Sentences with phrase «of disabled workers»

Recent reforms have seen greater emphasis on equal opportunities for disabled workers, but there is still less legal protection of the rights of disabled workers than in some western countries.

Because of that, many of these disabled workers will require taxpayer - funded care and housing.

Our attorney has handled thousands of personal injury cases, and works to ensure the rights of disabled workers are protected.

The National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR) is a labour - management initiative of the Disabled Workers Foundation of Canada and is supported by public and private funding.

The Controller and Accountant General Department has agreed to pay the guide and transport allowances of the members of the Ghana Union of Disabled Workers by the end of January 2017.

The future of thousands of disabled workers» jobs hangs in the balance as unions representing Remploy workers rally to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain «not to fail disabled workers» at the last public event before he is expected to make a decision about the future of Remploy.

Around 80 Royal Mail staff in Bridgewater staged a wildcat strike yesterday over the treatment of a disabled worker.

There is a special formula for computing the maximum benefits payable to the family of a disabled worker.

It's not meant as a life insurance substitute though, just a feature meant to help families of a disabled worker.

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2015.09.29 The important conversation Canadian workers aren't having: The financial impact of becoming disabled One - in - three Canadian workers will be off work for three months or more...

However, disabled individuals and survivors of workers who have died are also eligible to collect Social Security benefits.

His dad is a construction worker who was disabled in a work accident, and now lives off of disability payments (not much income there).

The income from it is divided into three funds: 70 percent goes to the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Fund, 20 percent into Medicare and Hospital Assistance and 10 percent into a fund for disabled workers of any age.

Students may qualify for full tuition ($ 4250 - 4500) assistance in a variety of ways, as there are funds available to assist youth, veterans, unemployed, disabled or displaced workers.

Shannon is a Social Worker for the City of Toronto and works in group homes for disabled adults.

A range of government support is on offer from our Access to Work service, which provides disabled people with support or adjustments they need in the workplace, to the Disability Confident scheme, which helps employers do more to recruit and retain disabled workers.

«Many states would be forced to kick low - income and disabled people off their health care coverage once federal funding for the Medicaid program is cut, as this Senate bill would do,» said Chris Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America.

Everything we do is aimed at improving the tax and benefits experience of low income workers, pensioners, migrants, students, disabled people and carers.

Other speakers included John McDonnell MP, Chris Baugh PCS Assistant General Secretary, Steve Clarke of Welsh Tenants organisation, Sean McGovern chair of the TUC Disabled Workers» Committee and Disability representative to Unite Executive Council, and Ian Hodson of Bakers Union.

The unions have slammed the failed management of Remploy who have proposed the closure of 28 factories, which would result in the sacking of 2,000 disabled workers.

Disabled workers from factories around the UK will lobby MPs at the rally at the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th November, urging MPs to press ministers to deliver on the new direction agreed at Labour Party Conference based on choice for disabled workers and public procurement to ensure a flow of work to keep the Remploy factoriDisabled workers from factories around the UK will lobby MPs at the rally at the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th November, urging MPs to press ministers to deliver on the new direction agreed at Labour Party Conference based on choice for disabled workers and public procurement to ensure a flow of work to keep the Remploy factoridisabled workers and public procurement to ensure a flow of work to keep the Remploy factories open.

Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary said, «Peter Hain has promised disabled workers that they will have a choice of different types of employment so that they can choose the best workplace and type to suit their needs and hopes.

Money that belongs to developmentally disabled people under the care of the state have been frequent targets for theft by workers overseeing the system, a report found.

The union representing workers in the benefits system says reports that the vast majority of disabled claimants are fit for work should not be trusted.

When private companies buy those assets what, if any, measures will be put in place to ensure the jobs of highly skilled disabled workers?

This bill allows these workers, many of whom are seniors or physically disabled, to enthusiastically participate on election days without putting a strain on their well - being by having to endure a twelve - hour workday.

