Sentences with phrase «used by the workers»

Nonetheless, some analysts contend that the entire system should be transformed into something akin to the 401 (k) retirement plans increasingly used by workers in private industry.

The researchers also examined medical implications of marijuana use for the workforce, including the risk of injury due to impairment — which may occur as legalized and more widely available marijuana - containing products are increasingly used by workers.

Jonathan Haas, curator of anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago, in collaboration with Ruth Shady Solis of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, and Winifred Creamer of Northern Illinois University, dated reeds that were woven into bags used by workers to carry rocks to build the mounds.

A line of credit is often used by workers who have a varied income, such as a salesperson who works on commission or an independent contractor.

Kind and helpful hotel staff, but the hotel was in renovation phase, and due to only one elevator which was also used by workers, it was a lot of waiting.

For more than four months, personal computers used by the workers of the production department have been cut off from the Internet.

Construction Materials of the Spanish Pavilion consists of mounds of different construction materials, of the same type and quantity used by workers to construct this very building in the early 20th century.

Lara Almarcegui fills the pavilion's spaces with mountains of different materials such as brick, concrete, cement, and glass: the same type and quantity of construction materials used by workers to construct the pavilion in the early 20th century.

Named after its use by the workers who built the Panama Canal in the early 1900's, it was a symbol of debonair, old - fashioned elegance.

The Boneyard folks were still in the process of building their homes, and my house was used by workers and guests.

Our 5 - star rated lawyers have an established record for holding major corporations and their insurers accountable for serious or permanent harm from malfunctioning products sold to the general populace or used by workers.

The factors a formulaic approach to entitlement might involve include: length of cohabiting relationship; age of proposed payor and proposed recipient; ratio of parties» present incomes; ratio of parties» anticipated future incomes; permanence or security of parties» employment; and, presence or absence of disabilities affecting the employability of each party, calculated somewhat in the manner used by workers» compensation assessors.

Periodic reviews of companies by the states determine how much the business has contributed to the system versus how much money was used by workers that they terminated.

The machines used by these workers are much larger and more complex than the typical sewing machine we think of our moms and wives using.

It can be used by workers in different ways, including:

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These included a bloody, motorized saw typically used by construction workers, and moldy body parts inside an unplugged freezer.

Provincial instructors focused on two main areas: document use, aimed at helping workers better understand specialized blueprints, and numeracy, aimed at reducing the measurement errors caused by metric - trained employees working in an imperial - measurement environment.

Unlike workplace flexible - spending accounts, HSAs don't have a «use - it - or - lose - it» rule and are «portable,» meaning workers who are no longer covered by HSA - eligible health plans because of job changes can continue to tap existing HSAs to pay for qualified medical expenses.

This tripling of the itinerant workforce resulted in unemployment being 3.9 percentage points higher in Alberta and British Columbia, where the use of temporary foreign workers is prevalent, according to a recent study by Simon Fraser University professor Dominique Gross.

The software is used by EHS professionals — doctors, nurses, safety and environmental professionals, and industrial hygienists employed by corporations — to protect workers by analyzing hazards in these dangerous workplaces.

Top executives at Uber used the encrypted chat app Wickr to hold secret conversations, current and former workers testified in court this week, setting up what could be the first major legal test of the issues raised by the use of encrypted apps inside companies.

-- Jay Jamison, SVP of strategy and product management at Quick Base, maker of a no - code tool that enables workers to build apps without needing to know how to write a single line of code and that is used by more than half of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Kayak, and Southwest Airlines

So the monthly cost for most workers is still going up, but by not nearly as much as premiums used to.

In the early days, the company's products were used mainly by mining and exploration firms in Canada's north, offering workers respite from extreme temperatures and conditions.

But in 1996, Telmer enraged Hamilton workers by using pension holiday legislation to stop fully funding retiree obligations.

Using the «claim now, claim more later» strategy, retirees can claim some benefits now, and higher benefits later, by applying for spousal benefits instead of their own retired - worker benefits when they reach full retirement age.

