student loans for full - time employees.

With this expansion, teachers, nurses, and other public service employees might see some forgiveness of their student loan debt.

If you are a public service employee who borrowed student loans or graduate / professional PLUS loans, or a public service employee who borrowed parent PLUS loans, you may be able to have a portion of those loans forgiven if you meet the following requirements:

It is not limited to public service employees.

There's a Public Service Employee Forgiveness Program I could be taking advantage of, but I'm afraid I may have already screwed myself out of that one (It requires documentation of your employment, and ten years of on - time loan payments, of which I haven't documented, have greatly reduced with my lump sum payments, and would be paid off by the time the 120 payments are made).

If either one of you is a public service employee, keeping your federal student loans is the only way to be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Or, an eligible public service employee can have up to 100 percent of their balance forgiven after 120 eligible monthly payments (10 years).

The top way public service employees get student loan forgiveness is through Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

The police department will investigate complaints and issue citations, and public services employees will catch animals and transport them to the county animal shelter, he said.

This discount is available to all public service employees (teachers, police, military, waste disposal providers, etc.).

In Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.)

You receive money from the plan after you separate from the service of your employer during or after the year in which you reach age 55 (age 50 for qualified public service employees).

[1] In the Alberta Reference (Reference re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.)

We regularly negotiate with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, UNIFOR (formerly Canadian Auto Workers), the Christian Labour Association of Canada, the Ontario Nurses» Association, Service Employees International Union, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Public Service Alliance of Canada and United Steelworkers of Canada.

A recent grievance arbitration decision, Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union («Fanshawe College»), provides valuable guidance to employers on what is — and what is not — considered workplace harassment.

The line of cases to which MacPherson J. A. referred includes Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd., 1997 CanLII 332 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 701, Machtinger v. HOJ Industries, 1992 CanLII 102 (SCC), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 986, and Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.)

Since her call, Jennifer has practiced labour and human rights law at labour arbitration tribunals for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

Counsel for the Respondents (Respondents) Ontario Public Service Employees Union and Jeff Dvorak: Caroline Jones and Jodi Martin (Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, Toronto)

The case of British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. British Columbia Government and Service Employees» Union (B.C.G.S.E.U.)(Meiorin Grievance)[1999] 3 S.C.R. 3 provided a 3 - point common law test to determine whether a discriminatory standard is a bona fide occupational requirement.

What effect does that have first on legal education and then on hiring and retaining public service employees out in the real world of practice?

MANITOULIN — A decision by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to reduce employer premiums is an insult to injured workers who have already suffered through years of austerity, says the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).

The Tribunal found that the Johnstone test, which in the 2015 labour arbitration decision Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Bharti) v. Ontario (Natural Resources and Forestry) was applied in the context of eldercare, «imposes an unduly onerous burden on applicants» by requiring them to show that their legal responsibility for their children (or parents, in the case of eldercare) is impacted by the impugned workplace rule.

Don Eady and Jessica Latimer represented the Ontario Public Service Employees» Union against the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services before the Grievance Settlement Board («GSB») with respect to two grievances filed on behalf of an employee.

(Although Taylor - Baptiste v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 2015 ONCA 495 does provide some informative reading.)

In a recent decision, George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology v Ontario Public Service Employees Union («George Brown College»), an arbitrator ruled that the OHSA does not make employers accountable to compensate employees for workplace harassment perpetrated by managers or other employees.

[1] The Human Rights Code (Manitoba), C.C.S.M. c. H175 [2] British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. BCGSEU, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3 [3] Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, SOR / 2016 -230

For illustration, in British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. British Columbia G.S.E.U. («Meiorin»), the Supreme Court of Canada outlined a three - part test to determine if a discriminatory standard was justifiable (i.e. a BFOR).