Sentences with phrase «wage work such»

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.

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The idea of hiring your family to help get your startup or small business going presents some advantages, such as them working for a reduced wage until cash flow increases.

A recent report by the workers» rights nonprofit Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United found that 28 % of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's employees surveyed said they had worked off - the - clock and roughly 33 % reported wage theft violations, such as not receiving or overtime pay.

In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.

Pointing to such factors as a low minimum wage, the declining number of well - paying manufacturing jobs, and the continuing segregation of jobs by race and sex, they argue that the central issue is the availability and quality of work.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

For example, the Church does not know whether the planet is getting warmer, whether such change would be good or bad, or whether human activity is the cause; nor does she know whether minimum - wage laws do more good to the poor by increasing the income of those who work, or more harm to the poor by throwing those with marginal skills out of work.

The DOL permits restaurant employers to continue to pay the reduced minimum wage to tipped employees while performing such side work so long as it is (1) minimal and no greater than 20 % of the time and (2) related to the performance of tipped duties.

It's speculated that the 28 year - old had been willing to accept the latest terms, having previously tried to hold out for a whopping # 250,000 per week wage, but the club are no longer willing to work on such a deal.

Another's cousin adopted and the kid had such a learning disability he ended up dropping out of school and is working a minimum wage job with no future (both adoptive parents are college professors).

Klein was roundly criticized by liberals for working with Senate Republicans, but he has argued the IDC was able to get big - ticket accomplishments through the chamber, such as two bills to increase the state's minimum wage, the most recent of which passed this year.

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.

Prevailing wage laws require city contractors to pay their employees the wage and benefit rate set annually by the Comptroller on city public works projects, such as renovating public schools, or cleaning city office buildings.

Stewart - Cousins's trip will include discussions on mostly state - level issues, including a series of briefings, policy discussions and work sessions on issues that overlap with the Obama administration's broader agenda — including hot - button issues in New York, such as raising the minimum wage and paid family leave, as well as gun control.

«The Council is committed to fighting for the diverse needs of the 8.4 million people who call New York City home and I look forward to continuing to work with Governor [Andrew] Cuomo, [Senate] Majority Leader [John] Flanagan, [Assembly] Speaker [Carl] Heastie and state lawmakers to advocate for our top priorities, such as the DREAM Act, a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, and to make sure that New York City gets its fair share.»

The Working Families Party considered running their own candidate before the governor agreed to a series of concessions such as allowing local governments to raise the state's minimum wage on their own through a state - based formula.

Since taking office, the governor's agenda has benefited from his negotiating with a divided Legislature — working with Assembly Democrats to push progressive items such as same - sex marriage and a higher minimum wage, and the Senate GOP on more fiscally conservative measures.

Question topics included financial incentives given by the City to Altronix (which hosted the Mayor for a visit just before the press conference), whether the mayor has concerns about offering such incentives, whether his jobs task force will work with local communities, whether his affordable housing plan conflicts with his plan to enable more manufacturing in the city, what a base livable minimum wage is, whether the mayor is concerned about the possibility that Republicans may control the U.S. Senate next year, whether NY State has done enough to assist NYC in obtaining hazard mitigation money from the federal government, the Mayor's views on items sold at the September 11th Museum gift shop and what the first «tangible» product of the task force will be.

At his kick - off, Liu ripped the IDC for working with Republicans, whom he blamed for inertia on initiatives such as the Women's Equality Act, a hike in the minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work

Women in Botswana generally work at low - wage jobs such as housecleaning, child care, or farming.

Other courses (not constrained by THEA) give students skills they can use to find work right out of high school in high - wage, high - skill careers, such as nursing, electronic and computer maintenance, or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

«State policymakers have taken some important steps in recent years to help working families who are struggling to afford the basics, such as expanding health care coverage, raising the state minimum wage, and creating a state Earned Income Tax Credit.

As CNN reports, thousands of women left work on Wednesday to draw attention to issues and challenges facing working women, such as sexual harassment, wage disparities, and hiring discrepancies.

Today's authors don't exactly have a burgeoning market of periodicals willing to pay a meaningful wage for such work.

The right response here is: for the state to leave this alone and let the companies involved work out whatever contractual terms they wish, whether agency model, wholesale model, or some hybrid; stop employing antitrust law against even nominally private companies; stop enacting and enforcing laws that give rise to monopoly prices and oligopolies and corporatism and crony capitalism in the first place, such as copyright law, antitrust law, pro-union legislation, minimum wage, taxation in general, inflation and the business cycle, and other business regulations.

