Sentences with phrase «on public sector jobs»

The economy is now frighteningly dependent on public sector jobs - non-productive ones, funded by the rest of us - to sustain employment.»

Nick Clegg acknowledged Northern Ireland's reliance on public sector jobs makes it especially vulnerable to spending cuts in a speech in the province last night.

The Opposition forced a vote for today on the end of austerity measures (not all) in regards to pay cap on public sector jobs.

Not exact matches

What he's not interested in is chasing after low - margin jobs or huge public - sector projects where he has to compete on price with huge global players.

Since these are largely public sector jobs at the provincial or municipal level, the characteristics of the local tax base has an effect on what you'll earn.

But prospects will vary by province and even by municipality, since many of these jobs are in the public sector and therefore dependent on government budgets.

These changes are already having real implications: by mid-December, when the public sector had shed just 33,000 of the estimated half - million jobs on the chopping block, unemployment levels approached 8 %, a six - month high.

Today the Ontario Federation of Labour and CUPE Ontario published calculations I prepared of how Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak» s promise to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs will be felt at the local level, on cities and communities across the province.

 This issue has a number of pieces on issues of inequality, including: Rising inequality is hurting our economy Labour rights, unions and the 99 % Canadian economy bleeding jobs; public sector cuts to intensify Recession and cuts hit Aboriginal and -LSB-...]

The PSLF program allows those who work in qualified public sector and non-profit jobs to have their loan balances forgiven after making 120 consecutive on - time payments.

«New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to take immediate action to create green jobs and incentivize environmental excellence by reinvesting in projects which actually lower the carbon footprint of our public sector.»

«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.

Watchdog groups sent a letter to JCOPE calling on the commission to revise its rules so authority heads (like MTA Chairman Joe Lhota) must get the approval of their boards by a public vote before they serve on private sector boards or take an outside job, in addition to getting approval from JCOPE.

Why is it spending so much money on artificial, unproductive state - sector jobs, that generate no economic return and are simply a drain on the public purse?

Tony Avella has worked his whole life on the public payroll with do nothing positions with Mayor Dinkins, Senator Stavisky, City Council, and now as State Senator so it's easy to understand how he doesn't grasp the need for private sector development and job creation.

cut international development spending and Labour activists go completely ballistic cut ID cards and get attacked as soft on terror, having wasted billions and being weak cut public sector jobs and have a winter of discontent pull out of Afghanistan and really annoy the Americans

On the other hand, however, PM Samaras and his negotiators did present creditors substantiated counterarguments in response to nonsensical austerity measures that would only deepen the recession (cross-cutting public sector job and pension cuts).

«This will exert yet more pressure on a jobs market that is buckling under the strains of contractions in economic growth and public sector employment.

In the past few months, the leaders of all the public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobpublic sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobPublic and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job cuts.

Public sector workers in Britain have gone on strike today in a row over pay, pensions, conditions, jobs and spending cuts.

ALBANY - Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday that there's no appetite in the Legislature to prohibit lawmakers from having outside jobs even as the body's former leaders are being tried on corruption charges related to private - sector income and their public - sector work.

Cutting bureaucracy has been a key theme of the coalition government so far, though a report by PwC earlier this week suggested those public sector job losses could have disastrous knock - on effects in the private sector - which the coalition hopes will lead the recovery.

It is a far cry from the growth programme spelled out by George Osborne, which relies on a massive reduction to public services, with half a million jobs being created in the private sector to compensate.

He added that the Labour party in government had «sucked up to the City of London and over-relied on jobs in the public sector».

Axing 490,000 public sector workers» jobs during the comprehensive spending review statement, he looked like he was on some kind of autoerotic high.

Gov. Cuomo went on to explain how the government will spur private sector job growth and limit government spending by creating public / private sector partnerships that leverage state resources and assets to generate billions in economic growth.

«Job creation can result from an effective public private sector partnership focusing on infrastructure development and tax incentives.

As my investigative reporting focuses almost entirely on New Rochelle public sector employees managed by appointed and elected officials, my targets for investigation are often people who owe their jobs to Democrats.

