Sentences with phrase «public employees facing»

Senate GOP staffers are getting cost - of - living raises averaging 6 percent as public employees face furloughs, a pay freeze and even possibly layoffs.

She has an in - depth understanding of the legal challenges government officials and public employees face, and she uses this understanding to help our clients achieve the best possible results.

Not exact matches

According to former employees, Facebook, Google and Twitter all worry that if they are public about their true level of cooperation with Western law enforcement agencies, they will face endless demands for similar action from countries around the world.

The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliefs.

Uber faced further tumult last month when Susan Fowler, a former employee, wrote a public blog post detailing what she described as her experience being subjected to sexual harassment while having the company's human resources department ignore her complaints.

Broward School Board members took a stand against arming school employees Tuesday, while facing harsh public criticism about how well the district protects and cares for its students.

A great way to increase engagement, brand awareness and traffic would be to add public facing Q&A forum where PC employees could respond to questions.

One difference that LGBT employees face in the hospitality industry is their interaction with the general public.

American's have been brainwashed to think public sector unions are a problem... in reality — facing greater income inequality it is time for private sector employees to fully understand the benefits of collective bargaining!

With the city facing more budget cuts or even, as she suggested, «insolvency,» Miner was hoping for relief in an area where Albany is itself the prime culprit because of the exploding cost of pensions and benefits promised to public employees.

The mailing was sent out in the districts of Sheila Harsdorff and Rob Cowles who are both anti-gay GOP representatives who backed Govenor Scott Walker's attempt to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees and are facing recall challenges from progressive Democrats Shelly Moore and Nancy Nusbaum

In a short interview today, Brynien said his efforts have saved jobs, even in the face of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful efforts to wring concessions from the state's second - largest public employees union.

With a now former county department head, ex-Social Services Commissioner Dirschberger, facing rape and criminal sex act counts in an Albany case involving a subordinate, members of the Legislature's minority caucus want to know how many harassment or discrimination cases have involved county employees in recent years, how many were settled and whether public dollars were used to fund those settlements.

Some of the increase came from de Blasio's addition of roughly 16,000 employees to the public payroll, which he insisted in the face of criticism was «best money spent.»

«I think we're looking at the landscape of opportunities to talk about the issues facing Connecticut,» said Kurantowicz, a Connecticut - based employee of CAP Public Affairs, a national political consulting firm whose founders include two former senior staffers of the Republican National Committee.

As foreshadowed by the Post, Mayor Bloomberg has called for the layoff of thousands of public employees, saying the city «simply can not afford the size of our current workforce» in the face of a mounting budget deficit.

Among the findings: States will face continued pressure due to skyrocketing Medicaid costs, underfunded pensions for retired public employees and volatile tax revenues, as well as reduced federal funding.

The Public Employees Federation voted down a contract proposal with the state, and face layoffs.

By educating the public we can conquer the challenging outcomes that our employees are faced with on a daily basis in identifying the services that each individual needs.»

Cuomo, increasingly worried that many cities and counties face the threat of financial bankruptcy, is also considering tying pay hikes to «significant» mandate relief for local governments, including possible changes in «Triborough Law,» which favors public - employee unions over local governments in contract talks, a source close to the Legislature said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state worker union, the Public Employees Federation, are going down to the wire over a deal to forge a new contract agreement or face 3500 lay offs.

While acknowledging that he faces an uphill struggle, Hawkins listed a number of things that will impact on his viability: one, that he be included in a series of debates (a critical factor for Ventura); second, that the public employee unions whose members have been under assault by Cuomo provide him with support; and third, that the media give him equal coverage and status in the narrative of the campaign.

Marty Beil, whom many call the face of public employee unions in Wisconsin, said Wednesday that he is retiring.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Marty Beil, whom many call the face of public employee unions in Wisconsin, said Wednesday that he is retiring.

Faced with devastating budget cuts from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and a deeply hostile electorate, New York's most influential public - employee unions have unexpectedly shifted their strategy for defending cherished government programs and worker benefits.

The effort on part of employers» and big business is yet another example of the race to the bottom mentality and how to vilify public employees rather than address the real problems that our local communities face.

Pension plans across the nation are facing shortfalls, with both corporate plans and those for public employees like teachers and firefighters owing more to retirees than the investment funds can possibly pay.

Another bill would crack down on sexual harassment in the public sector by outlining the rights of employees and interns facing harassment, would make supervisors accountable for bad conduct they were aware of but allowed to continue, and require legislative investigations into harassment cases, which currently can stretch out for a year, to be concluded within two months.

In addition to hearing a major case involving public - employee unions, the U.S. Supreme Court may face a wide range of disputes of keen interest to the education community.

In public education, by contrast, local decisionmakers have few or no incentives to make good use of data in assessing their employees because public schools face no meaningful competition.

The battle comes at a time when other public - employee unions are under assault as governments face budget crunches.

Accordingly, the People of the State of California declare that to secure the constitutional guarantee of students and staff to be safe and secure in their persons at public primary, elementary, junior high and senior high school campuses, school districts must have the appropriate statutory authority to expeditiously remove and permanently dismiss perpetrators of egregious misconduct without facing lengthy and costly litigation or creating incentives to transfer the school employee to another assignment, school or school district.

In fact, faced with limited resources in Bridgeport and Windham, both of these «education reformers» have laid off Connecticut public employees to make room for the out - of - state consultants and companies.

It is imperative for all employees to understand how emissions regulations impact their specific job role, as well as the entire company because manufacturers who violate standards must pay expensive fines and face public rebuke.

The states face a combined shortfall of $ 125 billion, and to help balance their budgets, some are making draconian cuts in public education and employees, including, of course, teachers.

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.

Employees are the face of the business that the purchasing public sees and hears, and they produce the work by which the company is judged.

Many other states still face a precarious fiscal situation in large part due to unfunded pension and other liabilities for public employees.

Marketing and advertising documents about climate change, including communications to employees and spokesmen about how to discuss the subject, as well as advertisements and other public - facing documents.

Public pension crisis: States across the country face structural budget deficits as a result of too - generous pension promises made to their employees.

When public facing organisations appear to value male employees more than their female counterparts, this will inevitably result in public outcry.

Taft Local Government attorneys work closely with local government representatives to keep them apprised of regulatory and statutory changes and to assist in problem solving on difficult issues that public entities face daily, such as revenue generation, service delivery, tax exemptions, construction, inter-governmental agreements, jurisdictional boundaries, labor and employee - related matters.

Given that employees would become aware of compensation trends in their workplaces based on the content of the pay transparency reports, those larger and public sector employers would likely face an increase in demands for pay increases by their employees.

The implementation policy must also state that employees of the public body are required to have their face uncovered.

The requirements in the Bill will not prevent public employees from wearing a hijab because it does not cover the face.

It does require employees of public bodies to work with their face exposed unless they have to cover their face because of a work - related task or occupational health and safety issues.

Just think about it: A public administration employee faces different risks from someone in the retail or health care world.

Since its public debut, Blue Apron has been hit with a couple of lawsuits — one from a former employee alleging violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and a couple from law firms alleging Blue Apron misrepresented the challenges it faces with customer retention, delayed orders and reduced ad spend.

While Iovine was the public face of Apple Music and held meetings with employees and artists in Los Angeles, in recent years «most of Apple Music's operations» had been designated to Robert Kondrk and Jeff Robbin, overseeing business and engineering sides respectively.

The Google employee likely wanted the bug entry, along with power report, moved from the public - facing Issue Tracker.