SKILLS AND WORKLESSNESS Sample Clauses

SKILLS AND WORKLESSNESS. Skills for the Future City Region Economy Now, and in the future, our skilled, motivated and flexible workforce is key to strengthening the competitive advantage of the Leeds City Region. To do this, we must ensure that provision reflects the current and future needs of local employers, key economic drivers and the city region economy. XXXXXX DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOUR BUT SKILLS DEFICITS We estimate that there will be a demand for over 600,000 workers in Leeds City Region to 2017, the majority of this demand arising from workers retiring from the labour market. Demand will occur across all occupations and is expected to be strongest for those occupations that require higher level skills (Level 4 and above). Today, we face particular skills challenges and there is a risk that these challenges will become more severe into the future. Overall, 13.1% of the working age population lack qualifications; in Barnsley and Bradford 18% hold no qualifications. Overall, our workforce is less skilled than the nation as a whole - 26% of City Region residents are qualified to NVQ Level 4+ against a national average of 29%. HIGH LEVELS OF OUT OF WORK CLAIMANTS In February 2009 the total number of out-of-work claimants in the City Region stood at 247,000; this was 16% higher than a year earlier and represents 13.6% of the working age population. In line with the rest of England, Incapacity Benefit claimants form the majority of benefit claimants in the city region, making up over half (52%) of all out-of-work claimants. Claimants under the age of 25 make up a significant and rising proportion of benefit claimants across the city region. In August 2009 there were a total of 85,000 Job Seeker Allowance (JSA) claimants in the City Region; this represents an increase of 70% over the previous year and is higher than the rate of increase nationally.
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SKILLS AND WORKLESSNESS. The Xxxxxx Review (2006) highlighted the importance of skills development if the UK is to successfully compete in the global economy. The Review concluded that by 2020 90% of adults should be qualified to at least Level 2 and 40% to Level 4 and above. NVQ 2 is now accepted as the minimum benchmark for basic skills necessary for entering employment. Addressing the skills deficit is of particular importance for Pennine Lancashire given the transitional nature of the economy and the widening productivity gap highlighted above. Currently the area is underrepresented among higher level skills with only 22% (or 20.6% excluding Ribble Valley) of the working age population holding NVQ4 and above, lagging well behind regional and national levels, not to mention a significant disparity with Xxxxxx’x 2020 target of 40%. Worryingly Xxxxxx suggests that individuals without basic skills (below Level 2), will not be able to secure employment in 10 years time even if they are willing to work. Currently, 15.8% (16.7% excluding Ribble Valley) of the working age population have no qualifications in Pennine Lancashire, compared to 13.6% nationally (Annual Population Survey, 2006). We recognise that aligning skill levels with future employer demands, both locally and beyond, is imperative to addressing worklessness and improve business competitiveness. To this end a Pennine Lancashire Skills Strategy is under development that will articulate the challenges around this important supply-demand dynamic, this will link with the aspirations of the Pennine Lancashire Integrated Economic Strategy. And complement the work of the Lancashire Skills Board and the indicators within the Blackburn and Lancashire LAAs. High levels of worklessness are a significant brake on the Pennine Lancashire economy. Although unemployment is broadly in line with the national average, the area suffers from high levels of economic inactivity, accounting for 25% of the working age population, with only 20% of these stating that they would actually like a job. Intergenerational benefit dependency is the root cause of economic inactivity in the area, with particularly high levels of Incapacity Benefit claimants compared to national levels. Excluding Ribble Valley, Pennine Lancashire has a working age benefit claim rate of 18.8%, compared to 17.4% regionally and 13.7% nationally (DWP, 2007).
SKILLS AND WORKLESSNESS. Our approach to each of these priorities is as follows:
SKILLS AND WORKLESSNESS. Skills for the Future City Region Economy XXXXXX DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOUR BUT SKILLS DEFICITS

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  • MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP (a) All equipment, material, and articles incorporated into the work covered by this Agreement shall be new and of the most suitable grade for the purpose intended, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement. (b) Seller shall obtain Company approval of the machinery and mechanical and other equipment to be incorporated into the work. When required by Company, Seller shall also obtain Company's approval of the material or articles which Seller contemplates incorporating into the work. When so directed, Seller shall submit samples for approval at Seller's expense. Machinery, equipment, material, and articles that do not have the required approval shall be installed or used at the risk of subsequent rejection. (c) References in the specifications or drawings to equipment, material, articles, or patented processes by trade name, make, or catalog number, shall be regarded as establishing a standard of quality and shall not be construed as limiting competition. Seller may, with Company's written approval, use any equipment, material, article, or process that is equal to that specified, unless the words "No Substitution" follow the listing of the item in the specifications or drawings. Unless otherwise agreed, modifications due to use of “or equal” supplies, is at Seller’s expense. (d) All work under this Agreement shall be performed in a skillful and workmanlike manner. Company may require, in writing, Seller to remove from the work any employee Company deems incompetent, careless, or otherwise objectionable.

  • Quality of Materials and workmanship The Contractor shall ensure that the Construction, Materials and workmanship are in accordance with the requirements specified in this Agreement, Specifications and Standards and Good Industry Practice.

  • Weekend Work (1) All ordinary hours of work performed between midnight on Friday and midnight on Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half.

