Sentences with phrase «raised around policies»

Concern has also been raised around policies relating to equity and diversity in law firms.

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This is a rather unusual move that certainly raises questions around how far the Trump administration is willing to go to defend its protectionist policies and whether intervening in the private sector will become a norm.

Stock markets were routed around the globe on Monday and bond yields rose as resurgent U.S. inflation raised the possibility central banks would tighten policy more aggressively than had been expected.

Mr. Trump raised the specter of action with an early morning Twitter post, saying: «Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the world.

Because of the raising of the standard deduction and other changes like the reduction of the SALT deduction only around 5 % of filers will itemize deductions under the new Republican tax plan, (7 million filers estimated in linked Tax Policy Center report, page 7, in analysis of previous House version).

The Federal Reserve started raising rates in 1986 to combat inflation as equity markets had enjoyed a stellar run - up; tightened monetary policy at home was welcomed with a steep sell - off that became known as «Black Monday» and led to stock market crashes around the globe, starting in Hong Kong and spreading to Europe.

Moreover, reversing the direction of policy would hardly be helpful for central bank credibility as the central banks around the world who raised rates and then were forced to reverse themselves have discovered.

I'm sure there's a lot of ink on these in today's papers, mainly around proposals to raise the retirement age (which we actually did two years ago, except the Trudeau government reversed it, but now evidence - based policy FTW, as the kids say).

To turn GDP growth around, Yellen recommended that Congress adopts policies that «encourage business investment and capital formation, improve the nation's infrastructure, raise the quality of our educational system, and support innovation and the adoption of new technologies.»

In social policy, the Party is committed to fighting poverty by gradually raising the minimum wage to $ 10 per hour, and indexing it to the cost of living thereafter; implementing rent guidelines and close loopholes around condo conversions to protect rental tenants; ensuring that provincial contracts and grants enable organizations to provide a living wage to employees.

The Society's other main streams of work are around raising awareness of the Muslim community and Muslim issues, supporting other Muslim groups and influencing policy development.

I believe that if an organization has volunteer training, program policies and a comprehensive screening process with disqualifiers in place and someone is still discouraged from volunteering — then good because that raises a big red flag that this individual might just have something more that they are worried about and probably shouldn't be around children!

to raise awareness about the issues surrounding pregnancy and baby loss in the UK, and push for tangible improvements in services, support, research or policy around bereavement support

The unexpected election of Donald Trump as US President raises many profound questions about the growth of populist politics around the world and the nature of his future policy programme at home and abroad.

Mixed messages from the Coalition government around schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions about whether they have a firm position on schooling at all.

Michael Gove has been described as an education tourist, spending his time shopping around southeast Asian and Scandinavian countries looking for policies he can claim will raise standards and which fit with his own dogmatic perception of what schools should look like.

«We reiterate our call on the Government to introduce an Environmental Taxes framework or «roadmap» to provide much needed clarity around the future direction of environmental tax policy as taxes which merely shift pollution elsewhere, or which raise revenue without leading to greener behaviour, are failing to do their job.»

Around the Capitol, reporters last night took to referring to the minimum wage deal as «Frankenwage» because it was a serious of policies all jammed awkwardly together, and also for a while there, simply refused to rise up and live, no matter how much gubernatorial energy (cajoling to outright threats of wage boards or loss of a pay raise, according to several lawmakers) was pumped into it.

In a dramatic intervention in the middle of the week that raised the pulse of the conference, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Vivian Wineman, wrote to Cameron raising questions about whether the Tories had checked out Kaminski's CV before appointing him to head the ECR — around which the Tories» entire European policy now revolves.

As we looked for patterns among the anniversary stories, and between those stories and articles from an 18 - month period around the blazes, we paid close attention to whether stories raised policy problems and identified actions that government or individuals should take.

While there is only so much that can be done in terms of policy and research, raising awareness around the need for more organ donors remains paramount in the effort to save more lives.

The decline in equity, with African American students falling behind students from other racial / ethnic groups, is particularly disturbing and has raised questions about the policies around school closings and openings, which disproportionately affected African American students.

On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, Cantor was among several high - profile lawmakers raising a GOP voice in the national discourse around poverty and policy.

The first was an Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book; the second was a campaign to raise awareness around Amazon's change to its Buy Button policy; the third was the Hybrid Publisher Criteria.

Publicly funded animal control agencies also operate under a range of policies, but because they are charged by law with protecting the community from dogs that are nuisances or dangerous and because they do no fund - raising around humane issues, they are often denigrated as animal killers.

Part of the reason that elements of the climate change debate take on religious proportions — by the activists for and against policy — is that folks have so dug in around almost every aspect of the debate that it is hard to raise a question about some uncritically accepted element of the religious canon without folks first attacking you as an untrained heathen.

Learning from one another accelerates policy adoption and improves implementation by raising awareness of what has and hasn't worked around the world.

I hope that nobody is saying that those questions are settled, but, as a skeptic, I go much further than not settled: I think that the uncertainty around those questions is so high that the only policies defendable are the no - regret one, the one that could be defended without even raising CO2 issue.

Advising an international business on the implementation of data protection policies and procedures for their employees worldwide, including establishing a whistleblowing hotline, investigation protocol and dealing with issues raised through the hotline from around the world.

The latest episode of the new video podcast Social Mediators by Thornley Fallis PR professionals Joseph Thornley, Terry Fallis and Dave Fleet raises some good questions about employee policies, especially around social media.

Similar questions have been raised around the Obama immigration policies, state - legalized marijuana, etc..

According to New India Assurance chairman G Srinivasan, insurance companies will start selling policies next month and hope to raise around Rs 360 crore as premium in the first year.

A typical group life insurance policy clocks in at around $ 250,000 — a lot of money, sure, but barely enough to cover both mortgage payments and raising a child.

Whether you're shopping around for a new auto insurance policy or planning to keep the one you have, raising your annual deductible is a smart way to save on your monthly premiums.

The opposite can be a likely scenario, however: auto insurers might raise your premium based on the likelihood of you not shopping around for a new policy with another insurer.

The Commission provides advisory services to state agencies, as well as recommendations for laws, programs, and policies that target children and families.27 In addition to serving as a clearinghouse and coordinating body for all government and nongovernmental activities and information around responsible fatherhood, the Commission promotes and financially supports programs for fathers, raises public awareness about the importance of father involvement, recognizes outstanding fathers and fatherhood programs in the state, and identifies and supports best practices in father involvement.

There is much to be done to turn these trends around and Voices for Children is active in advocating for policies that will help do just that, like raising the minimum wage, promoting college savings programs, and being mindful of the family bottom line.

In addition to low national appreciation of 1.5 percent for 2007 and plenty of inventory in markets around the country, the Fed has stopped raising interest rates and appears to be holding to a neutral policy for the near future.

«Mortgage rates will likely stay low over the next few months as market participants await the Federal Reserve's decisions on whether and when to raise its short - term policy rate... our forecast calls for mortgage rates to drift slightly higher over the next six months, increasing more around September when we anticipate the Fed will begin raising rates.»