Meanwhile, when the company uses a robot to install windows, it still needs one worker on site to run it using what looks like a video game console and the other to help position the window by hand.

One of the factors used by the IRS for determining worker classification is the intention of the parties.

Invest in maximum - strength antivirus software for every computer, including those used by remote, mobile and contract workers.

Indeed, according to a recent study conducted by my company, Xero, about 11.4 million workers - or nearly one - third of the full - time labor force in the U.S. - are using platforms like Uber, Upwork, Freelancer.com, and others.

Panjabi is using his $ 1 million 2017 TED Prize winnings to fulfill his wish of creating a digital health education system that can be used to «recruit the largest army of community health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in April.

LuminAid is now also used by hikers, backpackers, and relief workers.

Uber uses technology to drive down the cost of labor by replacing a regulated, protected class of worker (in this case, taxi drivers) with a non-protected worker (in this case, anyone with a driver's license and decent car).

Hart didn't explain the specific ways and technologies the FBI uses to track workers, but said that all employees must consent to being monitored by the law enforcement agency.

McGowan said the government must scrap low - wage jobs from the program and suspend its use for medium to high - skilled workers pending an investigation by the auditor general.

Unions in the utility industry, health care and manufacturing industries are using knowledge and skills as the key source of worker power by expanding apprenticeship training, creating partnership with community colleges, vocational schools, and employers to fill the «middle skills» gaps that exist today or will grow as skilled baby boomers retire.

Under new rules just introduced by the Obama administration, companies contracting with the federal government are now obliged to allow both full and part - time workers to accrue paid leave which they can use for anything from preventative doctor's visits, to staying in bed and sipping chicken soup, to caring for an ill family member.

The incident was sparked by a local TV report that showed workers at Shanghai Husi, a major McDonald's supplier, allegedly using expired meat.

Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.

The midpoint estimate, which uses rather charitable assumptions of 0.50 % annual employment growth and 2.24 % annual nominal wage growth, and a far more generous splitting methodology than that used by the NDP, I get an estimate of 33,065 workers covered by the $ 15 minimum wage proposal, less than 1 / 3rd of the 100,000 worker claim.

As a starting point, I will attempt to recreate the NDP's results, by using the same study on federally regulated workers.

So, you just carry everything around in whatever bag you'd take it home in (or back to work in, since Amazon anticipates this store will be mostly used by office workers during the day).

Factors to consider may include whether a possible employer has the power to direct, control, or supervise the worker (s) or the work performed; whether a possible employer has the power to hire or fire, modify the employment conditions or determine the pay rates or the methods of wage payment for the worker (s); the degree of permanency and duration of the relationship; where the work is performed and whether the tasks performed require special skills; whether the work performed is an integral part of the overall business operation; whether a possible employer undertakes responsibilities in relation to the worker (s) which are commonly performed by employers; whose equipment is used; and who performs payroll and similar functions.

«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.»

These tools may not have been designed with offices in mind, but he says they can be used by bosses to see how well, and in turn how happy, their workers are.

Some researchers argue that it is impossible to determine when a contractor is truly working for a company during the times when the worker is waiting to pick up a ride, because the driver could be using two applications at once or attending to personal business.100 However, as noted in a 2016 report by the Economic Policy Institute, both Uber and Lyft already have guaranteed pay plans that they use in some markets during certain hours that pay workers guaranteed minimum earnings per hour based on their entire time logged into the system, including waiting times.101

As Amazon builds up its distribution network, it's hit on a trick long practiced by the likes of Walmart: using the federal government to help pay its workers.

CVS operates a chain of pharmacies and retail clinics that could be used by Aetna to provide care directly to patients, while the merged company could be better able to offer employers one - stop shopping for health insurance for their workers.

The new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 36 percent of firms with more than 200 workers, and 18 percent of firms over all, use financial incentives tied to health objectives like weight loss and smoking cessation.

Adding to its headaches, Cambridge Analytica's since - suspended chief executive, Alexander Nix, was caught on tape by a UK news broadcaster suggesting that the firm could use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians it had hoped to defeat.