«Well, one that that we fought for and got and I'm happy about, on a short list of things I'm happy about, is more funding for direct care workers who care for the developmentally disabled and not - for - profits.

11.30 Remploy staff protest outside Manchester's town hall against the closure of factories for disabled workers

Amid what one person described as intolerably hot conditions, dozens of state workers at 40 North Pearl St. were sent home yesterday when the building heated up from an unseasonably warm weekend and after the Office of General Services had disabled the cooling system.

A further 875 employees, including 682 disabled workers, are at risk of losing their jobs at Remploy factories, the government announced today.

The state's Medicaid director, Jason Helgerson, said the state recognizes the critical role direct care workers play keeping the disabled and seniors at home, chief goals of their ambitious Medicaid Redesign Team.

The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»

The union accused Iain Duncan Smith of living up to his own description of the «quiet man» as junior work and pensions minister, Maria Miller, announced to MPs that approximately 1,700 vulnerable and disabled workers could be consigned to the dole queue.

Is not the truth that amid all the minister's spin and management - speak, she is strangling Remploy to death, and there is no prospect of the most vulnerable disabled workers in their 50s who work there all the time getting jobs in mainstream employment?

Human risks were framed, instead, in terms of workers in the disabled nuclear plant.

Besides providing consulting services and support for disabled workers and employers, the foundation has an R&D group of highly qualified and experienced engineers whose areas of expertise include electrical and mechanical engineering, signal processing, software development, and ergonomic design.

The researchers» review of workers» compensation disabling claims accepted for compensation between 2007 and 2013 showed the rate of injuries among workers in the industry was more than twice that of Oregon industries overall.

The workers» compensation disabling data doesn't provide enough detail about the circumstances of the workers at the time of their injuries, so that is one area that warrants further study before prevention recommendations could be made, she said.

They urge further studies to assess the clinical outcomes of opioid use by under - 65 disabled workers and factors associated with chronic opioid use.

«Opioid use of this intensity has been associated with risk of overdose death in the general US population and more specifically in disabled workers,» Dr Morden and colleagues write.

A friend of mine does a fundraiser each December with her girls to raise money for their 4 - H poultry project, and the candles they sell are all soy based and made locally by disabled workers.

For Jolie, her desire to save the entire third world, one orphan at a time, manifests itself in a picture that poses the big - lipped beauty carefully as a fashion plate and a sainted martyr; a debutante with an amazing wardrobe and a UN worker with a streak of activism; and a figure in its way as ridiculous as Gooding Jr.'s caricature of a severely mentally - disabled man (James Robert Kennedy) that reminds, of all things, of that acorn - crazed, pre-verbal prehistoric squirrel from Ice Age.

A: I've given top priority to issues of equity and access for many disadvantaged groups, such as the illiterate, youth from remote rural areas, minority groups, the disabled, and children of migrant workers.

In the Rockaways especially, many relief workers have spent a number of days running food and water to elderly and physically disabled residents stuck in tall apartment housing due to a lack of working elevators and fears of looting.

Toward Zero Scholarships - The Foundation provides scholarships for loved ones of fallen or permanently disabled workers until we can reduce the number of work zone deaths.

The scholarships are awarded for post-high school education to dependents of roadway workers who have been killed or permanently disabled in work zone crashes.

Children of deceased workers had the highest average payments, in part because they are eligible to receive monthly benefits based on 75 % of the worker's PIA, compared with 50 % for children of retired or disabled workers.

Benefits are calculated based on the disabled worker's earnings history and the length of time worked.

Because the hungry pets of the homeless are being joined more and more by the hungry pets of people who simply are having trouble making ends meet... middle - class folks pummeled by the economy, white - collar workers recently laid off; the unemployed, the underemployed, single parents, heroic victims of domestic violence, proud war veterans, the disabled, fixed income seniors and more.

This usually happens if the lay off seems to disproportionately affect members of a legally protected group, including, for example, black workers, female workers, disabled workers or workers that are over the age of 40.