Sentences with phrase «other group of workers»

In fact, teachers have more backloaded retirement benefits than any other group of workers.

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Canada is a nation of immigrants, and a new report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests that there are plenty of workers in other countries who would like to join in.

Ben Dutton, president and CEO of the Casman Group of companies, said about half of the 200 workers employed by his Fort McMurray - based general construction firm are already back in town and working on restoring heating - ventilation and other systems for commercial and industrial customers.

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

Other groups are experimenting with use of social media to inform, educate and mobilize workers — especially young workers.

«It's going to be a hard sell that this activity was either concerted or for mutual aid or protection, rather than simply venting or pitting one group of workers against the others, which does not sound very mutual,» Morantz said.

So we were curious: What makes coworking spaces — defined as membership - based workspaces where diverse groups of freelancers, remote workers, and other independent professionals work together in a shared, communal setting — so effective?

Other companies started identifying this same need, and a new group of technical worker known as developer operations, or DevOps, emerged in the last decade or so.

Other industry trade groups have taken issue with the Department of Labor's plan to boost workers» access to retirement plans through state - run programs.

The report delivered to Flaherty showed the income of Canadian middle - class families did not grow as fast as other income groups over the last 35 years, with male workers in middle - class families having seen «little wage increases» since the mid-1990s.

Bring your remote workers to the home office for a week or two each year, or provide opportunities for groups of virtual employees to meet up with each other occasionally.

This group cites self - funded savings (55 %) as their expected primary source of retirement income, including 43 % who expect to rely on income from 401 (k) s, 403 (b) s and IRAs, and 12 % who have other savings and investments — that's according to the 17th annual Transamerica Retirement Survey of Workers.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Our group, though small, is amazingly diverse, including homeless men and women, university and seminary students, people whose addictions are still active and others who are in recovery, young professionals and social workers, a mix of ethnicities and even a handful of «normal» folks.

He invited a group of us civil rights workers to his home one evening, where perhaps a dozen other white sympathizers were gathered.

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

At one extreme was a selfish and indolent group of courtiers and idle rich living their parasite life of drunken revelry; at the other, the peasantry and poorer workers whose slavery was not merely that of an income below a living standard, but sank even to the unqualified legal sort.

Over the years, I have pulled many of the Sunday school teachers and youth workers in my children's lives aside to ask them to treat my children like any other kid in the youth group.

This concept was supported vigorously by important labor and left - wing Zionist groups, including the radical Marxist Ha - Shomer Ha - Tzair kibbutz movement, the Ahdut Ha - Avodah socialist party, the Poale Zion Smol (Left Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America).

It builds upon other certification systems, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and tackles some of the most challenging issues facing the palm oil sector, such as the destruction of high carbon stock forests and the abuse of the most vulnerable workers,» said Matthias Diemer, Chair of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.

The social worker can make an assessment of your baby's social or emotional development and then provide individual, family or group counseling to the parent or other family members.

Advanced Perpetrator Group Work 2 days London — 6th & 7th September # 400 Join other experienced group workers to update your skills and re-visit areas of the programme you have struggled Group Work 2 days London — 6th & 7th September # 400 Join other experienced group workers to update your skills and re-visit areas of the programme you have struggled group workers to update your skills and re-visit areas of the programme you have struggled with.

Women of reproductive age, newborns and other family members, support groups, traditional birth attendants, community health workers, and midwives

The School Nutrition Association, representing thousands of school food service workers across the country, has embraced a «study» promoting chocolate and other sugar - enhanced milk that was paid for by the dairy industry, conducted by a firm that specializes in devising corporate marketing schemes, and which the dairy group refuses to release for close inspection.

And while other industries, such as manufacturing, have shed skilled workers, the construction industry maintains a third of all employment in this occupation group.

The influential NYC principals union endorsed Mayor Bill de Blasio for reelection last night, joining the teachers union and a host of other labor groups supporting the worker - friendly mayor, campaign officials said.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

The United Federation of Teachers and other groups are pushing for the expansion to cover more workers.

A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state's century - old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year in added expenses for big road, bridge and other projects.

Dr Fayemi, in the meeting attended by all cadre of the workers in the ministry, said the huge scale of illegal mining by the two companies in Wase was tantamount to economic terrorism, adding that government was determined to confront anyone or group that are out to sabotage the economy through illegal mining and other means.

«The Government's Trade Union Bill, if enacted, will place supply teachers and other agency workers in an invidious situation and is a clear attempt to set one group of workers against another.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

The BFAWU has agreed to work with Unite the Resistance and John McDonnell MP, along with other groups at a meeting on January 8th 2014 in order to discuss and hopefully address the lack of fairness and justice for workers in the UK's fast - food industry.

We are working with other industries in order to prioritise further rollouts on the basis of benefits to additional groups of critical workers.

The proposed $ 250 million ice center, on the other hand, would not compete with local merchants, and would offer a hockey program for at - risk youth, hire local workers and provide 50,000 square - feet of space for community groups, Diaz said.

It joined other groups in questioning why the government felt unable to spend the money designing a fairer system that avoided punishing one income families living on a salary of # 44,000, who lost the benefit, and two income families where each workers kept their income below the higher rate threshold.

Instead, they'll focus on «other high risk groups such as sex workers, truck drivers, remote fishing communities and members of the armed forces.»

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the mapping tool has provided accurate estimates of the number of affected workers by race, ethnicity, industry or other characteristics, to figure out which groups of people or types of businesses were most in need of aid.

However, in other groups such as leaf - cutter ants, it is the workers that produce antimicrobials, so disease can only explain a few instances of soldier evolution.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatother long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatOther high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Groups of professionals for which it can be useful to practice talking with children who have been exposed to violence or other traumatic experiences are, for instance, social workers, police officers, teachers, recreational pedagogues, counsellors and school nurses.

For the new analysis, the researchers removed a control group of nearly 500 health - care workers and made other statistical adjustments.

When I was a young pharmacist, I worked on a multidisciplinary team with a wonderful group of healthcare professionals: physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, behaviorists, dental hygienists, occupational therapists and many others.

A natural companion piece to the director's 2011 immigrant tale, «Le Havre,» «The Other Side of Hope» follows a young Syrian refugee (Sherwan Haji) who finds himself in Helsinki, where he falls in with a group of Finnish restaurant workers whose misadventures have the relaxed, we're - all - in - this - together vibe of a Howard Hawks western.

But we didn't find any state that assumed its vesting period served as a retention incentive, regardless of whether or not they grouped teachers with other types of workers or not.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

Many workers have migrated from a different state, and still others have immigrated to the United States from abroad; both of these groups will tend to differ in their cognitive skills from those who remain in a state after finishing their education.

The question assumes, as in the case of a food - standards specialist for the state of Oregon whose job was eliminated amid tensions with her boss, that the worker isn't protected by a union contract or as a member of a group shielded from employment discrimination based on race, sex, or other protected classes.

In a 2015 Amici Curiae brief, nearly 50 Fortune - 100 and other leading American businesses argued that in order to be competitive, businesses need to be able to hire workers who have experience sharing ideas and viewpoints with diverse groups of people.