Sentences with phrase «term public benefit»
Long - term public benefits of a more far reaching kind argue for the change.
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«Similar projects in both the public and private sectors around the world have already shown that shared services deliver significant benefits in terms of cost and efficiency,» Mr Ripper said.
«There is no long - term accountability in the public sector, so the pensions and benefits can be allowed to balloon out of control,» according to one respondent.
In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector funds.
Drawing from our knowledge of debt restructuring, bankruptcy, public finance, municipal law and governance, labor law, employee benefits, tax, litigation, government contracts and more, our attorneys are adept at positioning municipalities for long - term success.
C corporations can also deduct fringe benefits such as qualified education costs, group term life insurance up to $ 50,000 per employee, employer - provided vehicles and public transportation passes, pre-paid legal assistance, child and dependent care, discounts on company products and services, and qualified achievement awards.
It would have been better if the paper had been released after the Prime Minister's statement in Davos and before budget 2012 to allow for a public discussion on the elderly benefit system, but that was not possible because the paper did not address the issue of the long - term fiscal sustainability of elderly benefits.
Economist Michael Hudson explains how economic terms like capital gains are deployed to mislead the public about who is benefiting from economic policy and where wealth is going.
«In the short term, they are the ones benefiting» from a public debut.
The public does seem ready to jettison long - term safeguards and the benefits of process for the short - term satisfaction of desires.
Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) was commissioned by Tabcorp to model public benefits of cost savings they anticipated from the merger DAE's Regional General Equilibrium computer general equilibrium model (CGE model) to estimate «broader and long - term economy - wide benefits associated with the merger» (para 514)
But as a natural skeptic, I also decided to read all of the research indicating that some of these purported long - term benefits, such as higher IQs and immunity against various health issues, were inflated by well - meaning public health experts.
To top it off, Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, noted the combined educational and long - term health benefits of farm to school.
This will be tough in the short term but it should benefit the economy and public finances in the longer term.»
Most of the time, however, governments are unwilling to permit high unemployment, due to the demonstrated social effects, the economic underperformance it reflects and the public cost in terms of benefit payments it demands.
This report finds no evidence that ownership restrictions have produced a public benefit in terms of the quality, cost or accessibility of hospital care.
«Our report shows that the potential benefits to the public purse from increasing taxes on small business are at best minimal, and in the long term may actually damage public finances.
(b) No officer of the County Committee, District Committee or Divisional Committee or of any of their subcommittees, no member of the Executive Committee and no employee of the County Committee shall use or attempt any party position as a means of undue or improper influence to secure from any state or local agency (as those terms are defined in Public Officers Law 73) for that officer, member of the Executive Committee or employee or others with whom the person has a family, employment, business or financial relationship any benefits, privileges or exemptions not generally available to members of the pPublic Officers Law 73) for that officer, member of the Executive Committee or employee or others with whom the person has a family, employment, business or financial relationship any benefits, privileges or exemptions not generally available to members of the publicpublic.
«We await of course the outcome of the independent panel in terms of finding ways to provide better protection for access and other public benefits,» she said.
In 2011, the Institute for Public Policy Research, a UK think tank associated with the Labour Party, advocated a job creation program - with compulsory takeup, on pain of loss of benefits - for the long - term unemployed only.
«We're not going to pass a budget, we're not going to end this session, without having changed the ethics rules that relate to what people do in terms of outside income — whether it's the level of outside income they have or, more importantly, making sure that people can't use their public office in a way to benefit themselves privately,» Morelle said.
We have moved — migrated is the term we use — the majority of these public benefit contract agencies to a system where they have contracts with the county.
• Short - term savings from cutting the middle class out of state benefits as Nick Clegg suggests on child benefit (Britain needs «savage» cuts, says Clegg, 19 September) would weaken public support for the social safety net on which the poorest depend and ultimately endanger the future of the welfare state itself.
Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution urging state legislators to move forward with a Senate and Assembly bill that would amend the state constitution to authorize the forfeiture of retirement benefits earned during the term of office of a New York elected official convicted of a public corruption felony.
What's needed now is to find some middle ground, says Osterholm, for example by assessing what public - health benefits the research realistically offers in the near - and long - term.
As such it provides a public good from which all colony members benefit in terms of buffering extremes of temperature, supporting individual nest chambers and protecting from predators.
As a public - health intervention, immunisation is already widely seen as one of public health's «best buys», but by measuring the effectiveness in terms of lives saved, it seems likely that we are undervaluing the benefits and the return on investment they offer.
