Sentences with phrase «of potential workers»

After an analysis of potential workers» compensation claims in sedentary environments across several states, Drexel University's Natalie Pedersen, JD, an assistant professor of legal studies in the LeBow College of Business, and Lisa Eisenberg, JD, a graduate of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law and current judicial clerk, claim employers should be held accountable because it will force them to reduce such harms in their work environments.

For years, the Working Families Party has used the popular website to recruit canvassers to organize communities and engage in traditional grassroots lobbying — often using hot button issues as a way to catch the eye of potential workers.

In 2016, on - demand economy platforms will increasingly engage and incentivize this unique demographic pool of potential workers.

Not exact matches

«Experts are clearly favoring Atlanta,» noted Bert Sperling, the firm's founder and CEO, in a recent statement, nodding to the city's comparatively low cost of living, international air hub and potential ability to absorb tens of thousands of new workers.

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

But even providing good jobs for all these potential workers wouldn't solve the labour market's problems, because the workforce is shrinking: the number of millennials poised to enter the labour pool is lower than the number of baby boomers set to retire.

Perversely, in optimizing their profitability, banks are limiting the potential of entrepreneurs (who represent 97 % of all Canadian businesses, employ 56 % of all workers and play a key role in shaping local communities) to contribute to Canadian society and its economy.

The approval follows a 12 - month environmental assessment of the project that looked at the adequacy of emissions estimates and air quality modelling, cumulative air emissions, potential health impacts and worker health issues.

Rousseff's potential successor, Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer, is a member of the centrist PMBD party, which is considered more business friendly than Rousseff's leftish Worker's Party (PT).

Hiring U.S. - based workers would be more expensive, but there is no shortage of potential applicants.

But will visions of Big Brother watching over workers» shoulders outweigh any potential benefits?

For example, 37signals admits to spending less than 30 seconds scanning a potential hire's application, honing in on the cover letter because of Fried's and Hansson's insistence that remote workers need to be excellent writers.

Potential underreporting of self - employment income makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on independent contractor earnings when compared with their peers, but the data clearly show a wide variance in earnings among independent contractors and lower wages for low - wage independent workers than low - wage employees even after adjustments for underreporting.

Even with the unemployment rate at the lowest in four decades, Canada still has plenty of untapped potential, such as underemployment among youth and female workers, the governor says.

A 30 hour work week is seen by some as a way to more evenly distribute the shrinking pool of labor among workers, and reduce the potential of automation to increase income inequality.

The study analyzes the size of the freelance economy and provides insights into the lives of independent workers and their potential impact on the 2016 Presidential Election.

To connect with potential members through LinkedIn Groups, search for local groups of freelancers, entrepreneurs, remote workers, small business owners, coworking spaces, shared workspace, etc..

«Executives from Cambridge Analytica, hired by the Trump presidential campaign, have been caught on tape promising an extraordinary package of strategies to potential clients including filming opponents in compromising situations with Ukrainian sex workers,» The Daily Beast writes of U.K. station Channel 4's documentary.

However the most recent available data — from 2008 — showed that only 416 of those federal workers earned the minimum wage, leading some to say the NDP is exaggerating the measure's potential impact.

First, rather than giving workers a true chance to prosper, the companies keep tight reins on key aspects of the business, restricting workers» earning potential while saddling them with hefty lease payments and reducing pay to poverty levels.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

«For anyone driven crazy by the faux warm and fuzzy PR of the so - called sharing economy Steven Hill's Raw Deal: How the «Uber Economy» and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.»

In this regard, Relay Ventures» policy applies to all workers and extends to and includes all persons with whom a worker is engaged in a working relationship on behalf of the Firm, including all persons associated with a former, existing or potential portfolio company investment, or where any working relationship on behalf of the Firm may otherwise be involved.

While this is a particularly good sign for hard - to - employ workers, it also highlights a potential future problem: the supply of workers outside of the labor force and willing to reenter the labor market will become a constraint over time.5

«It's insightful to see that so many graduates and young workers are turning their back on potential employers because of the poor design of their office.»

The company, which said it started making its new solar roofing tiles in Buffalo at the end of last year, is holding five information sessions over the next month to seek out potential workers for its portion of the South Park Avenue factory.

