Sentences with phrase «pay practices at»

Exxon board member Bill George led a National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on «Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee,» which included recommendations such as not offering contracts to executives (giving the board more flexibility in how it deals with the CEO's pay and tenure), which is reflected in the pay practices at ExxonMobil.

Baker is known in particular for exposing unequal pay practices at her former employer Google with her release of staff salary data.

Not exact matches

It's a goal that many in the corporate America get behind, or at least pay lip service to; but in practice, progress towards more balanced workforces in many sectors, and especially at senior management levels, has been slow.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

NEI filed shareholder resolutions last year with five of the largest Canadian banks calling for them to consider vertical ratios and assess the risks of horizontal benchmarking — setting salaries by comparing what CEOs at rival banks are paid, a practice that some shareholders argue has led to skyrocketing compensation packages.

(Three - quarters of votes cast at the company's annual meeting in April went against Barrick's pay practices, and the company has vowed reform.)

At Google, an audit of their pay practices by the Department of Labor found «systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,» showing, one official has said, six to seven standard deviations between pay for men and women in nearly every job category.

Nabors» board has earned GovernanceMetrics International's distinction for worst pay practices, but it managed to avoid the worst board of the decade prize, and it did not make its recent list of at - risk companies.

The rules are popular across the political spectrum, and even ISPs now have to pay lip service to an open Internet, even if what they mean in practice isn't net neutrality at all.

«In 2014 and 2015, Medicare paid $ 1 million or more for drug - related tests billed by health professionals at more than 50 pain management practices across the U.S.,» they report.

JPMorgan ended up paying billions of dollars to settle accusations of shoddy mortgage practices at both acquired banks.

Short - selling is the practice of borrowing stock and selling it at the current market price but paying for it later, on the expectation that the price will fall; it's a way of profiting from a stock's decline.

However, jobs at those entities do tend to pay less than working in private practice.

At the same time, the long - running practice of paying for research through trading commissions is being upended by new regulations in Europe, known as the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.

As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.

The hip - hop mogul, whose given name is Shawn Carter, is the target of a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement subpoena after failing to testify as part of an agency investigation of accounting practices at Iconix Brand Group Inc., which paid $ 200 million to acquire assets from his Rocawear apparel brand in 2007.

-- Equifax acted recklessly; — Equifax ignored best or even good practices of data security; — Equifax's actions have caused me emotional distress; — Equifax's actions will require me to either pay some company money or take my own personal time to be vigilant about not just my own but at least two other credit accounts for years into the future.

A quick look around at other research shows that every new marketing practice gets compared to paid advertising as the baseline as to what effective means.

As we did in our annual, more global study, we spent a good deal of time in this research looking at the differences between the marketers who rate themselves highly in terms of overall content marketing effectiveness (the «most effective») versus those who rate themselves as least effective to understand the gaps and identify best practices for paid content promotion.

The hip - hop mogul is the target of a SEC enforcement subpoena after failing to testify as part of an agency investigation of accounting practices at Iconix Brand Group Inc., which paid $ 200 M to acquire assets from his Rocawear apparel brand in 2007.

Having looked briefly at Pastoral Pay in a previous post, I now want to address several of the passages that churches and pastors use to defend the practice of paying a pastor.

fat radical said, on February 5th, 2010 at 8:03 am So NP, is it ok in your book to be an openly practicing homosexual & a full paid up member of your local church, just so I am not missing the point here?

Using migrant farm workers at wages far in excess of their normal rate of pay in their own country is a major flaw labor practices.

And while pumpkin — like all squash — makes for a very healthy high - fiber low - fat dish, when converted into dessert form (in particular, my mom's awesome pumpkin pie) it totally blows any attempts at practicing self - control, and I pay for it on the scale throughout the Thanksgiving and Christmas season.

Sustainable Sonoma Wine Could Fetch $ 7 - a-Bottle More, Survey Says: U.S. wine consumers are willing to pay more for wine — up to several dollars more per bottle — produced using «sustainable» practices, according to new research presented at a Sonoma County grapegrower seminar in Santa Rosa on Thursday...

Organic practices are verified by annual inspections, and producers pay, at some level, for certification, including accommodating inspectors and paying for their travel.

Panels and speakers will focus on topics ranging from a roadmap to closing the gender pay gap, the business incentive for why gender diversity and inclusion is good for the bottom line, best practices for starting or maintaining a mentorship program and succession planning, professional and personal development, how to navigate a career in the alcohol beverage industry and a look at what is to come for women in the industry.

Nonetheless, the LPGA's longtime practice of skimming 6 1/2 % of the prize money produces at least one embarrassing inequity every year: The players in the mixed - team JC Penney Classic are paid differently.

Cheerleaders obviously earn a mere fraction of salaries paid to NFL players — practice squad players earn at least $ 7,200 a week, or more than 700 % what many cheerleaders earn in a year.

