Sentences with phrase «paid private sector workers»

«It is low - paid private sector workers working beyond retirement age... who are subsidising public sector pensions while receiving none of the benefits.

Not exact matches

The British government assured employees working on the company's public - sector contracts that they'd be paid, but no such promises were made to workers on Carillion's contracts in the private sector.

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

Workers on private sector contracts, however, will be paid by the government for only 48 hours.

The company said salaries paid to its workers were among the highest in the logistic sector and that it also provided some benefits such as private medical insurance or money to pay for training programs.

More than one - third of private - sector workers do not have a single paid sick day, and only 13 percent of private - sector workers have paid family and medical leave.7 Furthermore, it is often the workers who can least afford unpaid time off from work who do not have access to these policies.

Recent data suggest that more than 35 percent of private - sector workers do not have access to paid sick leave.

What's more, state and local employees received $ 1.17 in new benefits for every dollar per hour pay increase from 2002 to 2008, compared to 58 cents for private sector workers.

Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public sector.

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

State workers receive a platinum - level health care plan at a heavily subsidized cost, while Illinoisans in the private sector paying for those plans see their own premiums skyrocket.

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.

Right now, only 12 % of U.S. workers in the private sector have access to paid family leave, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12 percent of private - sector workers are covered by formal paid leave policies.

«It has to be seen in the context of the decision to limit public sector workers» pay increases to one per cent and the fact that some private sector workers have had their pay cut.»

New York City adopted a paid sick leave law several years ago and now proponents are trying to marshal support for a similar measure in Albany County — which would extend a privilege enjoyed by state workers and lawmakers to the private sector, where part - time and service - industry workers are especially unlikely to have the same perk.

In Albany County, 40 percent of workers in the private sector don't have access to paid sick days, according to an analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

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.

«This contract agreement will mean better - paying jobs for local workers, created by a well - run, profitable, private sector business.

McCoy has also drafted legislation to be considered by the county lawmakers that would ensure all private - sector workers in the county have access to paid sick leave — a move praised by Citizen Action of New York.

The private sector will look more attractive, a union official is warning, if lawmakers separate state building - trades workers» pay from prevailing wages.

The school boards group also urges a statewide freeze on government salaries - which would save billions without laying off a single employee or cutting back a single service - and requiring all workers to pay at least 10 % of their health insurance costs, which is less than most private - sector workers shell out.

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

Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private sector, where pay edged up by 1.1 %.

Even before the recession Labour had allowed public sector pay to catch up with private sector pay but had not forced public sector workers to sacrifice some of the securities they received as a traditional substitute for less remuneration.

He said that he would promote «more job security for workers in private and public sectors» as well as «promoting fairness in pay and aspiration.

He described the new pension deal for state employees as «a proper reward for a lifetime's commitment to serving the public» — yet to get the same reward, a private sector worker would have to pay a third of their salary into their pension pot.

CITY HALL — City workers are paid 17 percent less, on average, than their colleagues in the private sector, according to a new report released Wednesday by City Comptroller John Liu.

Martin had agreed to hold his pay at # 141,868 along with cabinet ministers this year, in recognition of dire economic conditions that have left millions of private - sector workers facing cuts.

Extending New Yorkers» Legal Right to Sick Leave: 3,400,000 private and nonprofit sector workers have access to paid sick leave thanks to an expansion created in partnership with the Council and the Mayor's robust education campaign.

On an hourly basis, the typical public sector worker is now 30 % better paid than the typical worker in the private sector.

«Compared with the private sector, the public sector still offers black workers better pay, more professional opportunities and more job security.»

A private - sector worker would need to save roughly 32 percent of his salary in a 401 (k) to match the guaranteed benefits paid to the average teacher in a public - sector DB plan.

States where teachers are protesting have among the largest pay discrepancies when compared with similarly educated private - sector workers.

Throughout the school year, schools are closed for 29 days, more than two workweeks longer than the average private - sector worker has in paid vacation and holidays.

While the average private - sector worker with paid leave has 16 days off in paid holidays and vacation, the largest school districts shut their doors for an average of 29 days each school year.

Their study, in fact, found that teachers are actually paid more than private - sector workers.

Also, unlike private - sector workers, most teachers have extensive health benefits for which they typically pay very little, if anything.

Increase the amount of teacher compensation that is paid directly as salary, and reduce the amount of compensation that is devoted to retirement benefits in order to match the norm for similarly situated workers in the private sector.

Research indicates that today's public - sector workers such as teachers receive less compensation — or combined pay and benefits — than similar workers in the private sector.25 Historically, public - sector jobs were attractive to workers due to their stability, their high - quality benefits such as defined - benefit pensions, as well as their intangible benefits such as pride in public service.

Further reductions in compensation could lead more workers to decide that they can no longer sacrifice higher pay in the private sector in order to serve the public.

«Contrary to the claims of advocates of teacher merit pay, relatively few private - sector workers have pay that varies in a direct formulaic way with their productivity — and the share of such workers is probably declining,» Haywood states.

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

We conclude that public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

... public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

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.»

Unlike other paid sick leave laws (such as Philadelphia's Sick Leave Ordinance), New Jersey's paid sick leave law applies to all private sector employers, regardless of size (with very limited exceptions for certain types of workers).

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