The public could greatly benefit from this, in terms of health and simply from a consumer right - to - know perspective.»
«This study shows that pollution controls — even short - term ones — can have positive public health benefits.»
If there is one lesson to emerge from the BSE crisis and the first generation of genetically modified foods, it is this: science can not reasonably expect the public to develop an appetite for novel foods unless they offer clear and fundamental benefits in terms of taste and nutritional value.
Expanding publicly funded health insurance to low - income children could have long - term benefits for adult health, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
If selected for SBIR funding, the SBC will be granted a royalty - free, non-exclusive internal research - use license for the term of and within the field of use of the SBIR award to technologies held by NIH with the intent that the SBC will develop the invention into a commercial product to benefit the public.
Climate researchers have benefited enormously in economic terms by getting the public excited; they (presumably including yourself) have a vested interest in maintaining this level of concern.
Scientists have a responsibility to make sure their work is used for the benefit of humanity, and part of that is taking the time to talk about what we do in terms that anyone can understand, and to clarify all potential implications (both positive and negative), so that there can be an informed public discussion, and hopefully a solution everyone can live with.
In terms of public health, lead author Neil Mehta, assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan, calls those extra years a «massive benefit.»
Background: Paleolithic nutrition, which has attracted substantial public attention lately because of its putative health benefits, differs radically from dietary patterns currently recommended in guidelines, particularly in terms of its recommendation to exclude grains, dairy, and nutritional products of industry.
The low fat school of nutrition benefits greatly from the fact that the public has only vague notions about vitamin A; for the family of water - soluble nutrients called carotenes are not true vitamin A, but are more accurately termed provitamin A. True vitamin A, or retinol, is found only in animal products like cod liver oil, liver and other organ meats, fish, shell fish and butterfat from cows eating green grass.
Founded by Dr. Suzie Carmack, PhD, MFA, MEd, ERYT CWBE is dedicated to educating the public about the negative and long - term effects of work - and school - related stress, sitting disease, compassion fatigue and burnout, and to promoting the healing well - being benefits of mindfulness, mindful movement, and compassionate communication practices to address these social challenges.
The vast funds necessary for addressing such problems once they become entrenched greatly exceed the resources directed toward preventive efforts whose short - and long - term benefits could improve lives and avoid large public and personal costs.
Allow all public sector employees to negotiate their own wages and benefits and not be bound by collective bargaining terms if they wish.
His best known works include: reviews of the research on long - term effects; benefit - cost analyses of the Perry Preschool and Abecedarian programs; randomized trials comparing alternative approaches to educating children including length of day, monolingual versus dual - language immersion, the Tools of the Mind curriculum; and, the series of State Preschool Yearbooks providing annual state - by - state analyses of progress in public pre-K.
Statewide defined benefit pension plans, which today serve 90 percent of public school teachers, were originally justified on the grounds that pension plans were ideally suited to the needs of long - term female employees.
Osborne offered ways by which public schools in San Antonio could benefit from operating like charters in terms of autonomy, accountability, diversity of school designs, and parental choice.
«We believe this publishing sequence will benefit the performance of all the different formats in which these titles are published,» the S&S statement said, «and in the long term will contribute to a healthier retail environment for the greater book buying public.»
Data from the pilot study reveal that there are short - term, medium - term, and long - term benefits to incorporating e-readers into the Ghanaian public school system.
For purposes of this chapter, the term «wages» means all remuneration (other than fees paid to a public official) for services performed by an employee for his employer, including the cash value of all remuneration (including benefits) paid in any medium other than cash; except that such term shall not include remuneration paid — ...... (c) Employee
One director, R.V. Bailey, believes that the prospective value of Aspen as a public corporation with a continuous filing record and clean financial statements exceeds the value of the remaining net assets, and believes that stockholders may benefit by the possibility of making a business acquisition (including a reverse takeover) that could offer Aspen's stockholders potential long term value.
Graduates employed in public service provide an immeasurable benefit to American society, and those who pursue graduate or professional school should be free to give back to society without the long - term burden of student loan debt.
Any «consumer protection» discussion should center on whether the public would benefit from a regulation that residential first mortgage loans must not allow for negative amortization — or, perhaps, that the borrower must be qualified on the required fully - amortizing payment for the remaining term.
In 20 years, most long - term public entitlement and private employee benefit schemes that promised fixed payments / reimbursement will be scaled back dramatically, and most retirees will be very disappointed.