Sentences with phrase «status as an independent»

Consistent with their status as independent investment platforms, each investment manager determines the extent to which various research inputs are included and weighted in their investment decisions.

Elected as a PC MLA in 2008 and ejected in 2010, Dr. Sherman immediately enjoyed folk hero status as an Independent MLA for criticizing the PC Government's record on health care.

In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with Lyft.

In that capacity, he was responsible for the Division's overall profitability and extension of the Edison Awards brand, which is manifested in the Edison Awards» current status as an independent organization.

But 527s, whether they are supporting presidential candidates or state campaigns, also often have ties to the those campaigns, even as they maintain their status as independent expenditure groups.

Orr said that housing associations needed more flexibility on how to use their properties, but being forced to sell their assets did not fit well with their status as independent businesses.

However, any electoral strategy short of equidistance risks destroying the Liberal Democrats» broad appeal and threatens its status as an independent political force.

Since the formation of these consortia, participating schools have vastly improved the quality of special education services available to their students, and many have secured status as independent local educational agencies (LEAs) for special education.

The addition of this new charter - only SELPA will provide a much needed option for charter schools seeking status as independent local education agencies (LEAs) for special education, which requires membership in a SELPA.

She doesn't rule out the idea of traditional publishing but is happy with her present status as an independent author.

Consistent with their status as independent investment platforms, each investment manager determines the extent to which various research inputs are included and weighted in their investment decisions.

TVGB: Do you feel that your status as independent developers allows you to take risks that perhaps larger studios couldn't?

Unlike many other studios in the Ukraine, Frogwares was able to survive the harsh circumstances of the recent financial crash and maintain their status as an independent developer without any need for extra income from jobs in outsourcing, something that has been one of the main sources of income for many smaller studios in this country.

Speaking through a translator, Kojima excitedly announced that his new studio, Kojima Productions, would take full advantage of their status as an independent developer to ensure that his track record of women characters being abused, raped, humiliated and forced to wear revealing clothing, or no clothing at all, would be «just the beginning».

In other words, despite his official status as an independent contractor, it might be hard to argue his independence.

What makes the news of the Law Society's donations to political parties strange and concerning is, of course, the Law Society's status as an independent regulator of lawyers.

Another ESSA amendment to the McKinney - Vento Act requires school district liaisons to inform unaccompanied homeless youth of their status as independent students for financial aid (the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA) and help them obtain verification of that status.

The court based its decision on an assessment of the salesperson's status as an independent contractor, finding that some policies of the company qualified the salesperson as an employee.

This single action eliminates the years of challenges we endured to receive independent contractor status as independent business people.

In the case, sales associates affiliated with Boston Pads LLC a real estate brokerage company, challenged their status as independent contractors on the grounds that they were subject to supervision by their broker, among other things, and therefore should be considered employees based on a three - pronged test under the state's independent contractor status.

Not exact matches

McDonald's has continued to contest its status as a joint employer, arguing that it can't be held accountable for the actions of independent franchisees.

Some drivers of those companies argue they've been misclassified as independent contractors and want full employee status.

And if contract workers lose a contract or are otherwise discriminated against on the basis of age, religion, sex, disability status, or national origin, they have little recourse.15 Moreover, discretionary company - provided benefits — such as paid leave and retirement contributions — are not typically available to independent contractors.

If you're self - employed, be prepared to provide a copy of a profit and loss statement, along with references to verify your employment status if you're working as an independent contractor.

We are pleased that this commitment has been recognized: Iroquois Valley Farms obtained Certified B Corporation status in 2012; this certification is managed by the independent non-profit B Labs, which awarded Iroquois Valley as «B Corps Best for Community» in 2014 and «B Corps Best for the World» in 2016 and 2017.

As an Independent, the former Tory toyed with joining all of the four opposition parties, but eventually used his status to help propel him to win the Liberal Party leadership in 2011, defeating party stalwarts Hugh MacDonald and Laurie Blakeman.

An independent Puerto Rico could also establish a tax and regulatory framework that is suitable to its status as a middle - income country, rather than subjecting businesses to policies designed for the much richer United States.

With this as their point of departure, the bishops further suggest a process of negotiations to achieve three objectives: «First, it should formalize Israel's existence as a sovereign state in the eyes of the Arab states and the Palestinians; second, it should establish an independent Palestinian homeland with its sovereign status recognized by Israel; third, there must he negotiated limits to the exercise of Palestinian sovereignty so that it is clear that Israel's security is protected» (my emphasis).

