Sentences with phrase «receive a raise despite»

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Members of a commission tasked with determining legislative salaries decided Tuesday that state lawmakers will not receive a raise despite nearly two decades without one.

Not exact matches

The protest concerned the fact that several Emera and Nova Scotia Power executives had received substantial raises, despite the fact that Nova Scotia Power recently went before the province's Utility and Review Board to get approval for an electricity price hike.

Kelly received a raise of only 25 % in 2014, based on figures provided to Fortune by Equilar, despite delivering a total stockholder return of more than 126 % to shareholders.

Only 37 percent of millennials have ever asked for a raise, according to a recent PayScale report, despite the fact that 43 percent of those who asked received the pay increase they were looking for.

Despite the thorough thrashing the two books received at the hand of critics, both became best sellers — which raises the not insensitive question of why Americans pay so much attention to the New York Times best sellers list.

Despite the objections raised by some of the family, Waugh had brought a priest to his bedside, and had been rewarded when a flicker of Hubert's eyes showed that he had gratefully received the divine mercy.

While they've personally never attacked me (despite the fact that my first child regularly received formula in addition to breast milk), their slights against other women raise my hackles and I feel the need to jump into the fray.

Perhaps if Arthur only expected a 3 % raise but received a 5 % raise, while Emily expected a 15 % raise but only received one worth 10 %, then indeed Arthur would be more satisfied with his outcome, despite it being objectively lower than Emily's outcome.

Despite the signs of depression and family stress, researchers also found that the grandmothers, especially those raising grandchildren, were generally open to receiving various forms of help.

Overall, the number of GCSE grades raised after appeal jumped by 50 % compared with 2016, as nearly 74,000 entries received higher grades despite Ofqual's reforms designed to halt an upward creep in re-marking.

The next tier of brokers is represented by BMO InvestorLine, which did something truly innovative this year and introduced an option for clients to receive advice on portfolio building, and Scotia iTrade, which ranks well despite having raised some costs in the past year.

Inspired by her experience raising a Standard Poodle named Jordan — whose lifespan turned out to be far too short despite receiving vigilant care using the products and best practices available at the time — Weiss founded Ark Naturals on a handful of pet vitamin products under the Nu - Pet brand, which she acquired from a company that had been selling into the veterinary channel.

Despite having 29 days to go the campaign has already received a lot of support from over 2000 sponsors, who have pledged money towards the campaign raising close to $ 160,000 of the $ 600,000 funding goal.The title has also seen help from the «Kickstarter» itself with the game being made a Staff Pick.

Despite no longer receiving provincial funding, ONIWG continues to lobby and raise public awareness (see current Workers» Comp Is a Right campaign) about what needs to be fixed in Ontario's broken workers» compensation system.

Despite all the issues, however, Bohn is giving the Chromebook pro the benefit of the doubt because he spoke to Chrome OS engineers and they had assured him that the issues he raised are already on their way to receiving a fix.