His claim that unemployment will fall rather than rise in the course of this Parliament is based on the OBR assessment, rapidly rushed out to give ammunition to contest the anticipated Harman attack (incidentally providing the first suspicions about the OBR's objectivity), that whilst 600,000 public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 - 6 and a similar figure (though unspecified) in the private sector as a result of the public spending cuts, some 2.5 m jobs will be created over the same period in the private sector.

Instead of competing with the Tories over cuts, Labour should be demanding a major public sector investment programme of job creation in infrastructure, housing, and service provision funded, not by any increas in public borrowing, but by taxing the 0.1 % super-rich on their # 190bn gains since the crash 4 years ago.

The other million receiving their P45s from the public purse would go on to find jobs in the private sector «created as a result of lower personal taxes and reduced business taxation and regulation».

When workers in the private sector are facing pay restraint, a 1 % average limit on annual increases is necessary to minimise public sector job losses.

The BRC's warning will make uncomfortable reading for ministers, as the coalition has staked its economic policy of cutting spending on the projection that the private sector will be able to soak up a great deal of the job losses from public services, which will result from the spending review revealed on October 20th.

«This is very welcome news and shows that opposition is growing to the government's raid on public sector pensions, and their assault on jobs, pay and public services.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said there's no appetite in the Legislature to prohibit lawmakers from having outside jobs even as the body's former leaders are being tried on corruption charges related to private - sector income and their public - sector work.

We have therefore agreed that there will need to be: - a significantly accelerated reduction in the structural deficit over the course of a Parliament, with the main burden of deficit reduction borne by reduced spending rather than increased taxes; - arrangements that will protect those on low incomes from the effect of public sector pay constraint and other spending constraints; and - protection of jobs by stopping Labour's proposed jobs tax.

He took on a string of lucrative private sector jobs, working as managing director and head of public finance banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, from 1982 until 1995.

More than 200,000 public sector jobs have already been axed or are now on the line since the massive spending cuts began, research from GMB union showed today.

Speaking at a Media Encounter on Wednesday as part of his one - year stay in office at the Flagstaff House, the President, who spoke about the high unemployment figures leading to the thousands of people applying for jobs in the public sector, said the government is on a good course to stabilize the economy, enhance business growth and subsequently create more jobs.

The budget is expected to focus on about 10 key areas including infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, job creation, agriculture, entrepreneurship, business growth, creating a Ghana beyond aid, debt management, corruption, public sector reforms among others, and a continuation of the 2017 budget initiatives.

«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.

The President, who spoke about the high unemployment figures leading to the thousands of people applying for jobs in the public sector, said the government is on a good course to stabilize the economy, enhance business growth and subsequently create more jobs.

Though he admitted the most obvious solution to the ever - common criminal indictments against public servants with private sector jobs would be to remove that «conflict,» Cuomo stopped just short of calling for a ban on outside income, and instead proposed «total disclosure.»

The mayor also appointed him to his Workforce Development Board, which consists of leaders from the private sector, public agencies and unions who advise the city on its policies about job seekers, employers and adult learners.

Upcoming Career Fairs & Minority Recruitment Efforts Governor Cuomo also announced that more than two dozen state agencies are discussing public sector careers with college students and all interested job seekers at the 29th annual SOMOS El Futuro Spring Conference on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19, at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

e) Establishing a regional growth fund to ensure that regions, towns and cities that depend heavily on the public sector will not be forgotten, getting meaningful support to help create jobs and opportunities for all.

«Attacks on public sector pay and jobs will simply reduce spending power and further depress the economy at a time when investing in the public sector is essential to secure growth.

After all, it's women of my generation who have arguably been most hurt by the more destructive Tory policies - from cuts to child tax credits to attacks on social care and public sector jobs.

Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs are threatened, pay is being frozen or set below inflation and the government has made it clear it will implement Lord Hutton's proposals on public sector pensions, meaning civil and public servants will pay more and work longer for a lower pension.

But Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial information company Markit, expressed pessimism on the country's employment prospects, saying: «The unemployment rate is likely to continue to rise in coming months as job losses in the public sector are accompanied by lower payroll numbers in private sector services and construction.