Sentences with phrase «working policies for»

However, another 30 per cent placed flexible working policies for working parents at the top of their list.

Allen & Overy LLP offers flexible working opportunities throughout its firm and recently introduced part - time working policies for full equity partners in a deliberate bid to retain more women — all partners will be able to work a minimum four - day week or be entitled to a maximum 52 days extra leave, for up to eight years.

There are no easy answers but schools and MATs that can develop and implement workable, non-disruptive flexible working policies for teachers, can really differentiate themselves in the eyes of prospective employees.

Develop individual accommodation plans and return - to - work policies for employees that have been absent due to a disability by following up with employees that are in the process of returning to work to see what accommodations can be made for them

Who would turn down an offer to play for a team with a working policy for a team filled with a mythical policy?

Not exact matches

Accenture has also worked on ways to get more women into senior leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees who are new mothers and fathers).

At such companies sometimes it's difficult to gain approval for a work practice that goes against set policies.

Some customers and airlines say the policy gives people traveling for business a better chance to get work done or grab a nap.

But in the wake of the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment allegations that have come to light across multiple industries over the past several months, it's on every company to assess whether their HR policies in this arena make it possible for everyone to feel safe at work.

The FTC, which works with the Justice Department to enforce antitrust law, said that Qualcomm used its dominance in supplying baseband processors used in smartphones and tablets to extract elevated royalties for patents in what the complaint dubbed a «no license - no chips» policy.

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Working with your financial quarterback, develop your new investment business plan (known as an investment policy statement) for the immediate deployment of the transaction's proceeds and for long - term management of investment capital.

If you're working at home, your homeowners policy doesn't cover these risks for your business activities, though endorsements and riders can sometimes be added to cover some risks.

Salim was named to Forbes» 30 Under 30 list earlier this year and has received recognition from the World Policy Institute for her work in sustainability.

Agents may be «captive,» working for one insurance carrier, or independent and writing policies on behalf of many companies.

«This is an extremely generous benefit, and while it's fantastic for the women who work there, I don't know how feasible it is going to be for the majority of industries to do something to this extent,» said Alina Salganicoff, vice-president and director of women's health policy for Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that researches health care issues.

Robbie Rietbroek, Chief Executive of PepsiCo introduced a policy to counteract the moth culture and ensure flexibility for both men and women in the work place.

Certainly, Tillerson has committed billions of Exxon shareholders» money to Russia, and even if he cuts his own financial ties to the company, it will be hard for him to pursue any kind of foreign policy that undoes much of his life's work.

When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced an end to the company's work - from - home policy in early 2013, she was met with sharp criticism for taking away her employees» flexibility.

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A report last year from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives called temp agency work a «trap» that ensnares low - income workers in bad jobs forever.

Whether it's flex time, work - from - home policies or ongoing education programs, there's plenty of evidence that more soft - edged approaches to managing your employees time can pay off big time for increased productivity and retention.

«The commercialization of LEO (low Earth orbit) is an exciting prospect, but it will be an exercise in determining what ideas are more real than others,» said Phil Larson, a former space policy adviser to President Barack Obama who worked for Elon Musk's SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp..

This policy is in place so employees work for the respect of their peers, not just their boss.

These two Googlers wanted to show the world what it's like working for the technology giant, so they took advantage of Google's 20 percent time policy (ergo the name), which allows employees to work on side projects up to one day a week.

But while the policy means that an employee could in fact be fired for missing work during a hurricane, many companies are unlikely to go through with it.

While it states that under the new policy, employees will still need to work «with their managers for coverage during their absences,» it doesn't get into how this process will work.

Asking if the company is looking for government support, Kailas said, «We are not asking for subsidy, but just a right policy framework to work without hurdles.»

According to Bloomberg, Tim Leissner, once the chairman of Goldman's operation in Southeast Asia and husband of former U.S. model and designer Kimora Lee Simmons, resigned in January after bank investigators found he allegedly violated firm policies, but continued to work for the bank until Feb. 23, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Hansen's seminal work essentially updated an important theory of statistical modeling from the late 1800s, called the Method of Moments, allowing it to be used more accurately for things like setting monetary policy.

A code of business ethics usually doesn't stand alone, it works in conjunction with a company's mission statement and more specific policies about conduct to give employees, partners, vendors, and outsiders an idea of what the company stands for and how it's members should conduct themselves.

The U.S. government has done a lot policy and emergency services [work] on Mesh networking, of which I have been a huge champion for years, and I have done a lot of work in Washington pushing that forward.

Parenting will always be a challenge in the life of any ambitious entrepreneur and / or business leader, and there are many ways to raise a child: with hired help, with the support of extended family or working for a company with generous family policies that allow for flexible work hours and parental leave.

He adheres to a strict 40 - hour work week, and also mandates a 32 - hour work week policy at his company for the summer months.

As Aaron Wright, chair of the alliance's Legal Industry Working Group, told Coin Telegraph, «Lawyers are poised to serve as the catalysts for blockchain technology, and the Legal Working Group will serve as a neutral space to explore blockchain - based legal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.»

But if this case sets a precedent for how Trump's economic policies are going to work, it heralds a dangerous shift from an economic system based on rules toward an economic system based on deals.

The Toronto Real Estate Board has stated that it is currently working on a Virtual Office Website policy for realtors and that it should be implemented in August.

And for BB&T, the publicity is an opportunity for the bank to promote the good work it has done, as well strengthen its existing policies.

The company also maintains an unwritten policy of rewarding employees who work late over those who arrive early and leave at the end of a normal work - day, making it difficult for women with children, according to the complaint.

But late last year he decided rather than continue to work for change in the policy world, he could do more good as an entrepreneur.

«We are not asking for government subsidy, but just a right policy framework to work without any hurdle.»

But a flexible work policy is just as beneficial for businesses, Branson writes in his latest blog post.

Understandably, in the wake of revelations that a shady firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign got backdoor access to as many as 87 million Facebook profiles, much of the questioning focused on Facebook's privacy policies.

Spulber, who is completing The Innovative Entrepreneur, a book slated for publication next year, notes that his work has public policy implications.

«The challenge for an incoming administration is always to make those policy changes without making law enforcement look like a purely political undertaking,» said William Yeomans, who worked in the division for more than two decades.

About 20 percent of employees working for private federal contractors earn poverty wages, according to the left - leaning Economic Policy Institute.

The left - leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research noted the other day that the share of the prime working - age population with jobs is still below where it was in December 2007.

The Equal Pay Act, first passed by Congress in 1963, mandated that men and women be given equal pay for equal work, and, some states, like Minnesota, have equal - salary policies.

For six years Anthony Levandowski worked on Google's self - driving car project, developing sensors, creating policies, and testing technology.

According to a Defense Department memo obtained by Military Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forces.»