Sentences with phrase «public workers reported»

Think Progress (which made the following infographic) reports, «In 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.»

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

Cuts landing everywhere, massive workload increases, discrimination, disrespect, workplace bullying and harassment (one in five federal public workers report being harassed at work, nearly two - thirds of them by their managers)-- the causes are many.

Not exact matches

According to a 2011 Institute for Women's Policy Research report, the gap for full time - workers was 23 %, compared to 11 % in the federal government, where pay is public.

Combine that with public - sector salary disclosure laws and workers who report their earnings anonymously to online databases compiled by Glassdoor.com and Monster's Salary Wizard, and it starts to seem like the paycheque is becoming less of a secret than it once was.

Since 2014, tech companies have been reporting the demographics of their workers and have made public commitments to increase the diversity of their workforces.

A recent report from the Institute for Research on Public Policy found that women, younger workers and those in precarious or non-traditional jobs are less likely to qualify.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average wPublic Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average wpublic servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average worker.

A public inquiry into the Westray Disaster reports that workers were intimidated into ignoring safety hazards.

Rev Neil Galbraith's comments come after Boris Johnson's refused to confirm reports he's the latest cabinet minister pressing for public workers to be given bigger pay rises.

Two maintenance workers in the Orland Park Public Works Department have been on short - term disability leave for months but were pictured in ads for a professional wrestling show in May, where one appeared as a manager, ABC7 reported June 4.

«We are grateful to the many members of the public and the health workers who report marketing practices to us.

The report, which will be welcomed by the government as proof it is offering public sector workers a fair deal in difficult economic times, highlights the change from retail price index to consumer price index inflation as the most substantial change for public sector workers.

Cuomo's press conference comes on the heels of a WSJ report by Jacob Gershman (subscription required) in which the AG called public employee pensions «disproportionate,» but stopped short of backing a plan to shift more of the cost — and risk — to workers.

This is important because public reporting can help increase visibility and encourage action — potentially saving lives and improving the working conditions of millions of workers across the world.

NYC workers assigned to help homeless students are desperately overwhelmed, leaving many of those children, among the most vulnerable in the public school system, to miss enormous amounts of school and fall far behind their classmates, two reports say.

Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordreport sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on OxfordReport today on Oxfordshire.

The New York Public Interest Research Group reported recently that three of the state's largest insurers charge blue - collar workers significantly more than college - educated professionals with the same driving record.

Andy Morrison, a consumer advocate who worked on the report from the New York Public Interest Research Group, says the practice is unfair to minorities and low - income workers.

We have legislation that is not very clear in Iceland about when public workers, the bureaucrats in the system, have a duty to report or a duty to be silent.

Statement by NYS AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento on the Public Policy Institute's Workers» Compensation Report Wednesday October 31, 2012 at 03:25 pm

The recent publication of the Hutton Report on public sector pensions is the beginning of significant future reforms to the pensions of millions of public sector workers, many of whom may have to work longer and contribute more.

A report by Policy Exchange published last week claimed that public sector workers are better off than their private sector counterparts in terms of hours worked, retirement age and pension quality.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Also, last year, about half of all low - income workers in New York City «were unaware of their right to paid sick days,» according to the CSS report, which suggests the sustained need for public awareness efforts.

«There are clearly points of concern in the report but the real danger will be that some of the recommendations do not feed the coalition's irrational contempt of public service workers and therefore the more positive ones are unlikely to see the light of day.»

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

The acting state inspector general's office released a report earlier this morning that found workers for the state Public Service Commission received $ 7,000 worth of meals and golf from entities under its regulatory authority.

«If the Report recommendations on the workforce are implemented it will be akin to using schools as a test bed for removing the employment rights of workers in the public sector.

Specifically, the protesting workers urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, make public the report of a probe panel it set up on CRIN in 2014 and, in addition, re-deploy Professor Akoroda forthwith «for peace and progress to reign at CRIN.»

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

According to the report's author, Professor Kate Shannon, factors such as being forced to service clients in cars or public places, inability to access drug treatment and a prior assault by police all correlated with violence against female sex workers.

The Public Relations Officer for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Accra West, Eric Asante, has denied reports that workers of the Company went on demonstration today.

10:00 AM — Public Advocate Letitia James hosts a news conference for Workers» Rights Protections & Releasing Report on Mandatory Arbitration City Hall Steps, New York, NY

The Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest state workers union, is weighing in on this morning's reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is thinking of following in his father's footsteps and seeking a massive reduction in the state workforce in his first executive budget.

Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.

10:00 AM — Public Advocate Letitia James hosts a news conference for Workers» Rights Protections & Releasing Report on Mandatory Arbitration City Hall Steps, New York, NY 10:30 AM -LSB-...]

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.

Combining data from four different databases to look at injury occurrence and reporting in the Philadelphia Fire Department, researchers from the Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST) program of Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health discovered that, once injuries were more accurately coded, the difference in workers» compensation costs was as much as $ 1 million for some injuries.

The days filled up with school visits, speeches, reports, and meetings with parents, farmers, and workers — an exhausting commitment to public service that left little time for his parents, with whom he shared a house.

«The committee has a high degree of confidence that the new USAMRIID facility will have the appropriate and effective physical security, biosurety program, and biosafety operating practices and procedures in place to protect its workers and the public from exposures to pathogens, and any new pathogens, studied in its laboratories,» the report says.

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed test results reported late last night by the Texas Department of State Health Services» public health laboratory showing that a healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital is positive for Ebola.

«We uncovered a host of barriers and obstacles to effective use of information, including the complexity and usability of the software, the inability of the software to support certain unique public health reporting needs, the learning curve for public health workers, and the lack of standards for effective data exchange,» Agarwal says.

Building on the successful Recent Advances in Understanding Mental Illness and Psychotic Experiences (2000), this report is intended for service users, their friends and families, journalists, policymakers, mental health workers and the public.

The same BLS report provides separate tables with data for the two appropriate occupational groups: public school K — 12 teachers and private - sector «management, professional, and related» workers.

As a 2013 Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) report found, that means public sector workers end up with a pension worth up to a third less than under previous rules.

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We also compare the reported hourly income of public school teachers with that of workers in similar professions, as defined by the BLS....

It has been reported that the Chancellor believes that public sector workers, including teachers, are overpaid

Indeed, the TUC recently reported that teachers put in more overtime than any other public sector workers and Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the NUT, has said that teachers are «manifestly overworked» and that their jobs are becoming «increasingly stressful».