Sentences with phrase «workers at a disadvantage»

«For far too long, imports of cheap steel and iron ore have put American companies and workers at a disadvantage,» said Sen. Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement.

From the May 2018 issue of Chicago Union Teacher: Special education caseloads are exceeding recommended levels, putting social workers at a disadvantage and causing students to miss out on much - needed services.

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Today, American aerospace companies are at a huge disadvantage because foreign airplane makers like Canada's Bombardier and Europe's Airbus are intentionally skirting international trade laws — which will only end up hurting American workers.

There was C - 377, which drowns unions in paperwork, puts them at a disadvantage with employers, and violates the privacy rights of Canadian workers.

He also signed his eighteenth Executive Order in September, mandating that county construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers, including workers from high - poverty zip codes in the county.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by elected officials and members of the business community as he signed his 18th Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers shall include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers.

Mr. Meeks warned that Japan and China were conspiring to create trade agreements that would favor their native corporations, leaving U.S. companies — and, by extension, those companies» workers — at a competitive disadvantage.

«Singling out fast food restaurants while ignoring other industries that hire workers who are paid under $ 15 is unfair and discriminatory, harms New York workers, and puts some New York businesses — including mine and my fellow New York McDonald's franchisees — at a competitive disadvantage,» said Jack Bert, who owns seven locations in Queens.

Our response recommends changes to those parts of the system within our remit (tax, tax credits and benefits) that can put workers on zero hour contracts at a particular disadvantage.»

«Part - time workers are at a disadvantage because they face the choice between buying a season ticket that they can not make full use of, or paying peak time fares each day to get to work.

He says that would put smaller employers at a competitive disadvantage in attracting workers.

Regarding the concern that such a policy might drive up construction costs, Brown said the opposite would more likely be true because the 20 percent set aside for disadvantaged workers would likely bring in more workers with less experience and who would be paid at a lower rate.

«Recent events have highlighted the safety disadvantages of pressure - suppression containments,» words that could have been written today but instead appeared in a memo from safety official Stephen Hanauer (pdf) to his fellow workers at the now - defunct U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1972.

Natural selection should eliminate such behaviors, yet there are many examples (alarm calling in squirrels, helpers at the nest in scrub jays, sterile worker castes in honey bees etc.) in which animals appear to cooperate despite an apparent disadvantage to the donor.

This also leaves shift workers at a particular disadvantage.

Indirect Discrimination: This is when a provision, criterion or practice is put in place and applies to to all workers but would put people who are married or in civil partnerships at a disadvantage.

As an injured worker, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage if your lawyer does not exclusively focus on workers» compensation claims.

The landmark case, brought by Thompsons on behalf of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) concluded that workers do not need to prove the «reason why» the practice in question puts, or would, put the affected group at a particular disadvantage.

In Dunmore v Ontario (Attorney General), 2001 SCC 94 at para 169, Justice L'Heureux - Dubé, in a concurring judgment, held that agricultural workers were generally disadvantaged and should be seen as a protected group under s. 15 (1).

The new «Appeals Services Division practices and procedures», rather than simplify and streamline, increase bureaucracy, paperwork and delay — putting at a further disadvantage injured workers with limited literacy or English language skills, workers already on the poverty line or with mental health conditions.