Some 55
percent of agency workers who responded to the survey said they agreed with the statement, «In the past two years, I have been given more flexibility in how I accomplish my work.»
Not exact matches
38
percent of freelancers are now being sourced through specific freelance
worker sites, narrowing the sourcing gap with general online job boards (43 %) and employment
agencies (39 %).
Port Authority staff recommended that the
agency raise the minimum wage for more than 40,000 NYC - area airport
workers to $ 19 an hour by the fall
of 2023 — an increase
of more than 80
percent in about five years for the lowest - paid
workers at Newark Liberty International Airport, one
of the three major airports operated by the authority.
The city budget passed last year included a 2.5
percent cost -
of - living adjustment, and in January the de Blasio administration announced that municipal
workers and those working for contracted
agencies will earn $ 15 an hour by the end
of 2018.
Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner has cut the payroll
of the Syracuse Urban Renewal
Agency by nearly 20 percent in the past year, responding to criticism that the renewal agency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil se
Agency by nearly 20
percent in the past year, responding to criticism that the renewal
agency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil se
agency has long been misused to hire city
workers without going through civil service.
When Gov. Mario Cuomo announced in 1984 that he would slash his personal staff by 10
percent, he did not actually cut the number
of employees reporting to him — instead adding dozens
of workers to state
agency budget lines.
Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Industrial Development
Agency (ECIDA) today approved a new policy which will require developers receiving project aid to hire construction crews comprised
of 90
percent local
workers.
The report said the claims
of agency savings would be difficult to achieve, given that government departments have held overall spending growth to 1.3
percent since the cap was begun seven years ago — including rising contractual costs for unionized
workers» salaries and health insurance.
The sector employed 74,128
workers in 2012, which accounted for 6.2
percent of all employment on Long Island, according to a report prepared for Empire State Development, New York's primary business aid
agency.
For instance, according to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics, in 2005 alternative
workers — people «employed as independent contractors, on - call
workers, temporary help
agency workers, and
workers provided by contract firms» — made up just 11
percent of the total U.S. workforce.
The average number
of workers at U.S. coal mines fell 10.5
percent to nearly 80,4000 employees from 2012 to 2013, a drop
of nearly 9,500
workers, according to the
agency's latest data.