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Paid advocacy editing is still forbidden, but the new policy spells out how PR people and other paid advocates can have input into editing Wikipedia pages so long as they follow guidelines for disclosure.

Not exact matches

While research from the American Medical Association showed that 7.1 percent of all claims paid by insurers in 2013 contained a mistake, patient advocates and other professionals who review medical claims for accuracy put the frequency of billing errors at more like 80 percent or even 90 percent.

And Benioff has been leading a charge on equal pay for women, ensuring that Salesforce pays women the same as men and advocating other companies discuss the situation and make similar vows.

Other topics include: cronyism, recognizing that good advocates may not make the best managers, investing in managers, the importance of creating a healthy culture for remote staff, having generous benefits packages which include paid time off, higher pay, paying interns, organizational transparency, and more.

Wow, Gregory, I didn't realize I sounded ugly and elitist when I advocated insuring coverage for those who truly need it (i.e, those with low wages, pre-existing medical conditions, etc.) What I am questioning is whether or not there are many who CHOSE to not find a way to fit an insurance premium into their budget yet manage to pay for other items that I consider discretionary expenditures.

At their best, feminism advocates would like more attention put on workplace discrimination, whether for pay discrepencies or sexual misconduct, and the general equal treatment of women (among other things).

With advocates arguing women shouldn't have to pay extra for essential sanitary products, a bill to eliminate a sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene items has stalled in Albany.

On the subject of DeVos, Mulgrew said, the work of teachers unions and other public education advocates paid off.

But for all the fanfare with the Democratic governor's annual State of the State and budget address, municipal - finance experts and transit advocates are asking exactly how officials will pay for — among other things — new subway cars, a revamp of New York Penn Station and upgraded roads.

The Partnership advocates for pay equity but Gallagher - Cohen said she is concerned the policy may make the region appear less business - friendly than other areas of the state or country.

The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat holding major financial and other advantages, and heavily favored, as the higher profile mayoral race has sucked up the attention of most of whatever small number of voters is paying attention to the municipal elections.

Last month's Senate hearing «was the first time there's been a Senate hearing on paid family leave in eight years,» she said, noting that she and other advocates have held talks with representatives from the Cuomo administration over the course of several months.

Parents and advocates from the Shuang Wen School / PS 184M — which the DOE is investigating for its paid after - school program and enrollment practices, among other issues — announced a federal lawsuit against the department and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a press conference Monday outside the agency's Chambers Street headquarters.

Throwing down the gauntlet before the governor's budget address, parents and other education advocates on Jan. 10 called on the state to pay the billions of dollars it owes New York City public schools.

Throwing down the gauntlet before the governor's budget address on Jan. 13, parents and other education advocates on Jan. 10 called on the state to pay the billions of dollars it owes New York City public schools.

Russianoff and other advocates worry Cuomo will rely on more debt, without identifying a new revenue stream to pay for it.

Clovis» likely nomination, reported by the farm magazine Agri - Pulse and ProPublica, raised caution among advocates for agricultural research, who say they worry the administration will pay less attention to the effects of climate change on wheat and other vital crops, among other issues.

His ideas for improvement — for example, «Pay attention to other important stuff,» «Don't expect schools to do it all,» «Accept the need for human judgment,» «Set reasonable targets» — are juxtaposed against a caricature of what most of those advocating test - based accountability likely believe.

Other than the PLDD crowd in their alphabet soup of reform organizations, who will advocate for and sustain meaningful performance pay for teachers where performance is defined as compliance with centralized mandates?

Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting teachers of color; improving the teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice teachers; increasing teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

Moreover, advocates should keep in mind that school districts in participating states access Medicaid dollars directly to pay for medically necessary services for students with disabilities.70 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that districts provide all necessary services and resources to afford every child a «free appropriate public education,» and some medically related supports qualify for Medicaid reimbursement.71 With less Medicaid funding statewide to meet that guarantee, states and districts would have to siphon money from other education funding streams to afford necessary medical services that support the learning of students with disabilities.

Advocates of additional funding say students in low - income districts need the state to account for paying social workers, counselors, after - school programs and other costs necessary to mitigate the impacts of poverty.

Responsible for advocating on behalf of school superintendents, and assisting with their professional development needs, the organization's primary source of funding comes from the dues that local school districts pay so that their superintendents, assistant superintendents and other «central office administrative personnel» can be part of CAPSS.

As a former paid blogger for a communications company and an educational leader, I also know the coziness that can exist between superintendents, funders and other politicos, which limits what an advocate can say or do.

John Dougall, a Republican and former Utah legislator, is largely in agreement with teacher advocates and the Utah Education Association in promoting the idea that higher pay in other fields is drawing potential teachers away from the teaching profession, particularly in the «STEM» fields.

«My goal is to give parents options,» said Robert Enlow, president of EdChoice, an Indianapolis - based organization that advocates for vouchers and other programs that allow tax dollars to pay private - school tuition.

