Sentences with phrase «when federal contractors»

That rises to 45 percent when federal contractors are included.

Not exact matches

By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as employees, federal, state and local governments potentially miss out on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.

But when Walker learned last year of a federal investigation into potential corruption in Nassau County government, including circumstances surrounding the payment, he spoke to the contractor several times «in an attempt to convince the contractor to conceal the existence of the $ 5,000 payment from the grand jury,» according to authorities.

But the course of the investigation changed when the Federal Police uncovered evidence of a corruption scheme inside Petrobras, involving contractors, politicians and company executives.

Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who engaged in a major funding limitation debate during the fiscal 2017 appropriations season when he proposed an amendment to bar discrimination against certain federal contractors, said he hadn't thought of using a funding limitation to bar payouts for claims stemming from sexual harassment by members of Congress.

In addition, the state also rarely enforces a federal rule that requires contractors to use safe work practices when renovating, painting or repairing homes that are presumed to have lead paint.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

But critics say that promise was broken when Democrats tapped the contractor - fed federal account to help Malloy — so why should taxpayers shell out for a clean - elections program that lets in tainted money?

David Golub, the Democrats» attorney, argued in court that when the state contractors» ban bumps up against more - permissive federal campaign - financing statutes, the federal law «pre-empts» the state law and thus the SEEC subpoena isn't valid.

Also, state regulators should crack down hard on the kind of shenanigans practiced by Democrats when they paid for a mailing touting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's candidacy with money from their federal account — much of it supplied by state contractors, who are forbidden to contribute directly to state campaigns.

For example, when asked on Monday about whether Trump would preserve an Obama - era executive order that bars discrimination against gays working for federal contractors, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he didn't know.

A federal student loan enters default when a borrower fails to make a payment on it for 270 consecutive days.9 When this happens, the borrower's loan is transferred from the student loan servicer — a private contractor responsible for collecting payments on behalf of the federal government — to the Debt Management Collections System.10 Borrowers then have 60 days to come to a repayment arrangement with the Education Departmwhen a borrower fails to make a payment on it for 270 consecutive days.9 When this happens, the borrower's loan is transferred from the student loan servicer — a private contractor responsible for collecting payments on behalf of the federal government — to the Debt Management Collections System.10 Borrowers then have 60 days to come to a repayment arrangement with the Education DepartmWhen this happens, the borrower's loan is transferred from the student loan servicer — a private contractor responsible for collecting payments on behalf of the federal government — to the Debt Management Collections System.10 Borrowers then have 60 days to come to a repayment arrangement with the Education Department.

An employer may also attempt to classify an employee as an independent contractor when they are actually a regular employee covered under state and federal labor laws.

Generally, federal law requires employees, who are not contractors, to receive overtime pay when they have worked more than 40 hours in any one work week.

Complaint investigations and random audits, performed by federal and state investigators, as well as outside contractors, will identify businesses at risk — and self - reporting rules will identify others when they must disclose their data breaches on The Wall of Shame.

By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources 2010 Trends in Screening Trend Seven: E-Verify and other government background check requirements will grow The government's efforts to require employers to verify eligibly for employment gathered additional steam when the rules for the use of E-verify for federal contractors finally went into effect in 2009 after a number...

Networking with outside contractors when needed, maintaining all state and federal laws and guidelines.