Sentences with phrase «with contract workers»

If the company is unsatisfied, an advantage with contract workers is that there is no commitment, and the staffing agency can be asked to send a different candidate the next time.

Not exact matches

The federal government has contracted a boutique Perth consultancy to come up with a plan to address Broome's shortage of tourism workers.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

With no employees, the Seattle - based company relies on its small team of contracted workers — seven, to be exact — to keep the business humming.

The freelance economy is growing, with many workers choosing the freedom of contract work over salaried positions.

Trudeau reset the benchmark in Hamburg, Germany on February 17, delivering a direct message to business leaders: «It's time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your workers the peace of mind that comes with stable, full - time contracts.»

«Contract workers work 100 hours per week with no overtime,» Lichtenstein says.

The mega-union aims to start the turnaround with a rebranding: new name, new logo, and a new mandate to open up its membership to contract workers, the self - employed and even the unemployed.

A spat among airlines over which deserved the contract to fly U.S. government workers on certain routes intensified on Tuesday, with the chief executive of JetBlue Airways calling rivals hypocritical for protesting its award.

Currently, certain kinds of small businesses are exempt from paying employees the federal minimum wage, such as businesses with annual revenues less than $ 500,000, companies that transact within a single state, seasonal businesses, or companies that rely on contract workers.

The U.S. oil company removed executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

The NLRB, in a statement Thursday, says the purpose of the ruling was to refine its standard of joint - employer status to match up better with the needs of today's workers, where nearly 3 million people are employed on a contract basis through temporary agencies.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

Instead of offering employees the opportunity to work on a contract basis, the blue world rewards workers who stay at an organization for a long time with job security.

The laws passed by Republicans in Michigan last week would exempt existing contracts between employers and unions until they expire, such as the automakers» contract with the United Auto Workers union, which expires in 2015.

The two unions reached a tentative deal with Canadian National Railway Co. last month for new contracts for about 1,700 CN Teamsters workers and over 700 IBEW members.

Workers were ready when G&F set up similar exclusive contracts with two other key customers.

With fewer workers, contractors are becoming wary of signing new work contracts, especially as many of them include fines for not completing a job by a designated date.

There are opportunities for older employees to work part - time or get more time off by becoming contract workers, but those options don't come with job security.

Those who were contract workers were laid off immediately, with permanent employees given one month to find another job within the company.

With more people working remotely than ever before, and an uptick in gig - type occupations, coworking spaces have emerged as a popular and cost - effective option for businesses and the part - time, full - time and contract workers they employ.

If contract talks with teachers and health workers get hot in the next couple of years, blame natural gas prices.

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.

«Citizens United made it easier for employers or corporations to communicate with all employees,» Beck says, including non-salaried and contract workers.

With contract negotiations ongoing between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Canadians are bracing for a service disruption.

Its contract with the U.S. - based wing of DaimlerChrysler doesn't expire until September 2008, a year later than its U.S. counterpart, the United Auto Workers.

Canadians have reacted angrily to outsourcing in the past, with Ottawa making changes to its rules on foreign workers after the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RBC) drew criticism in the spring for cutting Canadian jobs after contracting a supplier to provide IT assistance, which brought in foreign workers to fill them.

Many employers try to suppress wages and benefits by redefining their relationships with workers — improperly calling employees «independent contractors» or contracting out their labor needs.

68 percent of companies said that ACA will have a high impact on hiring more freelance workers and as a result, 74 % will contract with more freelancers.

Nearly 40 % of top performing firms already have more than 30 % of their labor force composed of contract / freelance workers with next year increases expected to be 30 — 60 — 90 % or more.»

* COPPER: Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, said on Thursday early contract talks with its workers» union ended without an agreement, setting the stage for legally scheduled negotiations to begin in June.

Instacart says it believes its network of nimble contract workers gives it a leg up, giving it the ability to offer fast home grocery delivery now while Amazon continues to build out its own delivery infrastructure with Whole Foods.

Time tracker software is also beneficial for businesses, large and small, that work with freelancers, contract employees, and remote workers.

Southborough, MA — May 19th, 2017: RxAdvance today announced that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), one of North America's most dynamic and diverse unions with 216,000 members, has awarded its multi-year pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services contract to RxAdvance beginning on Jan. 1, 2018.

AT&T told CNBC the bonuses announced on Wednesday are above and beyond any existing agreements, which means some workers would get two $ 1,000 allocations: One with a new contract, and one when the tax reform bill is signed.

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«It's time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your workers the peace of mind that comes with stable, full - time contracts,» Trudeau said.

Under a clause in the union's contract, if Madison's Oscar Mayer plant closes, its employees have the right to take over a job that's held by a worker with the least seniority at the Davenport factory.

With contract negotiations ongoing between Canada Post and representatives of the crown corporation's workers» union, Canadians are bracing for a service disruption that could start as early as Wednesday.

She also addressed workers» concerns that the credit - monitoring company OPM contracted with to help affected government employees wasn't up to the task.

Under Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau's plan, the PQ seeks to create jobs, avoid tax hikes, further exploit Quebec's natural resources and rein in government spending, such as pushing for «fair» agreements with physicians and public - sector workers during upcoming contract negotiations.

Levin said Mexico's Confederation of Mexican Workers has done little to boost wages there, telling an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations that BMW signed a contract in May with a starting salary of $ 1.10 an hour, moving up to $ 2.53 an hour.

Companies now have the ability to negotiate contracts directly with their workers.

The Canadian Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative agreement on a four - year contract with Ford Motor that it hopes to extend to General Motors and Chrysler.

The United Auto Workers union said GM's new investments «have emerged as a result of the 2015» contract with the union.

It turns out that many of these guinea pigs are now professionals» «people who need money and have a lot of time to spare: the unemployed, college students, contract workers, ex-cons, or young people living on the margins who have decided that testing drugs is better than punching a clock with the wage slaves.»

Interpreted with vision, the welfare laboratory might produce the rough draft of a new social contract for former welfare recipients and other low - wage workers.

One of the East Coast's first proponents of open adoption, Adoptions From The Heart now works from eight offices, with networks of consultants and contract social workers elsewhere.

When members of the Chicago Park District's largest union sat down Tuesday with their bosses to discuss a new contract, a plan to track some workers via satellite was the newest item on the agenda.

These included distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to reduce inequalities; lay health workers and training of traditional birth attendants to increase participation in health by consumers; contracting out of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, reminders and recall for immunisation; working with for - profit providers to increase the effectiveness of care; subcontracting the delivery of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, addressing the distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, substitution of doctors by nurses, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to increase coverage or access; and outpatient referrals to improve the coordination of care.