Sentences with phrase «only protect workers»

Commenting Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society said: «The Prime Minister has made the welcome commitment that she wants the UK to be a fairer place, that she will not only protect workers» rights but build on them.

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The only problem is that it's still legal to fire LGBT employees in 28 states where such workers aren't covered by state laws that protect various minorities from discrimination on the job, as well as in housing and public accommodations.

But Gray realized that, with his own factory, he could not only control the quality of his product — he could protect his intellectual property, implement manufacturing efficiencies and better manage his Chinese factory workers.

1) Anyone who understands how supply and demand inter-relate should understand that minimum wage laws are not only counter-productive on an economy - wide basis but also cause the most problems for the group of workers they have supposedly been put in place to protect.

Thierfelder has expressed confidence that the school's «actions ultimately will be found to be in compliance with all federal and state laws and with the U.S. Constitution», but even President Bush's (now rescinded) conscience clause protected only hospitals and healthcare workers.

Workers in such industries are not only inadequately protected as regards health and safety, but they also do not enjoy security of employment in view of the tendency of such investors to move offshore to cut costs.

According to fifth - generation growers of the McManis Family, winners of a 2016 California Green Medal in Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Award, the Lodi Rules ™ Program, «is a standard of farming practices that not only protects our land, our workers and the community that we live in, but also produces a higher quality of wine that reflects the place and the people that create them.»

Only Labour will stand up for workers and small businesses to make our tax system fair and our public services like education and the NHS protected.»

A plan to protect operations at a Farmington racetrack not only calls for fewer races but would result in substantial losses for workers, according to a group representing roughly 1,200 people at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack.

Doctors Without Borders, which oversees many Ebola clinics in west Africa, is sending home recovered Ebola patients with a stack of condoms, and health workers are urging them to only engage in protected sex for at least three months after recovery.

Because these ant colonies only send their oldest workers to collect food (to protect the more valuable able - bodied workers), the highly effective tactics of the fungi don't decimate the ant population.

Buying organic not only helps your own health, but it also helps protect the health of the workers who bring that grain to you!

Although Social Security retirement benefits are protected against inflation by annual Cost of Living Adjustments, the estimated average retirement benefit for retirees is only about $ 1,360 a month, and the survivors of workers receive an average of only $ 1,285 a month (in 2016).

We also note that there are tremendous leadership opportunities for these countries to demonstrate that moving beyond oil, coal, and gas — both demand and production — is not only possible, but can be done while protecting workers, communities, and economies.

It not only saves energy, but also protects workers, reduces noise, helps protect against freezing, and more.

It is only a potential advantage because most rooftop solar systems, as currently installed, automatically shut down when the grid goes out «to protect workers and to meet fire protection requirements.»

We can only build a coalition with the power to curb climate disruption if environmentalists are fighting for economic and racial justice as hard as they are against fossil fuels, and if unions are fighting as hard for an immediate transition to a worker - friendly clean energy economy as they are to protect their members.

Since Texas does not provide supplementary protections in these circumstances, workers are protected only by the WARN Act.

This protects injured workers whose employers will make up a job for them only to fire them once the case has settled.

Andrew Nielsen of Pink Larkin in Halifax, a firm that works on the employee side, says that the «just cause» provision has been positive, and not only for protecting workers» rights.

Not only do we protect the rights of injured workers, but we can also explore additional avenues for compensation in third - party claims.

The Ontario Human Rights Code protects workers from discrimination based on their criminal record but only in cases where it is provincially regulated employment, regardless of whether they have received a pardon.

Of course, we already have the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031) which protect workers against age discrimination, but only to a limited extent.

The Atlanta court said the ADEA protects only workers who have «status as an employee.»

As in Laval the point was made again that the only permissible protectionism here is under the Posted Worker Directive (96 / 71 / EC) which only protects legally fixed minimum wages, the irony here being that even under the German system (which is most likely to engage the directive on the basis not of a statutory minimum wage, but an «entrenched» collective agreement) this collective agreement was only a local and specific one and so not «entrenched».

Hugh Mercer QC said: «The Great Repeal Bill will bring EU regulations that protect UK workers into UK law, but that is only part of the story.

Because Uber drivers don't qualify for workers» comp, this is a good way for drivers to protect themselves if they get hurt on the job (coverage only applies when drivers are logged into the Uber app).

Every Florida employer needs to have a good workers» compensation insurance policy: not only is it required by law, it is an excellent, affordable investment to protect your business and your employees.

The workplace protects workers of every race, religion, and sexual orientation — all of which are protected under company anti-discrimination and harassment laws — so not only should you be respectful because it's the right thing to do, but also because codes, regulations, and laws mandate it.

Businesses that are CAUSE Certified commit to better protecting you and your family by only sending qualified workers to consumers» homes.

They are the only workers» compensation law firm in Pennsylvania with three generations of workers» compensation attorneys who have dedicated their professional practice to protecting the rights of injured workers and disabled adults and children.