Whatever your beliefs are regarding the intentions of this club moving forward, don't think for a second that it has to do with appeasing the fans, winning the highest honours and / or changing the stagnant culture that permeates this club... every decision is made for one sole purpose and that is to maintain the delicate balance between Kroenke's unyielding need to acquire more wealth and Wenger's fragile psyche, which is why we have this ridiculous wage structure that pays deadwood too much and makes it incredibly difficult to attract special players... personally I believe that Wenger's greatest fear isn't that he won't win a big trophy again but exposing himself to the overwhelming criticism he will face when people discover the totally dysfunctional state of affairs that exist at Arsenal due to his antiquated practices which have gone relatively unchecked and unchallenged since the departure of Dein

He's so adroit at making a defense pay for tipping off its intentions that in practice, says assistant athletic director Harold Allen, «we had to tell him, «Now Bernie, no matter what you see, don't check off.

#Spurs news: Danny Green at practice today confirmed Kawhi Leonard is in SA and in the building, but did not speculate on a return timetable, «that's above my pay grade» #KSATnews #KSATsports pic.twitter.com/LUfcpnjk8 4

Drubbed by the Mountaineers 98 - 69 at Morgan - town only five weeks earlier, NYU cautiously practiced «possession and patience,» made it pay off despite 34 points by West Virginia's versatile Jerry West.

Pay attention: Instead of dropping their kids off for practice, parents should stick around if they can; they should encourage their kids to report inappropriate behavior by teammates or coaches - whether it is «locker room talk» demeaning of women or girls, or anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant comments or behavior - regardless of whether it is directed at a teammate or not, and made to feel safe in doing so; they should pay attention to a coach's behavior at practices and games to make sure they are not participating in or tolerating bullying, teasing or abuse of any kiPay attention: Instead of dropping their kids off for practice, parents should stick around if they can; they should encourage their kids to report inappropriate behavior by teammates or coaches - whether it is «locker room talk» demeaning of women or girls, or anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant comments or behavior - regardless of whether it is directed at a teammate or not, and made to feel safe in doing so; they should pay attention to a coach's behavior at practices and games to make sure they are not participating in or tolerating bullying, teasing or abuse of any kipay attention to a coach's behavior at practices and games to make sure they are not participating in or tolerating bullying, teasing or abuse of any kind.

The study explores different perspectives on paternity leave, including a survey of more than 1,000 fathers from nearly 300 different organizations (primarily well - educated professionals); a benchmarking study of paternity leave policies at leading organizations; and a review of global paternity leave policies and practices, as well as U.S. states that have enacted laws to provide paid parental leave.

§ 378 - 2 provides that it is unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer or labor organization to refuse to hire or employ, bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, demote or penalize a lactating employee because an employee breastfeeds or expresses milk at the workplace.

With practice — and more guidance — he will be able to be successful at paying his own way when he's on his own.

If the supermom who brings her kids to soccer practice, pays the bills and volunteers on the parent committee at school is indeed a myth, then why do so many women still feel compelled to do it all?

There is also a companion trial to the Percoco case in June, which is expected to probe pay - to - play allegations in Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» revitalization initiative for that part of New York — which means that hard looks at the practices of state government will continue to be in the news with the prosecution of another Cuomo ally, Alain Kaloyeros.

At least three agency commissioners hosted campaign events for the mayor, including Mark Peters, the head of the Department of Investigation who recently recused himself from a federal pay - to - play probe of the mayor's fundraising practices.

It will drive employers with part - time and / or lower - income employees to significantly modify their scheduling practices, at a time when they are also absorbing the costs of an increased minimum wage and dealing with the complexity of the new paid family leave act.»

«The N9.6 bn refund is exclusively for the state government to pay salary and so any other claims by Fayose to brainwash the workers to deny them their entitlements once again is not only wicked and selfish, but also a fraudulent practice that Fayose has elevated to an official policy to short - change the state and her people at all times.»

Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, confirmed to reporters on Thursday that he has been practicing law as his own man and then refused, in the next breath, to name any of the clients who paid him at least $ 650,000 in 2013.

«It's common practice to extend laws to allow more time to fully gauge and measure their effectiveness, especially when that law is intended to protect good - paying, middle - class jobs that are at the heart of New York City's tourism economy,» Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, one of the bill's sponsors, said in a statement.

During his legislative campaign, Hart gave plastic handcuffs to commuters at train stations to draw attention to public corruption, and showed up at a GOP golf fundraiser to protest pay - to - play practices.

It released preliminary findings in a December report that hinted at a culture of pay - to - play, conflicts of interest and other practices Fitzpatrick said could result in criminal charges.

At this stage of our development, agriculture will necessarily have to provide the majority of the jobs, and that is why we have to pay urgent attention to the modernisation of our agricultural practices.

On Wednesday, a day after her news conference at the UN to address the controversy over her e-mail practices, Hillary Clinton made an unannounced trip to California, where she delivered a paid speech to executives at eBay, the Silicon Valley e-commerce giant.

They didn't hear him go on to point the finger at employment agencies, not migrants themselves: «What we wouldn't allow is this practice by agencies, who are quite disgraceful the way they do it - recruit a workforce, low paid, and bring them here in order to dismiss an existing workforce in the construction industry and pay them low wages.»

«Given the savings that the department must make over the next few years, we recommend that it review its practice on bonuses and consider whether, within government guidelines, increasing performance - related bonuses for those at the lower end of salary scales, with a consequent reduction for its higher - paid senior staff, might help to improve staff morale,» the report stated.