Sentences with phrase «more workplace protections»

Drivers for both companies are currently classified as contractors, but the ones who have brought lawsuits against both companies contend they're misclassified and should actually be considered W - 2 employees, a status that would grant more workplace protections.

Not exact matches

According to the Human Rights Campaign, more than 200 «anti-LGBTQ bills» were introduced across the country in 2016 sessions - most failing to pass - and more than 111 million people live in states without clear state - level protections against LGBTQ workplace discrimination.

The State of Employee Benefits: Findings from the 2017 Health and Workplace Benefits Survey One effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) has been to create a more standard approach to employer - paid benefits between various employers.

Since BFHI began, more than 152 countries around the world have implemented the initiative.9 BFHI promotes a multi-level, multi-sector approach which, together with legislation regarding statutory maternity leave and protection of the breastfeeding rights of women in the workplace and enforcement of the Code of marketing of breast milk substitutes, is essential to effectively promote, protect and support breastfeeding.6 Monitoring and re-assessment of BFHI facilities are important as the initiative expands.

But if the assessments of Cao and Miller are correct — if UC postdocs will indeed rank among the nation's top postdoc earners, if the new workplace protections really are without precedent in so elite an academic system, and if the pact in fact heralds serious economic improvement — these facts say more about the generally dismal circumstances of young academic researchers than they do about the prosperity and security in store for those employed at UC.

As novel applications, such as drug screening, SNP detection, diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food protection, are developed, there will be more demand for experienced microarray technicians in the workplace.

That is, for some things «workers» as a broader category than «employees» have protection (e.g. some workplace safety legislation protects workers generally) and I do think it would be a good idea to give some more protections to dependent contractors (and maybe independent also), casual and temporary workers generally, partners with minimal control, etc..

A more hazardous workplace needs more protection.

According to the company, 16 ConnectKey MFPs — including the new WorkCentre ® 5800 and 7800 Series — will use the industry's first embedded security protection from McAfee, giving IT managers more control and peace of mind in «bring your own device» (BYOD) workplaces.