Sentences with phrase «rate than in the private sector»

Huge federal, state and local government unionization — much higher unionization rates than in the private sector, including manufacturing — makes it very hard to trim fat from the government.

What's more, data from Aon Hewitt, the human resources and consulting company, shows government employees are both passively and actively looking for a new job at a slower rate than in the private sector.

Not exact matches

Programs that provide skills development, mentoring and clear pathways to success from cradle to college and career, can generate benefits that are more than three times their costs, exceeding the rates of return seen in many private sector business investments.

The private sector often demands rates of return far greater than public sector borrowing costs, especially in the current low interest rate environment.

The US export sector is getting the benefit of a lower dollar; there's a significant fiscal package in the pipeline, which will add more than 1 per cent of GDP to private spending power; and sharp cuts have been made in US official interest rates, with financial markets expecting more to come.

The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).

The PBO identified four key downside risks to the private sector forecast: global growth, especially in the U.S. could be slower than anticipated; the appreciation of the Canadian dollar could adversely affect exports; sovereign debt issues in Europe could restrain recovery there and put upward pressure on global interest rates; and the high level of household debt in Canada could restrain domestic demand.

The WCI for the public sector continues to rise more quickly (at a rate of 4.7 per cent in year - ended terms) than that for the private sector (3.2 per cent).

«Conservative support is 38 per cent in the public sector, but 45 per cent in the private sector, while Labour's rating is slightly lower in the public than the private sector, at 26 against 29 per cent.

The research suggested that starting rates for lower - paid admin civil service staff were «in line with or slightly higher than» those in the private sector.

«This comprehensive plan will reduce the tax rate for middle class families to their lowest levels in more than fifty years, create thousands of new private sector jobs, and begin to turn our economy around.

Nowhere has that been more acute than the Southern Tier, where private - sector job growth is among the lowest in the state, and according to five - year figures provided by the state's Budget Division, almost one - seventh the rate of the Big Apple.

In the summer of 2016, PolitiFact New York rated as True the governor's claim that 800,000 jobs had been created, the unemployment rate fell by almost half, and the state had more private sector jobs than ever before.

During a press briefing in Ontario County, Gov. Cuomo told a group of reporters that 800,000 jobs had been created, the unemployment rate fell by almost half, and the state had more private sector jobs than ever before.

«We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history»

• On a year - ago basis, private sector employment in November was only 0.1 % higher than in 2013, compared to a U.S. growth rate of 2.3 %.

The unionization rate is higher for the public sector than for the private sector (50 percent vs. 14 percent in the EBS data), suggesting that unionization explains some portion of each of these patterns (see Figure 3).

In the most recent quarter for which data are reported, ending September 2008, the employer contribution rate for public K — 12 teachers (14.6 percent) was 4.2 points higher than that for private - sector professionals (10.4 percent).

The fact that Milwaukee voucher students advanced through their college years at better rates than the comparison group indicates that their higher high - school graduation rate was not driven by possibly - lower diploma standards in the private - school sector.

• In all but the private sector, parents of elementary - aged children are more satisfied with their schools than are parents of children in their high - school years, but charter schools gather higher rates of satisfaction than assigned district schools at all age levelIn all but the private sector, parents of elementary - aged children are more satisfied with their schools than are parents of children in their high - school years, but charter schools gather higher rates of satisfaction than assigned district schools at all age levelin their high - school years, but charter schools gather higher rates of satisfaction than assigned district schools at all age levels.

Specifically, POGO's study shows that the federal government approves service contract billing rates — deemed fair and reasonable — that pay contractors 1.83 times more than the government pays federal employees in total compensation, and more than 2 times the total compensation paid in the private sector for comparable services.

If the FAFSA isn't filed, your only loan options for the next academic year will be in the private sector — which typically come with much higher interest rates than federal student loans.

Since the rate of pay is usually lower than it would be in the private sector, many military applicants face difficulties due to CCJs, IVA, arrears and defaults.

Interestingly enough, it is in one sense harder to qualify for an FHA loan than for many of the private - sector toxic loans which are now failing at impressive rates.

But low interest rates and weak prices have made homeownership more affordable than it's been in decades, the report noted, and several strong months of private - sector job growth in early 2011 are «encouraging signs of a housing market rebound.»