Sentences with phrase «of private sector»

Policy options raised by Findlay included increasing the minimum wage, reintroduction of council house building, reduction in the use of the private sector in NHS Scotland, and allowing councils to set their own taxes to help reverse job losses within local government.

On average, the number of sick days used by public sector employees is nearly three times that of private sector workers, who took an average of three days off in 2008, the New York Post reported Thursday.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has reiterated his promise to be the national cheerleader of the private sector and urges all Ghanaians...

The average Wall Street salary is five times higher than in the rest of the private sector in New York City.

Only 40 % of private sector workers are now in an employer - sponsored pension scheme.

«What the union is insisting on is a package of wages of benefits that exceed that of the private sector,» Mr. Linn said, adding that the carpenters are using a «technicality» to try and get more money than workers in the private sector.

But the argument should not be to drag down the pensions of public sector workers: it should be to drag up the pensions of private sector workers.

He told MPs yesterday: «I think when people will see it, they will see it is fair: fair to the public sector, people in the public sector will get a much more generous pension than is available in almost any part of the private sector; but it is also fair to the taxpayers.»

Why punish public sector workers for the bad practices of private sector employers?

Both of them had visions for the country, I think President Akufo - Addo's vision of private sector - led growth is likely to create more jobs and propel the economy forward faster than the infrastructure investments, but the infrastructure investments were important.»

«There is no doubt that, the district has the potential to improve on its coverage especially in the willingness of the private sector to resource and facilitate direct implementation of WASH facilities», he emphasized.

Saratoga County New York has propelled itself to the forefront of private sector investment by securing investment in one of the largest industrial projects in the United States in years: GlobalFoundries.

In it, he called for a return to the «traditional building blocks of liberalism», including free trade and a belief in the effectiveness of the private sector.

«Steve is a fresh face out of the private sector who has a public profile,» Zellner said last month.

Despite that, DiNapoli found that the industry has accounted for less than 1 percent of the private sector jobs added in 2015, compared with 10 percent during the two prior recoveries from recessions.

That shouldn't be a heavy lift for him, since he has been pushing hard to lock up the support of private sector unions.

«He inherited the worst economy in history,» Pérez said, yet the country has had 73 straight months of private sector job growth.

The number of private sector landlords who have registered with the Welsh Government's Rent Smart Wales scheme has barely struggled past ten per cent of those required to do so, with only five months left of the year long registration period, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Housing Spokesperson, Councillor Peter Black has revealed.

In their statement, they said, «This endorsement of Nana Akufo - Addo has become very necessary considering the high level of incompetence, corruption, mismanagement of the economy, high rate of unemployment, killer taxes, collapsing of the private sector businesses, high utility bills, nepotism, tribal politicking etc. under the 8 years rule of John Mahama NDC.

The one charge I would accept is that this government, like all previous governments and most of the private sector too, has not had a good experience with procuring large computer projects.

Andy Burnham MP, Shadow Health Secretary talked to the BBC's Andrew Marr about the NHS, Labour's cancer care pledges and the role of the private sector.

Leading members of the private sector in Ghana and Kenya have acknowledged that both countries, considered to be regional economic...

Lady Williams, known to be wary of increasing the role of the private sector in public services, said she agreed with the need to respond more closely to patient demand, but warned against a move to a privatised American health system in which the focus on the producer interest simply shifted to the «insurance interest».

Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP talked to the BBC's Andrew Marr about the NHS, Labour's cancer care pledges and the role of the private sector in the NHS.

The bill would make sure that retirement plans of federal workers are not taxed differently than those of private sector employees.

President Muhammadu Buhari said he was averse to the inclusion of members of the private sector in his administration's Economic Management Team because such people frequently steer government policy to suit their own narrow interests.

He's also been in and out of the private sector, working as an associate at Covington & Burling twice in the 1990s as well as clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Nearly three - quarters of private sector workers receive paid sick days from their employers, though there is no federal mandate requiring it.

He said the company had also demonstrated that government alone could not do all things but needed the participation and synergy of the private sector.

In just six months of governance, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo's administration has unveiled commitments totaling over $ 2.5 billion to propel the establishment and revival of private sector led initiatives aimed at creating the much needed jobs for the teeming unemployed Ghanaians to kick start an industrial revolution.

Already, there are reported cases of some foreign investors exiting our capital market, job losses which may further compound the high unemployment rate, the closure of public sector department in the banks, among other measures being adopted by the operators of the private sector to remain afloat.

Cuomo has been studiously working to lock down the support of private sector unions while eschewing the public sector organizations that seem to be included when he discussions the amorphous «special interests» that hold too much away over Albany and are driving the cost of government ever upwards.

«If any state or any nation is going to develop, it must be private sector - driven; it must be in active support of the private sector.

The jobs comprised more than 18 percent of all private sector employment in the state.

According to the Government, there needs to be # 110 billion of private sector investment between now and 2020 to meet all our green energy targets.

«This administration has make rebuilding the upstate economy a top priority and we lowered taxes and fostered the creation of private sector jobs, while also making the single largest investment in upstate since the construction of the Erie Canal,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said in a statement.

Cuomo, with his proposed $ 1.5 billion competitive program to help Upstate areas, is looking for the promise of private sector investment first.

He highlighted the roles of the private sector in the economic recovery programme of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday reaffirmed what he called the importance of the private sector in the growth of the economy.

The current Gov. Cuomo, conducting an aggressive, union - backed crusade in his father's name for a mandatory $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, unleashed a jaw - dropping attack on a portion of the private sector last week by claiming low - wage businesses are «stealing from the taxpayers of this state» because their workers are entitled to state and federal benefits.

The role of the private sector in the criminal justice system is now substantial, and shows no signs of abating.

Gordon Brown is expected to announce a significant expansion of private sector involvement in the healthcare service today.

In addition we have rising interest rates, crowding out of the private sector, reduced business confidence, and declining economic growth.

The Labour Government pursued the use of the private sector, following the recommendations of reports such as Lord Laming's into the management of the Prison Service and having monitored the use of private prisons in the US, pursued this agenda through the Private Finance Initiative.

He defended the use of private sector centres, insisting they had been «instrumental» in helping the NHS cut waiting times.

Stage two was to widen diversity of supply to create new incentives for better local performance and more choice for patients - a success story in achieving the shortest ever waiting times including meeting our commitment to less than eighteen weeks from doctor's appointment to hospital treatment, and improving the management of NHS resources through foundation hospitals and the use of the private sector.

The commissioner also lauded some landlords and companies in the state on the level of their compliance with the land use charge, said: «Comrade Oshiomhole has asked me to convey his appreciation and gratitude to the good people of Edo State as well as members of the private sector for their voluntary compliance with the Land Use Charge.

The lack of private sector voices in the parliamentary party.

Here's a list of the private sector employees who appear in the governor's schedule the most often:

«Steve Rector has been a trusted and loyal advisor and colleague of mine, but more importantly than that, has a significant amount of private sector experience with health insurance, health care and risk management along with budget and finance experience,» Molinaro said.