Sentences with phrase «most protected workers»

Germany, for instance, has some of the most protected workers in the world but it easily outperforms all other European economies.

Not exact matches

Laëtitia Vitaud, a freelance consultant to French startups living in London, argues that the «right to disconnect» doesn't protect the workers in France who need it most.

The National Labor Relations Act, passed during the Depression, expressly protects most workers who disclose their salaries.

Second, the new investigation isn't designed to protect American workers, like most of Trump's trade actions.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

1) Anyone who understands how supply and demand inter-relate should understand that minimum wage laws are not only counter-productive on an economy - wide basis but also cause the most problems for the group of workers they have supposedly been put in place to protect.

He could start with the most pronounced moral concern: Protecting torture survivors and asylum seekers from the «hostile environment» and asking Home Office case workers to go in with a willingness to believe their stories.

The MPs, two of the most influential politicians in the immigration debate, suggest that draconian action should now be considered «during periods of high unemployment» — such as now — to protect low - skilled British workers struggling to compete with foreigners for jobs.»

«By forming a majority coalition, the bold leadership of the IDC — who throughout their existence have carried most of the legislation important to workers — protects the values and visions of the working - and middle - class and ensures that important policy advances in the Senate.

With the current attacks on working people it is most important that the Labour Party and trades unions work effectively together — poor working conditions and low wages require more union organisation and legislation to protect workers.

A decade after his autistic son died at the hands of a care worker, Michael Carey says the state still isn't doing enough to protect its most vulnerable citizens.

«I'm proud to say that we are leveling the playing field to ensure that our state's most significant infrastructure projects are built with quality materials that are American made, help vitalize our local and national economies, spur job creation and protect workers right here in our own backyard.»

ALBANY, NY (01/08/2013)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of workers, community advocates, and members of several faith communities from Brooklyn and throughout the state joined together at a rally at the Legislative Office Building to protect SUNY Downstate Medical Center and maintain the essential health services it delivers to New York City's most populous borough.

The ACLU of Southern California fights to protect some of society's most economically vulnerable residents, including low - income students, homeless people and low - paid workers seeking equitable working conditions and living wages.

We want a faster and fairer transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable, clean energy economy that protects workers, defends the most vulnerable, and gives communities control over their own energy systems.

Protect the «least of these» by prioritizing investments in communities most harmed by air pollution and climate change threats, and ensure a just transition for workers who rely on fossil fuel jobs.

It is only a potential advantage because most rooftop solar systems, as currently installed, automatically shut down when the grid goes out «to protect workers and to meet fire protection requirements.»

iii) Prosecution for Workplace Harassment: Prosecution, the most serious enforcement mechanism, has not yet been utilized in relation to workplace harassment, although several Canadian employers have faced prosecution now for failure to protect workers from workplace violence.

These include laws on information and consultation on collective redundancies; rules on working time; some of the EU - derived health and safety regulations; parts of the regulations which protect workers in the event of a transfer of undertaking; legislation protecting agency workers and other «atypical» workers; and, some elements of discrimination law to which businesses object most strongly such as liability for equal pay.

Second, most workers» compensation attorneys will give you a few office or phone consultations, so it will not cost you anything to protect yourself.

Most workers are becoming aware that privacy controls should be used to protect personal information, even from employers.

We'll be watching closely for more developments on the laws protecting migrant workers, who are among the most vulnerable people in our communities, from predatory and exploitative recruiters and employers.

The main demands are that the WSIB listen to injured workers» doctors, approve the treatments their doctors recommend and better protect those workers, like injured migrant workers and workers with mental health issues, who are most vulnerable.

Its common knowledge to most workers that they are protected by law from harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

There are countless rules and regulations in place to protect workers on construction sites, but even the strictest and most comprehensive rules can't protect everyone from negligent and wrongful actions.

As in Laval the point was made again that the only permissible protectionism here is under the Posted Worker Directive (96 / 71 / EC) which only protects legally fixed minimum wages, the irony here being that even under the German system (which is most likely to engage the directive on the basis not of a statutory minimum wage, but an «entrenched» collective agreement) this collective agreement was only a local and specific one and so not «entrenched».

There is also a comprehensive workers» compensation and employers» liability coverage that helps protect the most precious asset of businesses — the employees.

Additionally, this coverage protects an employer from being sued by an injured worker in most cases.

Worker's compensation insurance policy protects your workers from costs relating to illness and injury and is required for any non-owner employees in most states.

Most of these businesses need commercial property insurance, general liability insurance, workers» compensation insurance and commercial auto insurance to protect their assets.