Sentences with phrase «workplace protections»

But American workplace protection laws barely acknowledge that independent contractors exist.

But indie game developers could also benefit from the added stability and workplace protections offered by organizing.

Ride - share drivers are not classified as employees, a designation under which they'd be entitled to certain workplace protections.

However, independent workers don't have the same workplace protections that employees of a corporations do.

The long - running campaign to secure federal workplace protections for LGBT employees took another step Tuesday when a Senate panel held the first hearing on the Employment Non-discrimination Act in nearly three years.

«As the on - demand economy creates exciting opportunities and unleashes innovation, it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future.»

The liberal mayor has also knocked the company, which has earned plenty of praise from Republicans, for its lax workplace protections.

There's also an amendment for workplace protections against discrimination that would penalize defense contractors.

He continued: «A Labour government will work with EU partners, trade unions and businesses to ensure that, outside the EU, the UK does not lag behind Europe in workplace protections or environmental standards in future.»

«Recent reports expose how provincial and federal laws exclude migrants from basic workplace protections.

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Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters, said an executive order for LGBT workplace protections «ought to be something the president seriously considers doing.»

Lyft's drivers will continue to operate as contractors, though they now have significant workplace protections.

Drivers for both companies are currently classified as contractors, but the ones who have brought lawsuits against both companies contend they're misclassified and should actually be considered W - 2 employees, a status that would grant more workplace protections.

Soon after last year's SCOTUS ruling, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal regulating body charged with enforcing the anti-discrimination statutes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, issued guidance suggesting the act's Title VII provision would extend to provide workplace protections based on sexual orientation and gender expression.

«Even in these states that don't have statewide workplace protections, a business's status as a federal contractor will take precedence,» clarifies Fred Sainz, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign.

(No paid maternity leave or sick days, and poor workplace protections for pregnant workers.)

She truly understood the vital role labor unions serve in strengthening our economy, and worked hand in hand with us to improve workplace protections, increase wages for America's working poor and middle class, and protect workers» health and retirement benefits.

In recent days, they have also attacked Uber for its limited workplace protections and low pay for drivers.

As far as the UFT is concerned, withdrawing representation in grievances is unlikely to give teachers enough reasons to be members because contractual workplace protections are incomplete, and the UFT has not consistently enforced existing provisions.

Like many other state Democrats this season, he's sporting pink and rallying for a women's equality agenda that includes workplace protections and codifying abortion law.

But if the assessments of Cao and Miller are correct — if UC postdocs will indeed rank among the nation's top postdoc earners, if the new workplace protections really are without precedent in so elite an academic system, and if the pact in fact heralds serious economic improvement — these facts say more about the generally dismal circumstances of young academic researchers than they do about the prosperity and security in store for those employed at UC.

The product of a year and a half of negotiations ending on 31 July, the 5 - year pact provides modest pay increases and enhanced workplace protections to the 10 - campus system's 6500 or so postdocs, who by some estimates constitute 10 % of the nation's total.

Gabby Ibarra, a fifth grade teacher at Niemes Elementary school in Cerritos, California, told reporters outside the court that the relentless assault on teacher workplace protections is about stirring up «a problem that doesn't exist»: the supposed insurmountable obstacles in firing bad teachers and the impact on lower - income students.

I don't believe that frustration with a few bad teachers justifies stripping away workplace protection.

According to the dissenting judges, although the Code's workplace protections prohibit all forms of workplace discrimination — including discrimination from co-workers, customers or other individuals with whom an employee interacts — the onus is on employers to intervene and halt the behaviour.

The Ontario Human Rights Code provides for important workplace protections to ensure that the rights and dignity of all are observed.

Plus they're considered independent contractors, so most workplace protections — including minimum wage requirements — just don't cover them.

Housing refers to «Protection from being unfairly evicted, denied housing, or refused the ability to rent or buy housing,» while the Employment section addresses local workplace protections (or lack thereof) for LGBTQ workers.

Assessed safety methods and procedures, determining new ways to promote better workplace protections.

On March 27, Trump revoked orders that required companies with federal contracts to follow workplace protections against harassment and discrimination of women and people of color.

But it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future» Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a speech today outlining her economic policy.

As Uber has aggressively pushed back at the mayor, running slick ads accusing Mr. de Blasio of killing jobs for poor minorities, City Hall has expanded their criticism, flaying Uber for their lax workplace protections and regulatory fights with cities across the world.

Attorney Christina Coleman explains the various legal rights and protections that pregnant and working mothers have in the workplace

A proactive approach to comply with the new Bill 132 requirements will help mitigate potential legal exposures and strengthen workplace protections.

Federation officials say their motive is the same one that drove teachers in school districts to unionize decades ago: Every worker deserves fair pay, due process, and other workplace protections.

And it's even good if teachers are unionized and have basic workplace protections.

That means signing onto legal briefs for queer issues that affect the tech community, contributing to organizations that have been quietly doing the hard work for years, crafting policies that include and enrich members of the queer community and making sure that LGBTQ employees are extended workplace protections and health insurance benefits that can help them not just live, but thrive.

Brown also signed 10 other immigration - related bills that limit the growth of detention centers, expand education services for immigrants, and extend tenant and workplace protections for undocumented people.

The debate has spilled into U.S. presidential politics, with Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton in July saying on - demand companies raise «hard questions» about workplace protection and what a good job will look like in the future.

The scorecard evaluated 194 low -, middle -, and high - income countries on seven factors including financial investment, workplace protections, health care services, and community supports for breastfeeding and found most countries aren't doing enough to protect the health and well - being of mothers and babies.

Workplace protection for cancer sufferers was boosted by a landmark legal case supported by the Unite general union which should ensure that people suffering with «pre-cancer» will be protected under...

Members clearly understood that the excellent wages, benefits and workplace protections they enjoy were won because of the union's power.

«Year after year I have had the pleasure of working with 1199SEIU on matters of critical importance to our quality of healthcare and workplace protections,» he said.

Curran, who will face County Comptroller George Maragos in a September Democratic primary, said that if elected, she would «stand with the hard - working men and women these unions represent, and will fight for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections.»