Sentences with phrase «state workers at»

A new audit by the state comptroller finds that out of a sample of state workers at New York agencies and authorities, more than one fifth were double dipping, being paid for two jobs while only doing one.

When pressed on whether or not the mandate relief team should specifically call for changes to the Triborough Amendment, which guarantees raises for some state workers at previous levels after their contract runs out, Duffy didn't dismiss the idea.

Amid what one person described as intolerably hot conditions, dozens of state workers at 40 North Pearl St. were sent home yesterday when the building heated up from an unseasonably warm weekend and after the Office of General Services had disabled the cooling system.

A new audit by the New York State Comptroller finds that out of a sample of state workers at state agencies and authorities, more than a fifth were double dipping, being paid for two jobs while doing only one.

Trump enraged civil libertarians a year ago by calling for an outright ban on Muslims entering the nation, following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., that resulted in the deaths of 14 state workers at a holiday party.

Many of the contracts under investigation involve SUNY Polytech Institute and its executive director, Alain Kaloyeros, the highest - paid state worker at $ 1.16 million.

Not exact matches

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has fired back at union claims that the resources sector does nothing to train the state's workforce, but relies on migrants and poaching workers from other industri

Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits to state workers.

«It's really about calculating the cost of hiring new workers to the business,» says John Sullivan, former chief talent officer for Agilent Technologies and a professor of management at San Francisco State University.

A 2014 Gallup poll states that 70 % of US workers are not engaged at work.

Workers at the plant cheered when the United States imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese drilling pipe in 2009 and 2011.

We also looked at the cost of wages and state workers» compensation insurance, as well as rental costs for office and industrial space.

By 2021, fast food workers across the state should all be earning, at a minimum, $ 15 an hour.

Foreign automakers have been attracted to southern states in part because the United Auto Workers union is particularly weak in the region, having failed to organize Tennessee autoworkers at factories in Smyrna and Chattanooga.

That's why the latest Gallup State of The American Workplace report shows that «70 percent of U.S. workers are not engaged or actively disengaged at work.»

Post-election indications that Julia Gillard is prepared to look at population needs on a state - by - state basis are good news for WA, where skilled workers are needed.

«The fact is that Trump has had the opportunity to bring jobs to Americans, and he's chosen to outsource them,» said Larry Brown, legislative and political director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751, which represents about 32,000 workers in the state, mostly at Workers District Lodge 751, which represents about 32,000 workers in the state, mostly at workers in the state, mostly at Boeing.

And the association has been joining hands with groups like Silicon Valley Leadership Group to show members of Congress how the economies of states like California are almost entirely dependent on foreign workers, from the people who grow and produce food there to the people who are creating high - tech jobs at startups in Silicon Valley, Regelbrugge says

Their research estimates that, along with recent nondiscrimination laws at the state level, the White House ban will prevent employers from discriminating against 14 million LGBT workers.

A snowmageddon such as the storm experienced by much of the United States this week isn't just a logistical nightmare for those trying to travel — it can create conflicts between workers and managers at small businesses.

«By shirking its responsibilities to pay its workers,» states the document, the «defendant is in essence thumbing its nose both at their workers and the taxing authorities of all states and the U.S. government.»

One survey of U.S. workers indicated that 57 % of people have judged a colleague by looking at the state of their desk: a tidy one suggests a worker who is organized and accomplished.

But slicing the data shows that, at least in the United States, those who spend up to 20 percent of their time working remotely are the most engaged of all workers surveyed.

Indeed, for a second year in a row, both North Carolina and Texas might have finished at or nearer to the top of our rankings had either state decided to be a bit more welcoming to workers.

Reuters reported that state - owned PDVSA is completely falling apart, with workers walking off the job at a frightening pace.

«The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database.»