  • Supervisors Working (a) The Employer agrees that the function of supervisors is the supervision of Employees and not the performance of the work of the employees they supervise. Accordingly, the Employer agrees that supervisors or other employees of the Employer who are not members of the bargaining unit shall not perform any bargaining unit work, except to train employees or demonstrate safety, or as otherwise provided in the applicable Supplement, Rider or Addendum. However, in the case of Acts of God, supervisors shall comply with the procedures in subsections (b) and (c) and may only perform bargaining unit work until bargaining unit employees are available. The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to maintain a sufficient workforce to staff its operations with bargaining unit employees. The Employer also agrees that supervisors or other employees of the Employer who are not members of the bargaining unit shall not perform bargaining unit work in preparing the work areas before the start of the Employer’s hub, preload or reload operation, nor shall the Employer send any bargaining unit employee home and then have such employee’s work performed by a supervisor or other employees of the Employer who are not a member of the bargaining unit. (b) When additional employees are necessary to complete the Employer’s operations on any shift or within any classification, the supervisor shall exhaust all established local practices to first use bargaining unit employees including where applicable, double shifting, early call-in, and overtime. (c) If there is no established local practice, the following shall apply with regard to inside work. Within each building, each operation will maintain appropriate list(s), by seniority, of those part-time employees requesting coverage work. It will be the employees’ responsibility to sign up on the appropriate list. The Company shall post such lists and employees who are interested in adding their names to the lists shall do so on the first working day of each month. It will be the employee’s responsibility to make sure his/her their contact information is correct. Employees who are unavailable to work on three (3) separate occasions within a calendar month shall have their names removed from the coverage list. Those employees shall be eligible to re-sign the list the following month. When coverage work is available, the Company will use the appropriate list to fill the required positions, and such employees will work as assigned. The employee must be qualified for the available work and double shift employees shall have seniority among themselves. No employee is allowed to work more than two (2) shifts in any twenty-four (24) hour period. Local call verification practices and procedures shall remain in place. Nothing contained in this Section shall change existing practices or procedures covering full-time work. (d) If it is determined at any step of the grievance and/or arbitration procedure that this Section, or a “supervisor working” provision in a Supplement, Rider or Addendum, has been violated, the aggrieved employee will be paid as follows: (i) if the actual hours worked by the supervisor amounts to two (2) hours or less, the aggrieved employee will be paid for the actual hours worked by the supervisor at the rate of double time the employee’s rate of pay at the time of the incident; or (ii) if the supervisor works more than two (2) hours, the aggrieved employee shall be paid four (4) hours at straight time or actual hours worked at double time the employee’s rate of pay at the time of the incident, whichever is greater. If no aggrieved employee can be identified, the payment will be made to the grievant. Such remedy shall be in addition to any other remedies sought by the Union in the appropriate grievance procedure. If a Supplement, Rider, or Addendum does not have a provision requiring notice to the xxxxxxx when a supervisor works the following shall be incorporated: “In the event a supervisor does perform bargaining unit work, the Employer shall notify the appropriate shop xxxxxxx as soon as possible.” In the event that any individual supervisor is found to be in violation of the first paragraph of this Subsection three (3) times in any nine (9) month rolling period, the grievance shall be paid at triple quadruple time the employee’s rate of pay for the hours specified in the first paragraph of this subsection.

  • Technical Information The Employer agrees to provide to the Union such information that is available relating to employees in the bargaining unit, as may be required by the Union for collective bargaining purposes.

  • Personnel Equipment and Material Engineer shall furnish and maintain, at its own expense, quarters for the performance of all Engineering Services, and adequate and sufficient personnel and equipment to perform the Engineering Services as required. All employees of Engineer shall have such knowledge and experience as will enable them to perform the duties assigned to them. Any employee of Engineer who, in the reasonable opinion of County, is incompetent or whose conduct becomes detrimental to the Engineering Services shall immediately be removed from association with the Project when so instructed by County. Engineer certifies that it presently has adequate qualified personnel in its employment for performance of the Engineering Services required under this Contract, or will obtain such personnel from sources other than County. Engineer may not change the Project Manager without prior written consent of County.

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  • Contract Database Metadata Elements Title: Great Neck Union Free School District and Great Neck Paraprofessionals Association (2011) Employer Name: Great Neck Union Free School District Union: Great Neck Paraprofessionals Association Local: Effective Date: 07/01/2011 Expiration Date: 06/30/2015 PERB ID Number: 5132 Unit Size: Number of Pages: 28 For additional research information and assistance, please visit the Research page of the Catherwood website - xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/library/research/ For additional information on the ILR School - xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/ ARTICLE# TITLE PAGE# Preamble 2 Article 1 Association Rights 2 Article 2 Board-Administration-Association Relationship and Procedures 4 Article 3 Exchange of Proposals 6 Article 4 Professionals Duties and Responsibilities of Paraprofessionals 7 Article 5 Work Assignments 8 Article 6 Annual Appointment 10 Article 7 Selection and Promotion 10 Article 8 Evaluations and Standards 11 Article 9 Procedures for Termination of Employment 11 Article 10 Conferences 12 Article 11 Human Resource File 12 Article 12 Professional Growth 13 Article 13 Sick Leave 14 Article 14 Personal Leave 16 Article 15 Other Leaves 17 Article 16 Grievance Procedures 18 Article 17 Legal Assistance 19 Article 18 Conformity to Law 19 Article 19 Health Insurance 20 Article 20 Retirement Plan 20 Article 21 Salary Schedule 21 Article 22 Seniority Policy 23 Article 23 Compensation for Financial Loss 24 Article 24 Duration of Agreement 25 Appendix A Determination of Negotiating Unit 25 Appendix B Payroll Deduction Authorization 26 Appendix C Bus Aides 26 Appendix D Salary Schedules 27

  • Supervision of Contractor Personnel The Contractor must supply all necessary and sufficient supervision over the work that is being performed and will be held solely responsible for the conduct and performance of his employees or agents involved in work under the Agreement.

  • SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND PROGRAMS The Contractor shall be responsible for initiating, maintaining and supervising all safety precautions and programs in connection with the Work.

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