Sentences with phrase «work rules in»

«With the deep pockets of the teachers unions potentially compromised, maybe accepting underperforming schools and iron - clad work rules in return for campaign cash doesn't have to be the default position anymore,» Bradford says.

Further, the dramatic success of some charter schools working outside union work rules in educating inner - city kids shows that these kids can learn.

He also pressed for reform of the onerous work rules in the teachers» contract, including eliminating the seniority provisions, making it easier to fire incompetents, and establishing a system of merit pay.

Even worse, the administration's authoritarian attempts to impose a single instructional approach throughout the system have so demoralized and frightened rank - and - file teachers that it is now virtually impossible for the city to get much - needed reforms of work rules in the next teachers» contract.

Not exact matches

If someone sees a fellow employee doing solitary work in a designated do - not - disturb area, it's an unwritten rule that they're not to engage with that person.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

Current FCC chairman Ajit Pai, appointed by President Donald Trump to head the agency in January, has been a steady opponent of the current rules and its working to reverse them.

For years, the generally accepted rule for working - age Canadians was to put 60 % nof assets in equities and 40 % in bonds, and then move the allocationnto bonds and away from equities the closer you got to retirement.

While telework and other arrangements focus on the work employees accomplish rather than the time they put in, the new overtime rules make time a lot more important in the eyes of the law.

Four months before political cartoonist Mike Fiore won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, his NewsToon app was rejected by Apple in December 2009, with the company citing rules about making fun of public figures.

Releasing the final version of those rules «is a priority for the agency and we are working to publish [a guidance document] this year,» a spokesperson said in an email.

In October, the Trump Administration debuted a program in which the FAA would work with local governments and companies to create a set of rules that would expand how businesses could use droneIn October, the Trump Administration debuted a program in which the FAA would work with local governments and companies to create a set of rules that would expand how businesses could use dronein which the FAA would work with local governments and companies to create a set of rules that would expand how businesses could use drones.

For many years, I've been interested in people who break rules at work.

These unwritten rules may not work or be appropriate for every business, but in my experience, they've done wonders for both productivity and morale.

Seventeen years ago, it was hard for anyone working in the burgeoning digital media industry to imagine a world where Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL didn't rule the Web.

«We've worked for years to help drive meaningful diversity at our preferred law firm providers, and supporting the Mansfield Rule Client Forum is an important next step in this work.»

«British officials have worked with a number of people in the Secretariat, including Director - General Roberto Azevêdo, who have explained a wide range of WTO rules including things like independent schedules in goods, services and agriculture and how these schedules could come into being,» Keith Rockwell, spokesman for the WTO, told CNBC via email.

Working out of a dozen corrugated - metal buildings in a dismal windblown patch of desert in Mojave, 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, it has rolled out 26 new types of manned aircraft in 30 years, many of them rule - breaking and innovative; most big aerospace contractors, by contrast, struggle to get a single new aircraft out in an entire decade.

For example, if a creative CEO is fine with employees» working from home or wants everyone to be in the office by a certain time each day, the expectation must be set and the rule adhered to.

In a decision that can only be described as touchy, a Brazilian judge has reportedly ruled that a 36 - year - old female accountant can legally masturbate at work and watch porn on her work computer.

Of course if you aren't a spiritual person than it will be difficult to see your work as a sacred offering and because business is about making up your own rules, I would say... choose to see your business in whatever way works for you!

The latest U.S. proposal for updating NAFTA's automotive rules would carry a four - year phase - in to meet a higher, 75 percent regional value threshold as well as new labor content rules requiring substantial work at hourly wages of at least $ 16.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that fly - in, fly - out workers should not receive extra pay if demobilised from a job while on a rest and relaxation period.

Planning on not working in retirement While you shouldn't count on working until you're 70, you shouldn't rule it out either.

«The rule is an important first step and will benefit some consumers who need relief the most, but a great deal of work is still needed to ensure that American families are no longer ensnared in the debt trap of high interest, abusive loans,» Michael Best, director of advocacy outreach at Consumer Federation of America, said in a statement.

