Sentences with phrase «policy docment»

That's a term E.J. Reedy, the foundation's director of research and policy, uses to describe people who set out as their product's first customers, motivated to develop solutions to personal or professional dilemmas they are facing.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks briefly rose but returned to negative territory on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in its policy announcement.

The contract should explicitly state that all parties agree that the relationship is consensual and should reference the company's sexual harassment policy.

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

A December survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, found that McConnell is the least popular senator in the country, with his approval rating underwater by 30 points.

Kentucky's senior senator endorsed his junior colleague's bid to legalize industrial hemp (seriously), joined his filibuster protesting the administration's drone policy, and even embraced Ron and Rand Paul's «Audit the Fed» campaign.

Since 2017, Facebook has publicly shared its policy on dealing with harassment on its website.

«Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position of having to fire productive employees for no other reason than an arbitrary change in federal policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees, or their broader community,» the report reads.

For companies that employ salaried staff, a clear and defined policy for handling necessary sick days and personal days should be in place and followed carefully.

A peer - reviewed study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, published recently in The International Journal of Drug Policy, pegged the retail value of marijuana consumption in B.C. alone at between $ 443 million and $ 564 million.

The U.S. would be going it alone this time, but such a policy could conceivably reduce Iranian exports by 200,000 to 300,000 barrels a day by the end of fourth quarter.

On the other hand, the Swiss government looked at that evidence and used it to inform their entire policy.

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano said he was «disappointed,» and posited that S&P didn't «understand sufficiently that the Cabinet is pressing for fiscal reconstruction.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will release minutes from its March 20 - 21 policy meeting 1800 GMT.

The Tax Policy Center found in 2018 the average household would receive a cut of $ 1,200 and in 2027 the average household would receive a cut of $ 700.

Officials from the government shared their concerns about higher interest rates with a Bloomberg reporter, violating the convention of keeping politics out of the day - to - day handling of monetary policy.

In what might be its most ambitious idea, the Barton panel says Canada should organize its economic policy around becoming a global trading hub bridging Asia and Europe.

The unpredictability of the Trump administration in the U.S. may further encourage the Canadian government to take a more measured approach to tax policy.

«I might also think of reviewing the social media policy, considering how off - duty conduct could impact the company's brand management.

«Fiscal policy is not obviously needed to provide stimulus to get back to full employment.»

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement and monetary policy report 1400 GMT.

Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the world.

Bumble has received complaints about gun photos, but Ms. Herd said the new policy was not an attempt to «sweep up a mess» involving unhappy Bumble users.

Deep policy divisions appear to exist between the business and labor groups: The report cites the «majority» of members preferring to focus on issues outside trade deficits in favor of a «mutually beneficial» trade deal, sentiments to which the labor union representatives dissent in favor of promoting U.S. investment and jobs.

The nonprofit policy advocate Coin Center, meanwhile, posted a handy tracker that compares digital currency policies across different states to that of New York.

Whether that was really effective or not is debatable, but employers now realize that a «no romance» policy just isn't realistic.

Some early subscribers were told in a chat with customer service reps that «We do not currently have a policy in place to offer any refunds,» TechCrunch reported.

She holds a bachelor's degree from New York University Abu Dhabi and a master's in public policy from the University of Oxford, which she attended as her country's first Rhodes Scholar.

«Central banks are contemplating ever - more - exotic policy options,» says TD's Cooper, pointing to the growing interest in «helicopter money.»

Trump's name shows up in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana policy.

October 21st, just two days after the election, will see the release of the next Monetary Policy Report along with another interest rate announcement.

Most investors are not expecting the central bank to tighten its policy.

Jenkins wrote on Twitter that Germany's shift in energy policy was misguided and resulted effectively in fossil fuels replacing much of the missing nuclear power — a pattern that's playing out at home, as well.

T - Mobile started offering spousal benefits and insurance coverage for gay couples even when it wasn't legally required to, and it enforces a nondiscrimination policy that protects LGBTQ employees.

So - called «dollar - sphere» markets have monetary policy that is at least partly outsourced to the Fed, and by extension are vulnerable to rate hikes.

Still, not all companies embrace a flexible work - from - home policy.

«Some funeral home directors are saying, «Cremation isn't paying the bills anymore, so let me see if I can help people harvest body parts,»» said Steve Palmer, an Arizona mortician who serves on the National Funeral Directors Association's policy board.

Harvard public policy professor and behavioral economist Iris Bohnet says one solution to solving this issue is «micro-sponsorship,» which is the act of advocating for a colleague who has been wronged.

«Today's decision is a sea change but a very gentle one; not a big - bang u-turn in ECB monetary policy,» said Carsten Breski.

«No matter how Adblock Plus tries to justify their form of extortion, or make it seem harmless, it is a practice that will continue to erode the value exchange that powers the free and open Internet,» said IAB public policy chief Dave Grimaldi in a statement.

DALLAS - Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Atlanta hold a two - day conference on «Technology - Enabled Disruption: Implications for Business, Labor Markets and Monetary Policy».

And that's yet another reason executives like PayPal's Schulman say business owners need to take a stance on policy change.

Shum and Colaco point out that any reclassification of risk would be heavily scrutinized by Canadian regulators, in order to make sure that changes aren't self - serving on the part of policy providers and in fact benefit consumers.

An open - door policy could easily be misused as a «see me when the stuff hits the fan» policy.

Facilities get rave reviews, as does Adobe's vacation policy: «We have 28 days of vacation & receive a sabbatical every 5 years,» writes an executive assistant.

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

«We were encouraged by many pieces of the bill that align with what we've been saying, in particular a ban on paid prioritization and blocking are things we have advocated for,» says Althea Erickson, Etsy's head of public policy.

«Coca - Cola is resolute in its commitment to diversity, fairness and inclusion, and we do not support this travel ban or any policy that is contrary to our core values and beliefs,» CEO Muhtar Kent said in a statement to Bloomberg.

Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy and performance at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said industry supports ongoing efforts to reduce methane emissions, but that they will take a lot of hard work to accomplish.

«I think of it as a local phenomenon,» he said of real - estate prices, effectively ruling out the possibility that his interest - rate policy has stoked a national mania.