Sentences with phrase «use of the living wage»

«There are already scores of British businesses who are saying that the living wage makes sense from them because it improves staff retention and reduces absence rates,» Ed Miliband said at an event promoting Labour's use of the living wage today.

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We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demawage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demawage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demaWage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

To determine its cost - of - living adjustment, the SSA uses an inflation measure called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI - W.

Industrial and political leaders throughout the world have been so anti-labor that there is little thought of raising domestic living standards via higher wage levels and a tax shift off labor and industry back onto property where progressive tax policies used to be based.

To help them avoid the trap of poverty, Open Arms employs them at a living wage and uses repurposed t - shirts to create one of a kind scarfs and skirts for sale.

He's choosing Manchester City, probably because of a big wage packet and back to the city where he used to live.

Despite campaigning for the living wage to be paid in the public sector and for zero - hours contracts to be scrapped, Freedom of Information requests have shown that all three of the councils controlled or led by Plaid Cymru — Ceredigion, Conwy, and Gwynedd - pay people less than the living wage and use zero - hours contracts.

Dr John Sentamu used a comment piece for the Observer newspaper to call for more to be done to help the five million people who earn above the minimum wage of # 6.19 per hour, but not enough for a basic standard of living.

Dee has enough problems just getting on with life - trying to raise her children, with her children's deadbeat dad and his abusive girlfriend in the same building, and yet even after her conviction is overturned, her subsequent case (spearheaded by the A.C.L.U.) puts her in the D.A.'s crosshairs - who uses his substantial infuence to not only prevent her from returning to her job of 7 years, but even makes sure that she is terminated from the minimum wage job she finally manages to procure.

Small farmers who use «unconventional» or «beyond organic» agricultural practices are often unable to make a living wage and have to rely on off - farm sources for the majority of their income.

Salaries are adjusted for cost of living to the national average using the comparable wage index published by the Bush School of Government & Public Service here.

Districts and charter schools should get the same base cost for each regular education student, and the comparable wage index should be used to account for cost of living differences.

It pushed for an overhaul of the city's waste - hauling industry, to take effect in 2017: To win contracts, haulers must pledge to increase the amount that is recycled, use low - pollution trucks, pay a living wage and improve safety.»

The study recommends using a Comparable Wage Index (CWI) for Cost of Living (COL) differences due to geographical location.

Amazon has a long history of using artificially low prices to capture customers, but in this case it means that it will be increasingly hard to writers to earn a living wage.

To determine its cost - of - living adjustment, the SSA uses an inflation measure called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI - W.

She comes across here as an increasingly vehement avenging angel waging a kind of war with the camera, using it to expose what might be called both the tyranny and the inner lives of images, especially the images of women that bombard and shape all of us at every turn.

The riots waged against the WTO convention in Seattle in 1999 protested the use of corporate sweatshops, where low - wage laborers have literally worked their lives away while creating commodities for Western capitalist markets.

Norton Point buys its used plastic through the Plastic Bank, a Vancouver - based social enterprise that turns plastic waste collection into a valuable source of income for locals by paying them a living wage.

A social enterprise behind a new «ethical» smartphone, the Fairphone, aims to change that by using conflict - free raw materials for the devices, paying the workers who manufacture them a fair wage, and working to set up e-waste recycling programs for taking care of other electronics at the end of their useful life.

Participants can learn about the campaign for a minimum wage in Germany, get training on using Second Life for online organization, or — and this just seems a little bizarre to me — chat with other virtual activists in a virtual bar over a pint of virtual beer.

The cost of living was calculated using the expenses for one adult in MIT's living wage calculator.

In such a case, a retiree withdraws all of the money he / she has saved during working life in, for example, an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), and uses some or all of the money to buy an annuity whose payments will replace the retiree's wage payments for the rest of his / her life.

Get Enlightened About Life Insurance Life insurance beat out all other sources of financial assets or income that Americans expect to use to help pay bills, and to maintain their lifestyle if the primary wage earner dies, according to LIMRA International's 2010 Facts About Life press release.

In a world where we are used to online payments being confirmed instantly, Bitcoin transactions, right now, can take anywhere between ten minutes to several hours with an average transaction cost of $ 1.50 — more than a daily living wage in some developing countries.

• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and local payroll as well as returns for multiple authorities on monthly basis.

Typically you can use life insurance is typically used to replace the lost wages of a deceased wage earner.