Sentence examples for preferential employment from inspiring English sources

Joseph Cook's Liberal party had been in power for onlya year when it called a double dissolution in 1914 over legislation prohibiting preferential employment of trade union members in the public service.

In addition to these legally granted rights, a strong social climate for many years favored the preferential employment of veterans in all walks of life.

More studies should be performed to determine the effect of preferential employment in the HIV-related NGOs on the delivery of services for other disease conditions.

These policies provide preferential treatment to bumiputera in employment, education, scholarships, business, and access to cheaper housing and assisted savings.

If the Colorado measure is approved by voters in November, it will prohibit the state from granting preferential treatment to minorities and women in employment, contracts and education.

Although Britain has no race-based quotas for education or employment, perceptions that ethnic minorities get "preferential treatment" at the expense of whites have gained traction.

Utilizing a preferential trading agreement with Australia and New Zealand, overseas investors helped provide employment for more than 20,000 local workers as well as valuable foreign exchange.

Proposal 2, approved in 2006 by 58 percent of Michigan's voters, amended the State Constitution to prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment in public education, government contracting and public employment.

The initiative, approved in 2006 by 58 percent of the state's voters, prohibited discrimination or preferential treatment in public education, government contracting and public employment.

Shareholders in this closely held corporation sued the directors (derivative action) asserting that the directors made wasteful employment agreements and retroactively approved financing on preferential terms to themselves to the detriment of the corporation and the shareholders.

To support small businesses - which produce 72percentt of all revenues and 58percentt of employment in Greece - the government should explore preferential taxation, or taxing small businesses at lower rates.