Sentences with phrase «wage work schedules»

Families may be sandwiched between caring for children and elderly parents while juggling low - wage work schedules or seasonal ups and downs, Tomasky said.

Not exact matches

Working - class black and brown women are leading worker justice campaigns that are winning higher minimum wages, stable scheduling practices and better benefits for all wage - earners.

Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront to God has been forced to yield to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right to challenge prison regulations that conflict with their worship schedule.

The wage board, meeting Monday in Albany, has heard dozens of workers say they struggle to pay ordinary living expenses such as rent, utilities and transportation at the current minimum, often with fluctuating and part - time work schedules.

Buffalo and Rochester are not the first upstate cities to commit to the higher wage schedule: Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced last month that she would hike the pay of 60 city workers (who work more than 10 weeks per year) to $ 15 an hour, effective immediately.

Low wage working parents also have less flexibility in their schedules, and many work several jobs to make ends meet.

However, low - income parents often face barriers to monitoring their children's school progress or participate in important meetings due to conditions associated with low - wage work such as erratic work schedules and long or inflexible work hours.

The bill preempts a local municipality from enacting a local living wage, fair scheduling standard, and a host of other measures that would improve the lives of working people.

Being an author is being a freelancer who doesn't charge based on the work involved; a freelancer who accepts payments based on rules and schedules defined solely by the buyer, rules that are based on their accounting and which the freelancer has little recourse to double - check; a freelancer who subsists on a fraction of minimum wage and a host of day jobs; and it's being a freelancer who is bound by contracts that last their lifetime plus the lifetime of their children (or until a specific set of requirements have been met that, requirements that are set and monitored exclusively by the employer).

If you contact them and work out a payment schedule, you might be able to avoid wage garnishment.

In British Columbia, unless the employee is exempt from the overtime requirements or is otherwise subject to an approved flexible work schedule, overtime is payable for hours worked in excess of eight in a day and 40 in a week, at one and one - half times the regular wage rate.

Examples of successful Unpaid Overtime and Wage claims may involve employers who schedule an employee to work many hours one week, but only a few hours the next week to avoid paying the overtime during a two - week cycle; employees working «off - the - clock» time before or after a shift or punching into the clock; misclassifying «salary» employee as opposed to an employee that is entitled to overtime.

Employers must meet and implement new requirements regarding increased minimum wage, vacation time / pay, work scheduling rules and various job - protected absences from work for employees.

Two years: time and earnings cards; wage rate tables; work schedules; order, shipping and billing records; and records of additions to or deductions from wages.

Note that on October 11, 2017, we will be holding an Advantage session in Toronto on Bill 148 and the key amendments to the ESA and the LRA that will impact employers, including the changes to the minimum wage, equal pay for equal work, scheduling, personal emergency leave, temporary help agency employees, card - based certification for certain industries, first collective agreement arbitration and more.

I have worked with all levels of federal employees including Wage Grade (WG), General Schedule (GS), and Senior Executive Service (SES) candidates.

Supervise, mentor and coach craft personnel Direct work of assigned crew to meet daily schedule Understand production schedule and adjust daily work to meet schedule Perform on - site coordination of manpower, materials and equipment Request material needed for scope of work Read, understand and interpret plans and specifications as required and check work according to specifications Maintain high level of safety and adherence to all safety policies and procedures for craft personnel and subcontractors Present safety topics at meeting when required Knowledge and understanding of prevailing wage rules Ensures workers for each task are fully qualified to perform assigned duties Coordinate sub-contractors onsite Maintains knowledge of company values and strategic plan Perform additional assignments per management's direction.

On another note, I wonder how many wannabe Realtors would pay for and take the three courses, then apply for a job with a brokerage if they knew that they would not work for full commissions during their first year in the training saddle, but rather, that they would work for minimum wage on a forty - hour - per - week schedule.