Sentences with phrase «voluntary plan»

Under the new voluntary plan, only two standard labels will appear on food: «use by» for perishable items, indicating the last day they can be safely consumed, and «best if used by,» indicating the last date of peak quality for the product.

Whereas in Copenhagen there was an effort to browbeat countries into accepting targets for reducing carbon emissions, Paris is about collecting voluntary plans for action drafted by individual countries.

None of Mr. Pataki's proposals involving mandatory curbs were among the projects described by Dr. Watson, who focused on voluntary plans like inventories of the gases.

Lechuquilla cave image courtesy of Max Wisshak Our pill - popping culture and over-zealous livestock farmers typically take the blame for the widespread resistance of many harmful strains of bacteria to entire classes of antibiotics.And the Food and Drug Administration took a bold move today with a new voluntary plan to help curtail the over-use of antibiotics in agriculture.But the capacity to fend off antibiotics might actually be lodged deep in bacteria's evolutionary history.

The voluntary plan, modeled on SUNY's popular Optional Retirement Plan and administered by the financial services firm TIAA - CREF, is open to non-union employees hired after July 1, 2013, who earn $ 75,000 or more a year.

In July, EU member states used it to agree a voluntary plan to relocate 32,000 people stranded in Italy and Greece, roughly according to the receiving country's size, GDP, unemployment rate, and how many refugees it has already.

Contrary to the contentions of some members of Congress who seek to limit the use of compulsory busing for school desegregation, mandatory desegregation plans are more effective in reducing racial isolation than are voluntary plans and do not appear to cause more «white flight» in the long run than voluntary techniques, according to a Vanderbilt University study.

The Saskatchewan Pension Plan (SPP) was created by that province's government, but it's a voluntary plan open to all Canadians.

It's a voluntary plan that allows members to contribute up to $ 2,500 annually, or transfer up to $ 10,000 a year from an existing RRSP.

Ottawa calls the voluntary plan as an «innovative approach» that will allow employers and employees to create targets, and adjust benefits and contributions to their needs in times of surplus or deficit, like the recent financial crisis that put many defined - benefit plans in jeopardy due to investment shortfalls.

For the group plans that are offered, regardless of whether these are offered as basic or as voluntary plans, group life insurance products are considered to be the mainstay of most employee benefits programs — and Minnesota Life Insurance Company provides them all.

Additionally, you may be eligible for more coverage under a voluntary plan than is offered by a traditional group plan.

This involves a developing a voluntary plan under which the store's creditors and others make concessions so the business can continue operating.

China's voluntary plan to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions does allow emissions to rise until 2030, but it also moves the country away from reliance on coal, and the tangible results have been the cancellation of over 100 new coal - fired plants.

COTAP is a registered IRS 501 (c) 3 public charity, and all of its projects are certified under the voluntary Plan Vivo carbon standard, which is dedicated to generating not only verified emissions reductions, but also transparent, accountable, and life - changing income streams for smallholder farmers.

That is, if employees are required by law to contribute to the provincial plan (as well as the CPP), why would anybody want to reduce their pay even further my adding another payroll contribution to a voluntary plan?

Some 270,000 Americans are covered by this voluntary plan that falls under what we refer to as a «true group» plan.

Transamerica offers a 10 % discount for what are referred to as voluntary plans (meaning no employer contribution is required).

A voluntary plan that is fully paid by the employee (must include the greater of 10 eligible employees or 25 % of those eligible to enroll)

If the employees are paying for the benefit, it is called a voluntary plan.