Sentences with phrase «preferential treatment»

The ACCC is proposing to allow DP World Australia Ltd and Patrick Stevedores to give preferential treatment of truck carriers engaging in dual runs at the Port of Fremantle.

This is the same team that got preferential treatment for years because they provided a spot to an AHL level hump who just happened to be the son of one of the NHL's top brass and whose last Cup was partly the result of refs decisions to punish Vancouver for supporting Burrows in his spat with Auger.

As a minority - owned business, the company received preferential treatment in winning contracts under the 415,000 - student district's affirmative action policy.

Combating nepotism, cronyism or other kinds of preferential treatment of particular kinds of candidates is a responsibility that falls on Human Resources.

Though online retailers like the Kindle and Nook stores can still give preferential treatment for major publishers, they're able to provide a wide swath of inventory from the long tail.

Restaurants can select their commission rate and those that pay more get preferential treatment in the search results.

Investigators want to know if donors received preferential treatment from the city in exchange for contributions to the group, which was created to promote the mayor's policy agenda.

In 2013, Katz's competitors filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration alleging that Katz's jet charter business had been given preferential treatment by state officials at the Department of Transportation after they bypassed a public bidding process when awarding his Talon Air the exclusive rights to sell fuel at Republic Airport.

They buy and sell large quantities of shares and get preferential treatment on trade commissions.

It seems however that MOD will be partly spared, facing only 7 - 8 % cuts, and education may similarly be given preferential treatment with only 10 % cuts.

Quimby noted that companies that have received exploratory leases for meteorological towers don't get preferential treatment when they apply for production leases.

«The principal issue in the US continues to be dysfunctional federal and state economic paradigms that are providing preferential treatment for other energy sources while taking nuclear's clean 24/7 baseload reliability for granted,» David Blee, executive director of the Nuclear Infrastructure Council, told TheDCNF..

The ban, adopted by a margin of 58 % to 42 %, applies to any school district, college or university, or government agency showing preferential treatment based on race, gender, or ethnicity.

A veteran teacher with tenure receives preferential treatment over newer teachers in school assignments and with respect to layoffs and dismissal procedures.

My MIL was showing blatant preferential treatment toward our son, and showing disdain, and unequal treatment for our daughter.

Enjoy preferential treatment from the moment you arrive at the airport with priority check - in, security lanes (where available), boarding and baggage handling.

In addition to enhanced communication features, you get preferential treatment as a Gold member, with longer email storage, full profile access (allowing you to see all profile details, images and uploaded videos) and more space on your hotlist.

I'm not racist and I'll prove it by affording preferential treatment to non whites, particularly black people because of y» know, the whole slavery thing.

This usually occurs through a variety of loopholes (some schools maintaining neighborhood, sibling, or other preferential treatment), lack of equal access in the stratification by race and class in terms of access to higher performing schools.»

Add to these bureaucratic inefficiencies the curious case of Judy Sgro, the former immigration minister who resigned from cabinet in January following a pair of scandals involving the alleged preferential treatment of immigrants who were associated with her campaign office.

In a political crucible in which preferential treatment and race - based laws are advocated by the liberal establishment, a National Association for the Advancement of White People can look like an equal opportunity party.

Things like preferential treatment, which can prevent you from getting bumped off an overbooked flight or land you in first class even though you only purchased a coach ticket, are invaluable if you travel often.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has frequently criticized Eva Moskowitz as he has criticized the larger charter movement, accusing Moskowitz's schools of receiving preferential treatment under the Bloomberg administration.

It is a little nonrealistic in a military setting for him to get such preferential treatment.

His decision provoked an angry backlash of editorials and newspaper articles claiming preferential treatment by one prosecutor for another — editorials and articles that named me publicly for the first time as the person involved.

The packaged flour would therefore not see preferential treatment and would be most likely subject to tariffs.

Such research should not be given preferential treatment compared to other sources of research — there should be a level playing field and not favored models or groups... (p. 188)

Don't provide preferential treatment based on gender...»

Should the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allow ISPs to block traffic or offer preferential treatment, this regulation would equate to a business black hole for entrepreneurs and small - to medium - sized businesses.

When you've had something to which you feel entitled (the right to vote, electrical power, preferential treatment because of your race or gender, etc.) and then lose it, you grow angry and self - destructive.

The PS4 version has gotten not only preferential treatment with betas, but it will also receive exclusive content themed around Horizon: Zero Dawn, and a special edition Monster Hunter PS4 Pro bundle is on the way.

I have management, market development and account management skills as a proven performer that can demonstrate the ability to gain account loyalty and win preferential treatment for products and...

Bill would modify the Local Control Funding Formula to add money for the lowest - performing student group; it could violate the law barring preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity.

Section 2 also requires that a CRA shall not engage in bribery or fraudulent activity to obtain preferential treatment from a public official, provide clients with all federal FCRA - required documents, and obtain a signed agreement from clients in which they agree to meet the requirements of the federal FCRA and applicable state laws.

We want preferential treatment for all our children.

And so to avoid preferential treatment or unintentional slights, I agree with Bloomberg.

However, he wasn't a big fan of Van Gaal's man - management skills with the gruff veteran notoriously known for his lack of preferential treatment towards world class players.

got much preferential treatment and he played a popular sport.

Wenger is giving Ozil preferential treatment than other players.

If he, and Carrillo, have been granted preferential treatment, the same may be said of Morata.

The Department of Education shall give school divisions containing at - risk schools preferential treatment when considering applications and may otherwise use competitive criteria in reviewing grant applications for funding.

Japan North America: U.S. and Canada Europe: 11 ESO member states (UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Belgium, Portugal), and Spain Chile (* as the host country, Chile provides lands and preferential treatment concerning taxes for the ALMA Project).

The law may indeed sometimes require preferential treatment in order to achieve the desired level of protection, but that requirement (enshrined in SDA 1975, s 2 (2) for these purposes) is only to do that which is reasonably necessary to remove any inherent disadvantage for the absent employee.

Here are some niche options to try that won't violate fair housing laws, which prohibit preferential treatment or discrimination in housing based on race, national origin, color, sex, familial status, religion, or handicap.

The order also forbids preferential treatment of traffic, which could occur if a broadband provider also offers content or services that compete with services offered by smaller companies.

As a converse, it doesn't matter WHAT you do, as soon as you grant more power / more budgets to the government, it will ALWAYS be more cost effective for someone to spend X amount of money on lobbying to obtain a lot more than X in government preferential treatment.

You know them well — they'll go out of their way to befriend and manipulate management in order to negotiate preferential treatment.

Executives and lobbyists have a host of reasons for why preferential treatment should be allowed online, most of them illustrated by analogies to other, similar services.

So, for example, if you held it longer than a year, it's a long - term gain that has more preferential treatment than short - term gains.