Sentences with phrase «policy you make small»

If you buy a life assurance policy you make small regular payments to your life office and, should you unfortunately die during the term, they send you a big cheque.

The policy also explains what the medical condition's severity must be — some policies make smaller payments towards conditions that are less severe.

Not exact matches

So with Sandberg's aim in mind, how should companies develop policies that make the most sense for their employees, especially if you have a growing a business and are too small to retain the human resources capacity that a big corporation would have?

The Whitehorse «progress report» was the latest in small adjustments to Bank of Canada's communications policy that is making the institution less a black box.

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Many of the policies that Barack Obama has advocated - the Affordable Care Act (ACA), banking reform, and changes to tax rates, the minimum wage, and regulations - make life more difficult for small - business owners.

The reasons are four-fold: structural changes in the American economy have triggered a long term downward trend in entrepreneurial activity; changes in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift in attitudes has made Americans less interested in striking out on their own; and a shift in government policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.

Because one - in - four small - business owners use home equity to finance their businesses, this policy makes it more difficult for some small - company owners to obtain credit for their companies.

While there is little that small business and its advocates can do to directly stop the President from proposing additional policies that make life difficult for Main Street, they can take indirect action.

Small, concrete steps in public policy could help make the benefits of capitalism available to everyone.

One solution is to get more entrepreneurs involved in politics and policy - making by creating a small - donor matching system that would give candidates more independence from large partisan donors.

Small businesses may not be able to match the cyber security investments made by their deeper - pocketed competitors, but they can still purchase cyber insurance policies without breaking the bank.

Such policies might include providing more incentives for companies (both large and small) to invest in R&D and capital infrastructure, encouraging post-secondary institutions to better tailor their programming to meet market demand in terms of subjects and skills, and making Canada a more attractive country for foreign or start - up companies to invest in by deregulating industries that have no business being as regulated or as protected as they are, such as telecommunications, airlines, and broadcasting.

At the same time they force the mainstream parties to adjust their policies to attract votes away from the smaller groups, so the very issues that make nationalist groups popular tend to be absorbed into the mainstream.

«As a small - business person, I do not make many of my economic decisions based upon tax policy.

A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.

Her goal is to make Progressive the go - to source when it comes to auto and home insurance as well as policies for motorcycles, boats and small businesses, which will allow Progressive to keep rates low and grow revenues.

No matter your political position, it's important to stay informed on the policies that will affect your small business, so that come Election Day, you can make the right choice for you.

Wire transfers are allowed for withdrawals but these have more restrictions placed on them amount wise because of the costs involved when processing them; it does not really make sense to use wire transfers for smaller account levels because of this policy.

Thereby, the increased dependence on central bank liquidity may have weakened the resilience of markets, making them more prone to a (small) shock, such as an adjustment of market expectations on monetary policy.

Make sure you Privacy policy discloses that you are using this software and start initially with a small budget but enough to get sufficient data for you to see results and optimise for success.

If she had added: «Plus, even though we are currently above the Effective Lower Bound on nominal interest rates (which is probably below 0 %) we are worried that the margin of safety is getting a bit small, and are pleased that fiscal policy is making that margin of safety a bit bigger than it otherwise would be» that would also be an internally consistent thing for the Bank of Canada to say.

They would be arrested that taken away to jail but the APA couldn't do this small thing and yet deeply divided today are trying to make policy on gay marriage, peds and alike.

Mr Ramon Marañon, small farmer representative to the National Organic Agriculture Board who is the policy making body of OA in the country, attended the conference and discussed updates and trends in organic agriculture policy.

Competition Policy Review (Harper Review), Submission on Issues Paper (2014) Argued new approach needed for problems concerning small business community - not appropriate to make further reforms to the CCA for this purpose (better to address them through separate legislative regime).

We're raising awareness about hunger, food distribution, and food policy in the United States by making small changes that everyone can be thankful for.

And honestly, if they can't afford a hospital birth, chances are they can't afford a homebirth midwife — who are generally not cheap, who will not generally make payment arrangements (or rather, will not make the same type hospitals make, payable after the fact and in small monthly increments for years; midwife payment arrangements tend to be along the lines of «Half the fee at the first appointment, and the other half a month or two later»), and who will not deliver a baby without having been paid in full prior to onset of labor (I don't have a statistic, but it seems most midwives have this particular payment policy, and payment is non-refundable).