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

At 31 years old, I'm 3 classes away from my undergraduate, have run and lost a State Senate race, can debate Hayek and Keynes with economics Professors, debate Nietzsche and Schopenhauer with philosophy professors, and talk occupy politics with working class youth, unemployed workers and homeless bums on the streets of Atlanta.

Employers are adopting resilience training for their employees at a rate faster than any other intervention in the United States.1 Resilience — the ability to use positive mental skills to remain psychologically steady and focused when faced with challenges or adversity — contributes substantially to how workers deal with stress and perform at work.2, 3 Employers are developing resilience to achieve a competitive advantage, similar to how the military trains active duty soldiers and their family members to withstand challenges.4, 5

The company said individual cases about worker classification in at least five other states, including Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas, have resulted in rulings that categorize drivers as contractors.

If the state funds these unproductive workers by borrowing at repressed rates from households, or by otherwise raising direct or hidden household taxes, this way of managing unemployment will indeed serve simply to prevent or even reverse the adjustment process.

What's going on is that thousands of oil workers are fleeing the state - run oil firm under the watch of its new military commander, who has quickly alienated the firm's embattled upper echelon and its rank - and - file, according to union leaders, a half - dozen current PDVSA workers, a dozen former PDVSA workers and a half - dozen executives at foreign companies operating in Venezuela.

In at least one administrative office in Zulia state, human resources staff quit processing out the quitters, hanging a sign, «we do not accept resignations,» an oil worker there told Reuters.

In remarks at the time, she connected her professional journey to the lives of service workers across the state.

That included backing from two chapters of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees representing county workers at Miami International Airport (Local 1542) and in the county's trash - hauling department (Local 3292).

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Under the Connecticut bill, employees who are at least 19, make at least $ 5,000 a year and work for companies that employ five or more workers and don't offer a retirement plan would automatically be enrolled in the state - run plan (a Roth IRA) at a default contribution rate of 3 %, according to the National Association of Plan Advisors, which cites the Connecticut Post.

The Brazilian iron - ore producer will give workers at its Serra Azul unit in the Minas Gerais state a 30 - day holiday, MMX said in a statement today.

A draft presidential memorandum at the end of the document that could be used to order the review of NAFTA orders the report to pay «extra consideration to the effects such a policy change may have on the middle class, manufacturing and service sector workers, and foreign direct investment into the United States.»

Later clashes with unionized workers at the Pine Bend Refinery and with the expanding regulatory state strengthened his resolve.

Business investment per worker in Canada is at its worst level compared to the United States in more than a quarter century, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

The order weighs how to make the country's immigration program «more merit based,» calls for site visits at companies that employ foreign workers, and tasks the Department of Homeland Security with producing a report twice a year on the total number of foreign - born people — not just nonimmigrant visa holders — who are authorized to work in the United States.

A group of workers at Venezuela's state - owned oil company is requesting wages in dollars as well as meal plans and better health insurance to make up for what they called «suffocating» economic conditions.

BEIJING (AP)-- More than 10,000 workers at a state - owned machinery manufacturer in southern China are protesting low wages and company plans to lay off thousands of staff after posting losses for three years, employees said Wednesday.

At least 29 states have made efforts in recent years to expand retirement savings program coverage for private sector workers, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

State workers receive a platinum - level health care plan at a heavily subsidized cost, while Illinoisans in the private sector paying for those plans see their own premiums skyrocket.

By contrast, the states with the highest proportion of workers making the federal minimum wage or less are Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Idaho, where between seven and eight percent of workers make at or below $ 7.25.

In 5 of the 10 «Auto Alley» states — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee — new hires at auto parts plants are paid roughly one - quarter less than the other auto parts workers in the state.

At no point did I see where it stated that Ms. Jones - Abid was hired specifically as a seasonal worker / gift wrapper.

They gathered in this district, first to plant a cross and then later, after bloody fights with the State and its forces, to build a church — a church which is due to the sweat and resistance of the workers — as Pope John Paul expressed it at his first visit to his home country.