Let me briefly mention a few steps that could be taken to increase the economy's potential over time — immigration policies that attract workers with scarce skills to the United States; education policies and job retraining programs that build and replenish human capital; spending on infrastructure to remove bottlenecks; tax simplification and the elimination of tax policies that distort investment and saving decisions; regulatory policies that are attentive to costs and benefits and that emphasize getting the incentives right.

This likely reflects a number of positive factors, including: strong demand for workers that derives from a strong pace of sales for goods and services; employers» reluctance to lose employees, given the difficulty they would face in hiring replacement workers; and the fact that potential employees who lose or switch jobs are able to find new employment without suffering a spell of unemployment.

She said his office «will work with local officials and our Department of Workforce Development to connect affected workers with other potential employers as well as a variety of services that include job training and job search assistance.»

It came as unions issued a warning over the merger saying that thousands of workers could be affected and that # 500 million of potential savings could mean job losses or cuts to pay.

«Without understanding if associates are going to be compensated for gas, additional insurance costs, wear and tear on our cars and the potential risks of delivering packages, this program could be creating problems for associates,» said Cynthia Murray, a Walmart employee in Laurel, Md., who leads the Organization United for Respect Walmart, a workers» activist group.

Gordon is likely right that over the next several years, the growth in the potential output of the American economy and in the real wages of American workers will be quite slow.

To prepare these potential workers, a series of training sessions was scheduled.

Part of Eddie Merlot's attraction for potential employees is the extensive support the company gives its workers.

Operators that shift their focus from criticism and toward capitalizing on the strengths of these workers will reap the benefits of all the potential that this generation holds.

Finally, worker hygiene as well as production and storage area sanitation practices play a critical role in minimizing the potential for contamination of GF foods.

Plans for increasing demand include encouraging companies to buy and promote RA certified coffee, and arranging media tours of RA certified farms so that consumers realize «their potential roles in fostering the conservation of habitats and quality of life for millions of third - world workers.»

The organization states that «the practice has the effect of unduly shortening the worker's right to sickness benefits in the postnatal period, when she might need them most, and leading to potential discrimination against women.»

The potential benefits of the Unicef baby friendly initiative of accrediting health facilities are considerable and now evidence based.6 There are also indications that the initiative has led to an arrest in the worldwide decline in breast feeding.7 Training of health workers is an essential prerequisite to reducing the harmful effects of health services, but pretraining should be carried out systematically and periodically so that new workers are included, and there should be an emphasis on the development of advocacy skills.

So huge numbers of diapers, full of potentially infectious bacteria, are being dumped into our waste stream and posing potential health risks to sanitation workers and our public groundwater.

At the same time, the potential compromise would have a panel of law enforcement officials and social workers determine post-supervision release under the raise the age policy concern.

«Due to the potential safety issues and emergency response needs that may result from the storm, earlier this morning I met with the leadership of Con Ed and Local 1 - 2 of the Utility Workers of America.

The Senators all agreed to get in writing from the Special Master that he will include workers compensation benefits in collateral sources of benefits that he must offset from potential compensation awards.

«With thousands of jobs and millions of taxpayer dollars at stake, a potential bailout holds profound ramifications for its workers, the racing industry and the City and State.»

Today's pamphlet, Raising Lazarus: The future of organised labour, says that 62 per cent of workers support a collective voice in the workplace, but many potential union members are put of by the rhetoric of strife and struggle.

TWU International President John Samuelsen also addressed workers, calling for a renewed commitment to solidarity in light of the potential changes ahead.

In a meeting at the Labor Temple on Third Street, both candidates said they wanted to reach an agreement, while also saying they supported efforts to contain health care insurance costs, including kick - starting the work of a six - year - old city committee that has been sporadically studying potential consolidation of health insurance coverage among the city's unionized workers.

Emergency workers across the region are preparing for the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy.

Sean Ryan [email protected] Wisconsin roofing contractors are bristling over the potential costs of retraining their workers to meet state asbestos requirements without proof the requirements will improve safety.

Heastie, asked about the potential amendments to the governor's bill, says he still thinks the Assembly measure is better, because it provides enough money so that low wage workers can also take advantage of the benefit.