Sentences with phrase «not protect workers»

In a country where where weapons of war outnumber its citizens, it seems irresponsible for companies to not protect their workers.

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.

Not exact matches

«I'm not saying all employees are happy and there are no abuses here and there,» Arega said, adding that the government pushes companies to protect workers.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry ordered a mandatory evacuation for some parts of the city on Friday, but an evacuation order does not necessarily protect absent workers from being fired.

The rise in contract workers, such as Uber drivers, or those who work temporary positions for companies means that many U.S. workers are not protected by these laws.

The only problem is that it's still legal to fire LGBT employees in 28 states where such workers aren't covered by state laws that protect various minorities from discrimination on the job, as well as in housing and public accommodations.

The laws in some states may not have changed to protect LGBT workers, but individual American attitudes have changed considerably in the last decade.

And federal labor laws to protect workers» right to join together in unions do not cover independent contractors.

But when workers sue over labor issues — discrimination, for example, or wrongful termination — companies sometimes find that the contractor designation, which they thought would protect them from liability, doesn't hold up in court.

But Gray realized that, with his own factory, he could not only control the quality of his product — he could protect his intellectual property, implement manufacturing efficiencies and better manage his Chinese factory workers.

Sara Blackwell, the lawyer who represented the Disney workers, said, «I wanted to see if there was any legal avenue we could use to protect our American citizens, but it seems we can't.»

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

It would be far more difficult if Liaoning's unemployed workers couldn't migrate to where the jobs are, and if provinces like Fujian protected their residents by restricting immigration.

Develop responsible contracting standards for service contracts to ensure that cafeteria workers, janitors, security officers and other onsite service workers are paid a livable wage, receive benefits equitable to those received by directly employed workers, have the right to a voice at work without fear of discrimination or retaliation, do not suffer mass layoffs when contracts change hands, and are protected from misclassification and other forms of wage theft;

Free - trade economists say these types of moves don't do much to protect workers, and anything that raises the price of steel hurts other American industries.

Mr. Zalesne said he was not sure how many, if any, of the 295 workers at his company's facilities, which fabricate steel for projects like the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, are protected by DACA.

Clearly, earlier trade agreements did not do enough to protect American workers from sudden dislocations and, especially when it comes to China, the agreements did not protect the environment.

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.

Come to think of it, they shouldn't even have a minimum wage in place either because that's protecting lower level workers.

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

Workers in such industries are not only inadequately protected as regards health and safety, but they also do not enjoy security of employment in view of the tendency of such investors to move offshore to cut costs.

This is what James Eadie QC, Cameron's Government's expensive barrister, told the court (on his behalf): that the refusal to allow an NHS nurse and a British Airways worker to visibly wear a crucifix at work «did not prevent either of them practising religion in private», which would be protected by human rights law.

According to fifth - generation growers of the McManis Family, winners of a 2016 California Green Medal in Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Award, the Lodi Rules ™ Program, «is a standard of farming practices that not only protects our land, our workers and the community that we live in, but also produces a higher quality of wine that reflects the place and the people that create them.»

But persuading lunchroom workers and students to accept the new rules isn't half as difficult as protecting the whole federal school lunch program from the scythe of the new Republican majority in Congress.

As well as protecting the right of the mother / child dyad to breastfeed and ensuring mothers who use formula have accurate independent information, it is necessary to ensure mothers have support from health care systems, health workers and mother - support groups, who are not compromised by conflicts of interest.

The court said UK law did not need to explicitly protect religious clothing and symbols but ruled that employers» wish to project a corporate image had to be balanced by their workers» desire to manifest their faith.

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

Our workers are the best in the world and as Senator I'll stop the reckless spending and put America back in position where we can stand - up for sound economic policies, not just protecting jobs — but growing them.»

«While Labour supported remaining in the EU to protect workers» rights, we can not hide from the fact that too much of the EU also had aspects of the old model, putting the interests of big business over ordinary people,» he said.

López Varona said he was not confident that the board would implement fiscal policies that protected workers, but stressed that it was important to keep the public pressure on nonetheless.

«Let us all pledge that we stand shoulder to shoulder with our union brothers and sisters in this fight and we will not give up and we will protect union workers in the State of New York.

He insisted the free zone companies were not exempted from the application of the Labour Act thus workers in those sectors must be allowed to form unions to protect and defend their economic and social interests.

We will fight to protect the human rights of workers and ensure their ability to strike and assemble isn't diminished.

«These laws will not adequately protect workers, leaving them to navigate an opaque process and in danger of retaliation,» several former female staffers who have accused lawmakers of sexual misconduct and harassment wrote on Friday.

A plan to protect operations at a Farmington racetrack not only calls for fewer races but would result in substantial losses for workers, according to a group representing roughly 1,200 people at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack.

«As I've said, if the federal government falls down on the job, we won't hesitate to act 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.

Our actions will make the nail salon industry safer and fairer, and I am proud that New York is standing up to protect workers who can not protect themselves.»

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

Thursday's unanimous vote the Erie County Legislature follows claims - and a notice of intention to file legal action - by a county employee who accuses Erie County of not doing enough to protect workers from sexual harassment.

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p [tax] rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs,» he said.

But women who have worked for the Legislature and have filed harassment complaints against lawmakers criticized the process and the end product, saying the new provisions will not adequately protect workers.

CSEA, which represents public nursing home workers throughout the state, has publicly argued that local development corporations should not be used to allow municipalities to skirt regulations designed to protect taxpayers or to avoid public scrutiny or opposition to the sale of publicly owned nursing homes.

It paved the way for the unyielding efforts to protect workers on the job and reminds us that we must not take work place safety for granted.

But we could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

Some in the Legislature say the policy doesn't go far enough in protecting workers from inappropriate workplace behavior.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

Labour will also support two amendments drafted by the Labour MP Melanie Onn intended to protect workers» rights and to ensure employment protection does not fall after Brexit.

Rather, the worker ants build a living nest with their bodies to protect the queen, young ants, and food.

«Our current admissions system... does not protect U.S. workers from unfair competition, nor ensure that America is bringing in the kind of workers that are needed, as opposed to simply enabling U.S. employers to bypass U.S. workers.