Research shows that the poorer a city's air quality, the more likely residents will have to spend money on medical bills for related sicknesses or suffer from wage losses because such an illness puts them out of work.

We do not agree with the allegations in the Gamasutra post (e.g. there has been no reduction in health benefits or ancillary benefits and perks (such as free dinners and massages etc), wage increases across the studio have kept track with cost of living increases, and anyone who feels they have been overlooked for a bonus for a game they worked on please contact HR to discuss as soon as possible).

In this mobile performative intervention, Muñoz employed a bike trailer carrying open - source technologies such as Arduino boards and electronic components used in phones and cameras to offer residents in economically disadvantaged areas of Mexico the chance to work for U.S. minimum wage, more than ten times the local minimum wage.

The second section provides occupational information highlighting a brief job description of several noteworthy occupations that are related to solar power; the credentials needed to work in the occupation, such as education, training, certification, or licensure; and wage data.

People working three jobs for a little over minimum wage tend to live paycheck to paycheck, and it doesn't help that businesses such as PayDay Loans tend to prey on them to get them stuck in debt.

These include for example, the right to claim unfair dismissal, to receive statutory sick pay maternity, paternity and parental rights; to be paid the national living or minimum wage depending if they are aged 25 or more; to have working time rights such as not to be forced to work more than 48 hours per week, regular rest breaks and night working health and safety standards; to receive a statement of terms and conditions of employment.

Child labor has been abolished, safe and healthy work environments are guaranteed with federal laws such as Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and many others, and the minimum wage compensation of workers has increased tremendously.

Future wage loss: In a recent column, I wrote about former RCMP constable Nancy Sulz who was awarded $ 950,000 as damages, including prospective wages lost, for prolonged harassment by her commanding officer that left her suffering from such severe depression that she was unlikely to ever be able to work again.

Unions individually and collectively pressure the government on issues that impact working people such as minimum wage, hours of work, health and safety regulations and other employment standards.

If, e.g., someone in a letter to the editor of the journal criticized my review to be inaccurate (or perhaps even defamatory), having lost access to the review copy might render it difficult, if not impossible, for me to answer to such criticism of my own work (or to wage a veracity defense against libel charges against me).

There may be a few situations where only the employment standards payments are sufficient — such as for minimum wage or transient employees — but the remaining 95 per cent of the work force should not accept just the minimum.

will receive wages including the applicable premium (such as wage premiums offered pursuant to contract or policy) for the hours worked, in addition to their regular rate for the rest of the three (3) hour period.

These include statutes such as the California Equal Pay Act, the Wage Theft Protection Act of 2011, and the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, which pertain to issues involving work hours and wages, including meal periods, rest breaks, overtime, and minimum wWage Theft Protection Act of 2011, and the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, which pertain to issues involving work hours and wages, including meal periods, rest breaks, overtime, and minimum wagewage.

Minimum standards govern issues such as minimum wage, vacation entitlement, public holiday entitlement, overtime pay, hours of work and termination and severance entitlement.

In addition, no personnel placement agency may remunerate an employee at a lower rate of wage than that granted to the employees of the client company who perform the same tasks in the same establishment solely because of the employee's employment status, and in particular because the employee is remunerated by such an agency or usually works fewer hours each week.

I've suggested in the past here on Slaw and elsewhere that the ICESC could be amended to include an indexed living wage that could work to reduce some of the hardships that plague nations such such as Cambodia and as global conditions would have it — even the western nations economic and social conditions given what they currently are.

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.

Most young drivers work part time at jobs that pay either minimum wage or close to it, which means much, if not all, of their earnings are going to expenses such as insurance payments and gas.

A wage makes it clear that your time and work are valuable, and that while you're a short - term asset for a company, you need to be compensated as such.

You need to make sure you're being paid a fair wage for your labor and level of education and that this amount of money will ensure that you have access to the basics of life, such as housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and especially enough to offer a sense of security so you can enjoy some free time away from work.

You can also cut out basic or mundane work, such as minimum - wage summer jobs that are not in a related field.

Such programs would provide parent education classes for divorcing parents, increase the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit for poor working parents, establish paternity and increase the payment of child support, and improve the quantity and quality of time that nonresident parents, especially fathers, spend with their children.

Teachers work in a variety of settings, including public schools, private child care centers, and targeted preschool programs such as Head Start.7 Public funds for child care typically include per - child rates that assume historically low wages for providers.8 In the private market, most parents can not afford higher fees, but current prices do not allow for needed wage increases, comprehensive benefits, and supports for professional development.9