Sentences with phrase «private sector workers on»

YouGov also asked a series of questions about public sector pensions — 74 % of people thought that public sector pensioners got a better deal than those who worked in the private sector and 60 % of those thought they did not deserve this (predictably there was a huge difference between public and private sector workers on this question — 55 % of public sector workers thought that, yes, they did deserve better pensions than the private sector).

Not exact matches

The British government assured employees working on the company's public - sector contracts that they'd be paid, but no such promises were made to workers on Carillion's contracts in the private sector.

Workers on private sector contracts, however, will be paid by the government for only 48 hours.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

In the United States last year, close to 20 percent of private - sector employees owned stock, and 7 percent held stock options, in the companies where they worked, while about one - third participated in some kind of cash profit - sharing and one - fourth in gain - sharing (when workers get additional compensation based on improvement on a metric other than profits, like sales or customer satisfaction).

Twenty states are «actively working» on state - run retirement programs for private - sector workers.

The Investment Company Institute told the California state treasurer Thursday to delay further implementation of the state's «secure choice» state - run retirement plan for private sector workers until further analysis is conducted on «unrealistic or incomplete» assumptions in a state - sponsored feasibility study.

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

The study shows that on average, male workers actually make slightly more in the private sector than comparable occupations in the public sector.

On top of private sector revamps, state and local governments have been shedding workers in recent years.

Eroding pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited ability to absorb income cuts is quite in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on public sector workers and improve the profitability of their corporate friends in the private sector.

«Vested interests are trying to create a wedge between public and private sector workers, when in reality they have common cause on this.

A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.

The salary - linked pensions are very generous compared with much of the private sector, for example, but not only would such a change be likely to outrage several million well - unionised workers all at once (and MPs) but it would have little short - term impact on finances as the pre-existing commitments would be unaffected.

For all the changes the area has gone through, it's held on to a large part of its middle class core: white and blue collar civil servants, private sector professionals, union workers and small entrepreneurs.

«It is on record that we have never, since the inception of this administration, had any dispute with the organized labour and I will be the first to admit that the Labour Unions in Lagos State have been most responsible and while, at the same time, being dogged in their advocacy for the promotion of the interests of workers in Lagos State, both in the public and private sector groups.

When workers in the private sector are facing pay restraint, a 1 % average limit on annual increases is necessary to minimise public sector job losses.

Prisoners and people on welfare receive far better medical care and coverage than many private sector workers or self - employed people.

«On Friday we'll be hearing from Len McCluskey, the newly elected general secretary of Unite - a union like ours that represents workers in both the public and private sectors, a union that knows the importance of campaigning hard, and a union with which we will be signing a joint agreement to embed our new working relationship at every level.

While he's always kept close ties to private - sector unions, the governor is much tougher on public employee unions, including those that represent teachers and state workers.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

Northwell Health, the state's largest private - sector employer, is examining worker schedules and helping to arrange carpools for 378 employees who live on Long Island and work at its Manhattan hospitals, which have a total workforce of 3,995, according to Barbara Osborn, a spokeswoman for Northwell, which is based in New Hyde Park.

The current Gov. Cuomo, conducting an aggressive, union - backed crusade in his father's name for a mandatory $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, unleashed a jaw - dropping attack on a portion of the private sector last week by claiming low - wage businesses are «stealing from the taxpayers of this state» because their workers are entitled to state and federal benefits.

The school boards group also urges a statewide freeze on government salaries - which would save billions without laying off a single employee or cutting back a single service - and requiring all workers to pay at least 10 % of their health insurance costs, which is less than most private - sector workers shell out.

On the subject of public and private sector workers, note the main voting intention question.

If you want to see an assault on workers, look at what public sector unions want to do to private sector workers» paychecks to have them support their ever - increasing demands.

CITY HALL — City workers are paid 17 percent less, on average, than their colleagues in the private sector, according to a new report released Wednesday by City Comptroller John Liu.

«What the union is insisting on is a package of wages of benefits that exceed that of the private sector,» Mr. Linn said, adding that the carpenters are using a «technicality» to try and get more money than workers in the private sector.

On average, the number of sick days used by public sector employees is nearly three times that of private sector workers, who took an average of three days off in 2008, the New York Post reported Thursday.

The lineup of opposition groups includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says «gold - plated» public sector pensions are «unfair» on private sector workers, but the unions call his statement «scaremongering».

On an hourly basis, the typical public sector worker is now 30 % better paid than the typical worker in the private sector.

Research by Alicia Munnell and colleagues at Boston College's Center for Retirement Research, published in 2011, challenges whether public - sector job security has been greater in recent years, noting that «the peak - to - present drops in employment for state - local and private - sector workers can be projected almost perfectly based on the educational attainment of the respective sectors.»

The newly energized teachers unions appealed to the AFL - CIO for help in getting state legislatures to pass laws that put teachers on much the same footing as those in unions representing workers in the private sector.

Nonetheless, as Figure 3 also indicates, a larger share of school employees who were working in 2008 were still on the job in 2012 than the share of workers still employed in the private sector in 2012.

The state has one of the highest per - capita incomes in the country, and the average teacher makes $ 66,597, which even with benefits is on par with or slightly behind similarly educated private sector workers, according to Jeffrey H. Keefe, a Rutgers professor who studied the issue for the liberal - leaning Economic Policy Institute.

To put it another way, most teachers are getting less from their employer than if they worked for a private - sector company where workers got Social Security and a 5 percent match on 401k contributions.

Teachers are particularly vulnerable at a time when so few private sector workers have union benefits, and when there's so little political will for improving education by spending more on it.

This is maybe a bit more than most private - sector workers receive, but it's not overly generous; it would be comparable to 5 percent employer match on a 401k plan.

The Pew Center on the States has posted a new dataset based on Census numbers, comparing average wages for private sector workers and government workers in all 50 states from 2007 through 2012.

Already, 74 % of workers in the private sector are responsible for funding their retirement on their own.

On the surface, the 403 (b) looks a lot like the 401 (k) that workers in the private sector use to save for retirement.

While DB plans are still widespread for workers in the public sector (including the above pensions), they are much rarer in the private sector and becoming rarer as time goes on as major employers attempt to replace DB plans with defined - contribution plans.

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Statistics indicate that nearly six million private sector workers are injured every year while on the job.

Anne provides advice and representation to both private and public sector employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues including human rights and accommodation, grievance arbitrations, wrongful dismissals, employment standards, and worker's compensation.

Worker status has also been a key development this month with the EAT agreeing with an employment tribunal that Uber drivers are workers, a CAC decision about Deliveroo riders (which went the other way), a combined report from two House of Commons Select Committees on modern working practices, and budget announcements about IR35 reform in the private sector.

In 2013, more than 20 percent of private - sector worker fatalities in the United States took place on a construction site, which means those who work in the industry have a fairly high likelihood of being injured or killed on the job.

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