As an independent good, the earth possesses an autonomous status as an ethical and covenanted entitAs an independent good, the earth possesses an autonomous status as an ethical and covenanted entitas an ethical and covenanted entity.

Although Biblical authority is asserted as a hallmark of the movement, it is daily called into question by the independent and contradictory theological opinions which are being given dogmatic status by evangelical writers.

Over time, the expression bled into «helpmeet,» an independent term applied exclusively to the role of wives to their husbands, and to this day, the myth that Genesis 2 relegates wives to the status of subordinate assistants persists, as is painfully evidenced by (complementarian) Debi Pearl's book, Created to Be His Help Meet, which has sold more than 200,000 copies since its publication in 2004... (and which I threw across the living room a total of seven times while reading it for research.)

Kant attempts to account for the failure of our knowing to tell us anything about the independent reality, the noumenon, by this very independence itself; whereas God, as ethically postulated, he implies, in knowing produces the to - be-known, which has no independent status in relation to God.

This common understanding of the status of space and time structure is reflected in similar treatments by Newton of gravitational forces and by Whitehead of what he terms «impetus» (a concept having gravitational and electromagnetic significance); both treat these as real physical phenomena against a framework of a uniform and independent space and time structure.

Since we correctly resist the idea that sticks and stones as such have subjectivity, we have been driven either to deny them any status independent of our experience or else to regard them as objects in an ontological sense.

By the year 1914 political independence from Western peoples was preserved only in the shrinking, badly weakened Turkish Empire; in Arabia, where encroachments had begun in Aden; in Ethiopia, with a precarious insecurity in its mountain fastnesses; in Persia, partly partitioned in Russian and British spheres of influence; in Afghanistan, a mountain buffer state between the British and Russian empires; in Thailand (Siam as it was then known), relatively safe because the British and the French, eyeing each other from Burma and Indo - China, would not permit either to annex it; in China, technically independent, but in fact occupied by Western powers who fixed the tariffs and whose citizens had extraterritorial status, and partially carved into spheres of influence; and in Japan, and from the 1850's into 1890's the independence of Japan had been compromised by the extraterritorial privileges of Westerners and the lack of full tariff autonomy.

Indeed, his proof shows quite forcefully that quantum mechanics poses special problems for any view that, instead of regarding real (as opposed to pure or purely logical) possibilities as subjective fictions, accords them objective status and makes them independent of the observer.

HKI will serve as an independent evaluator to determine the efficacy of Golden Rice, that is, whether its consumption improves vitamin A status.

Their self - appointed status as «the world's most popular independent football blog» may be up for debate, but there's no doubt that CaughtOffside is a valuable resource for global football news, transfer rumours, and interest pieces.

Improve Comprehensive Early Development and Learning Opportunities: Reauthorize and expand Early Head Start as the centerpiece of promoting the development of the most disadvantaged infants and toddlers, maintaining its intergenerational nature, inclusion of pregnant women, and availability to children independent of parents» employment status.

I remembered this story when I read of warnings from William Hague and Tony Blair that the Union would be in peril if the rest of the UK (excluding Scotland) votes to enjoy the same independent nation status as America, Australia, Canada, India and New Zealand.

Klein's Independent Democratic Conference will maintain its status as a caucus — with the funding and staff that come with it, under a pending deal with the GOP.

At the time of dual theory was being implemented it was said that any province can choose any of the nation i.e India and Pakistan as well as they can maintain the neutral status and can run their state as independent under their own rule so somewhere around 1948 Raja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession and become a part of India.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for governor and will run as an independent instead, because the two major parties are too interested in preserving the status quo.

The UK sovereign credit profile also benefits from the macroeconomic and financing flexibility that derives from independent monetary policy and sterling's status as an international «reserve currency».

But in contrast, 170 years ago same British empire didn't give dominion status to America as well rather America was given independent status without any allegiance with Britain either directly or indirectly.

While the call mostly covered plans to bring the Independent Democratic Conference (I.D.C.) back to the Senate's Democratic caucus, it eventually drifted into a discussion about fear that Wu's status as the son of immigrants could pose an unfortunate contrast in a New York Democratic primary with Hochul's positions on immigration, such as opposing driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

If anyone is not satisfied, they should write to the courts as an independent arbiter for an interpretation of «maintaining status quo»: rather than spread misinformation in the court of public opinion,»

Independent of his transition team status, Reed will have a say in who is appointed as the U.S. Attorney for New York's Western District.

MPs are to quiz private school heads as independent schools are placed under pressure to justify their charitable status.