The article reports on the formation of a new group to provide strategic advice and support to the British government on the Equality Bill and its accompanying non-legislative measures. Members of the group include Katja Hall of CBI, Diana Holland of the Unite trade union and Stephen Whittle ...
House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of salary, rather than the current high-3, proposals to eliminate the FERS supplement and to charge empl...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed at a rally with union leaders last week to hold a vote on the bill this week. …What’s unfair is rewarding high-paid government workers with larger Social Security benefits than they earned. That’s essentially what the bill would do. …Many state...
House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of salary, rather than the current high-3, proposals to eliminate the FERS supplement and to charge empl...
Shutdown averted: Enough Senate Democrats vote with the GOP to pass a government funding bill Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts. Sean Michael Newhouse March 14, 2025 To avert a government shutdown, ...
…The bill contains nearly $80 billion for the Internal Revenue Service… With this bill, it would be able to hire as many as 87,000 new employees…the wealthy and corporations don’t pay their fair share. …Americans don’t mind paying taxes, as long as they believe the system is ...
Lawmakers try again with software licensing bill This marks the third Congress in which the bipartisan bill has been introduced. ByNatalie Alms March 27, 2025 Federal CIO launches effort to 'rationalize' government’s web footprint The goals follow both preexisting efforts to improve federal websit...
including the principles and rights set out in the eight fundamental conventions identified in the Declaration of the International Labour Organisation on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the International Bill of Human Rights . Issuers deemed to have violated these conventions are not consi...
Stephenson suggested potential restrictions could include banning TV advertisements for foods high in fat, salt or sugar before 9 pm and limiting them on billboards or in cinemas. “If we were really bold, we might even begin to think of high-calorie fast food in the same way as cigarettes...
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton May 12, 2025 4 Bumps to Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ The weekend deal adds to the sense that President Donald Trump may be backing off some of the more stringent trade tariffs. Tim SmartMay 12, 2025 China Trade Deal Sends Markets Soaring Load MoreB...