«I think that the people that are trying to make those small amounts of money stretch and feed all of these children have one of the hardest jobs,» says Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.

If you are confronted by a misinformed flight attendant, present her with her airline's policy, keeping in mind that many «express» flights are actually run by smaller subsidiary airlines to the major airline from which you've purchased your ticket (so make sure the smaller airline subscribes to the same policies).

Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

It will be difficult to construct election manifestos or advocate policies if parties can not be sure of delivery, either because of the performance of smaller parties in Scotland, or because, depending on the make - up of English MPs, such policies may be vetoed in the south.

At the very least the proposed changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system of government — have all the hall marks of a policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups of like - minded people — just the sort of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.

Speaking on the economy, Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau said that the Federal Government was already putting policies in place to encourage and facilitate Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to promote made in Nigeria goods, adding that same was part of his administration's overall national economic policy.

He argues that policy - making will be easy because «ideological differences are small these days, even between the established parties, which often magnify what are in effect small distinctions to make themselves stand out.»

In his view, local notables can participate in policy - making on - line, give a small donation (maximum # 50), put their name on a ballot paper, then serve in Parliament for a maximum period of five years.

The effect is small, but statistically significant, making it important to consider in policies aimed at increasing female representation in politics.

However, it is difficult to remember a time when foreign policy played such a small role in a domestic election, particularly at a time when the world is such an uncertain place and globalization is making our foreign relations with each other ever more important.

'' One of the reasons I decided to get involved politically,» said Richard Kasa «is that the failed policies of the two parties have hampered small businesses and created an economic playing field that makes it hard to compete.

The top House Republican, in an address planned at a small manufacturing company in West Chester, will argue that voters should reject the economic policies of Democrats running Washington and elect Republicans, who he says will make Congress more responsive to the American people.

«Instead of pooling enterprise funding and central staff, Lord Heseltine should have looked at good practice from across the world, such as the SBA, and recommended a better policy making machine and an agency which co-ordinates small business policy such as lending, procurement and exporting.»

Teachout spoke to the mostly multi-aged crowd, sprinkled with children, students, adults and senior citizens, saying that she has a vision for New York that will make public higher education affordable; a New York that «should be leading the way in renewable resources» and environmental policies; a New York that bans fracking and all fracking byproducts; and a New York that «supports small local businesses and farms, rather than giving tax breaks to corporate campaign donors.»

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has expressed disappointment at today's announcement that Disincorporation Relief will not be extended beyond its current March 2018 expiry date.1 The relief was created to address the problems faced by some small businesses that have chosen to be a limited company in the past and want to return to a simpler legal form, be it a sole trader or a partnership or a limited liability partnership.2 While there has been a very low take up of Disincorporation Relief since it was introduced in 2013 (fewer than 50 claims had been made as of March 2016) the CIOT has suggested3 that the relief might be more popular if it was broader.4 John Cullinane, CIOT Tax Policy Director, said: «It's a shame the Government are letting this relief lapse.

He assured that «the tax, borrow and spend approach of the Mahama administration» will be abandoned, in favour of policies geared towards the reduction in the cost of doing business to help small - scale enterprises flourish and to make the Ghanaian economy become globally competitive.

«He's got a network of people around the state that have a lot of experience with the taxing policies of the state of New York — the small business guys, people who are trying to make a living running small businesses and they run up against the policies they think make life difficult for them,» Cunnginham explained.

In the afternoon, Pence will give the keynote address to the Latino Coalition's «Make Small Business Great Again Policy Summit,» continue with meetings at the Capitol and conduct an interview with FOX News Channel's Bret Baier.

New York City has made strides in loosening up policies related to marijuana — in 2014, the city decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, leading to the lowest level of marijuana related arrests in since 1996.

«With just a small change in policy New York can make a big difference for a majority female workforce.

Excerpt: «Public policy needs to «listen the science» to build a sustainable economy made of relocalized (meaning to make local again) manufacturing clean energy industries and creating conditions so that small businesses can thrive.

Eliminate Burdensome Paperwork Requirements for Craft Manufacturers: At the 2012 Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit, Governor Cuomo ended the State Liquor Authority's policy prohibiting multiple manufacturing licenses at the same location, recognizing the additional burdens this placed, for example, on a small winery that wanted to also make whiskey — including building a separate facility.