Most of the CEOs believe Canada's foreign ownership policies are uncoordinated and need to be re-examined, although 29 % of the respondents say the country's rules tend to work well in their current form.

If I had to work in a setting where it was all about following a strict set of rules, I'd make terrible decisions and feel unhappy.

And in the course of working with numerous consultants, business owners, startups and even Fortune 500s, I've come to realize something startling: Most of us know what good copy looks like, and what it reads like, but when we put something down, we don't know how to follow the rules.

In demanding, competitive industries like tech and finance, professionals work in excess of 60 hours a week as a rule, and are available constantly by smartphonIn demanding, competitive industries like tech and finance, professionals work in excess of 60 hours a week as a rule, and are available constantly by smartphonin excess of 60 hours a week as a rule, and are available constantly by smartphone.

But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.

(This tends to work out better in entrepreneurial environments, with their more lax approaches to traditional HR rules.)

He said no to working a nine - to - five; accepting money from investors in return for shares; living a life without purpose; and following the rules of any industry or tradition.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Young's case and ultimately rule on what accommodations employers must make under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a decision that could touchthe lives of the 68 million working women in the U.S. and the 62 % of new moms in the last year who were part of the workforce.

In Mexico City, negotiators finished work on regulatory best practices and transparency guidelines, and also reached agreement on rules for the chemicals industry, according to people familiar with the talks, who asked not to be identified because negotiations are private.

Although the Federal Aviation Administration recently announced rules that make it easier for businesses to legally use drones, there's still much work to be done before a national drone delivery system will be in effect.

Part of the judge's ruling had to do with the notion that although those interns learned a lot on the job, «those benefits were incidental to working in the office like any other employee and were not the result of internships intentionally structured to benefit them,» the ruling states.

Shortly after the ruling, Google posted a raft of help - wanted ads seeking «bright, well - organized and spirited individuals to work with a stellar team on cutting edge technology issues» at its offices in Berlin, Rome, London and Brussels.

CUPW, which represents 50,000 employees, said it was not planning to walk off the job but may engage in work - to - rule.

During the arbitration process, CP began cancelling local rules at many of its terminals, including ones governing how locomotive engineers are called to work, in favour of new companywide rules.

Emerson says, «You have to do the work to set those ground rules so people can really work together» — even when they're in different places or putting in different hours.

With that in mind, here are 15 easy rules to ensure that negotiations work to both your advantage and that of your customers:

In March, a U.S. Senate committee reported findings from its own investigation, concluding that JPMorgan ignored risks, misled investors, fought with regulators and tried to work around rules as it dealt with mushrooming losses in the portfolio for which Iksil was tradinIn March, a U.S. Senate committee reported findings from its own investigation, concluding that JPMorgan ignored risks, misled investors, fought with regulators and tried to work around rules as it dealt with mushrooming losses in the portfolio for which Iksil was tradinin the portfolio for which Iksil was trading.

Starting in September, Bair will be working for Pew Charitable Trusts (a ProPublica supporter)-- a move that earned her plaudits from the Wall Street Journal's Deal Blog, which noted, «Here's a bit of shocking news: A Washington regulator is NOT going to work for the industry she used to rule over.»

They have these advantages, according to the reports of western companies: they usually have more of a sense of responsibility than do their unmarried sisters; they're less likely to be flirtatious; as a rule, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it — maybe a sick husband or one who's in the army; they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.

Drinkwater said the new investing rule announced in early April by the Labor Department may spur advisors and clients to work more closely on keeping inflation's effects at bay.

The barrage of identical messages, which appeared in the last three days, have raised questions about whether the comments represent legitimate public feedback on the FCC's proposed rules or whether the messages could be the work of automated computer «bots.»

Yesterday's ruling effectively said that Feng Zhang's adoption of the technique in human and mouse cells was, in fact, a new and patentable invention rather than an «obvious» extension of Doudna's and Charpentier's work.

«In my experience, a general rule is work with suppliers that are the same size as you,» says Barnekow.

Groove, a marketing firm in Baltimore, has an open plan that includes a library — complete with couches, a fireplace, and a «no talking» rule — as well as other private work spaces.

Complex accounting rules, in other words, are what allow our system to work.