Hundreds of teachers and public education advocates traveled from Eastern North Carolina yesterday to state capital, where they joined thousands of others demanding higher teacher pay and more school resources.

The change appears to be part of a broader strategy by the Malloy administration to approve some charter schools for this coming year and then return after the election to approve other applications when fewer parents, teachers and public school advocates will be paying attention.

Instead, public school advocates wanting to improve the recruitment and retention of a talented and diverse teaching pool should focus on how North Carolina's teacher pay compares to the pay in other professions requiring a college education.

That even those few NEA and AFT leaders who advocate for some modest version of systemic reform continually back other policies that do not help younger teachers — including the defense of defined - benefit pensions from which half of newly - hired teachers will never benefit — has also made them apathetic about even bothering with the unions that take so much of their take - home pay.

Because we advocate using permanent life insurance for tax advantaged cash value accumulation through paid up additions AND other approaches, we suggest that convertible term will allow you increase your base of permanent life insurance as your needs and budget increase.

Tal advocates a free enterprise system where landlords charge what the market will pay, which would send market signals that convince others to build more rental properties.

Others, most notably a «guru» by the name of Dave Ramsey, advocate paying off the debt with the lowest balance first, dubbed the Snowball method.

I am not advocating one way or the other, but another factor to consider when buying is that you pay no taxes on capital gains of up to $ 500k (married couple) from a home sale.

If you're concerned about paying other people's debts as a taxpayer, you should advocate for income - based plans because they help a lot.

All profits from BBB sales go to the Rabbit Advocates Medical Fund, which helps pay for spays, neuters, and other veterinary expenses for pet and foster rabbits in need.

More generally, the chapters of «America Is Hard to See» pay homage to a number of those seminal exhibitions through which the Whitney has historically recognised and advocated for emerging American art: «Anti-Illusion: Procedure / Materials» (1969), for instance, with its defiant presentation of the post-minimalism of Richard Tuttle and others, or «New Image Painting» (1979), which celebrated a revival of figurative painting in an artistic climate dominated by conceptual work.

The divisions the bills have created within the state — with the utility commission, some lawmakers, clean energy advocates and the executive branch on one side, and Xcel and other members of the legislature on the other — echo wider debates about large nuclear power plants in the U.S., and who should pay for them.

Before Easongate, came Ketchumgate — a term that I (and other bloggers) have used to describe the situation in which communications company Ketchum paid commentator and syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams with tax dollars to advocate for Bush administration policies.

While it is no perfect solution either (and there probably is none), the Advocate General's solution of doing exactly the same thing the other way round — offering the action for damages as consolation for the party that has previously benefitted from an erroneous transformation of EU law by the Member State and now pays the price because of horizontal direct effect excluding the application of a norm of national law they had relied on — has at least a somewhat more equilibrated approach towards sharing the burden of advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, the Act is much broader than just advocating gender pay equity, instead, the Act expands equal pay on the basis of membership in the protected class which includes, among others, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, or liability for service in the armed forces.

In other words, according to the Advocate General requiring as a matter of standard practice that the convicting MS sends a copy of the judgment and then make the convicted person pay for the translation is not compatible with those legal instruments.

When high - paid doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies or others are responsible for preventable patient deaths, victims and their families need strong advocates for justice and compensation.

[108] Others raised the objections to alternative structures that are commonly raised: [109] that they are a threat to the profession's core values, [110] that they will trigger irresolvable conflicts of interest, [111] that lawyers will lose their independence, [112] that there is no evidence that alternative structures have increased access to justice in Australia or England & Wales, [113] that law firms can attract employees by paying competitive salaries without the need to offer employee shareholding, [114] that the burden of proof lies with those who advocate for alternative structures, [115] that there is no way to regulate alternative structures, [116] that alternative structures will lead to a consolidated market for legal services, [117] that more research is required, [118] etc..

A controversial libel case in which a judge ordered two Ontario women to pay their uncle $ 125,000 in damages for falsely accusing him of sexual assault will likely prevent other sexual assault victims from coming forward, advocates say.

On the other hand, Floridians pay an extra $ 1 billion per year due to fraud - inflated premiums for personal injury protection, a December report by the state's Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate found.

Unfortunately, some clients actually think paying the financial and emotional costs associated with this kind of behavior is a necessary sacrifice; they figure if their attorneys cooperate with each other, then they can't really be advocating for them.

Some states have implemented pay increases for Endorsed professionals, while others are advocating for Endorsed professionals to be able to bill Medicaid for their services.

If the advocate is successful in his / her endeavours within the stipulated timeline and terms of the contract (or within any other mutually agreed - upon criteria as they might evolve) with the client, then the advocate becomes a beneficiary of those successful consultative and advisory offerings and stands to collect a pay cheque.