Sentences with phrase «of private sector workers»

The problem is that at any point in time, less than 50 percent of private sector workers actually participate in a retirement plan at work.

They employ half of all private sector workers and account for as much as 80 percent of the country's job creation.

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

However, the majority of private sector workers don't have access to employer - sponsored long - term disability insurance.

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.

Currently only about a quarter of private sector workers have a pension, versus more than three - quarters of government workers.

Currently, more than half of private sector workers in New York State have no access to a retirement savings plan at work.

Only 33 percent of all private sector workers currently have a defined benefit plan that provides retirement benefits beyond Social Security (Munnell, Haverstick, and Soto 2007).

In the case of private sector workers, the decline is even more severe from just 28 per cent with an RPP in 2000 to 24 per cent in 2010.

«The problem to be addressed is not the public sector but the problem of those without decent pensions because nearly two thirds of private sector workers get no pension from their employers.

Tory MPs, whose constituencies are predominantly made up of private sector workers, echoed Alexander's remarks that public sector workers would still receive a better pension than most in private sector.

Across upstate New York, a majority of private sector workers receive paid sick days from their employers.

Mr Cameron's central message to public sector workers is that it's unfair for them to disrupt the lives of private sector workers when those private sector workers receive less generous pensions.

There absolutely was a trade - union and labor movement in the U.S. from 1890 to 1950, including about 34 % of private sector workers in the late 1940s.

As of 2013, only about half of private sector workers had a 401 (k) and the average account balance was just $ 18,433.

Today's National Post gave front page coverage to a «study» from the Frontier Centre claiming that wages of public servants have far outstripped those of private sector workers over the past decade.

Today, more than 80 percent of private sector workers are covered by defined contribution plans such as 401 (k) s.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

Only 2.6 % of workers at employee - owned businesses reported they were laid off within the prior year, compared to 12.1 % of private sector workers, according to survey data cited by the report.

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

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.

«A raft of recent studies found that public salaries, even with benefits included, are equivalent to or lag slightly behind those of private sector workers.»

In the 2013 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey report, it states that «in 1974, defined benefit plans covered 44 % of private sector workers, but today -LSB-...]

According to The Washington Post, 39 % of private sector workers in 1980 had a pension.

In 2015, only 15 % of private sector workers could count on a pension for income during their retirement.

Think Progress (which made the following infographic) reports, «In 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.»

In fact, thousands of firms have eliminated pensions altogether, and only about 13 % of private sector workers are currently covered by active pension plans.