Sentence examples for subcontracted workers from inspiring English sources

Most were miners, though several subcontracted workers were also trapped.

Over the past year, labor unions have targeted subcontracted workers at tech companies for unionization.

Oil companies, for example, use subcontracted workers for all but the most sophisticated jobs, with some contract laborers kept on for up to 25 years.

In May 2015, Facebook announced that it would require a $15 an hour wage and paid sick days for all workers at its Menlo Park campus, including subcontracted workers like security guards and cafeteria workers.

Widespread use of subcontracted labour (whereby companies do not directly employ workers) proliferated in many industries, especially on plantations; however, legislation passed in 2006 limits the percentage of subcontracted workers a company can employ and enables these workers rights to freedom of association, to bargain collectively, and to legal protection against antiunion discrimination.

The current strike began March 28, when several hundred subcontracted workers at Hongkong International Terminals, a unit of Mr. Li's Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, walked off the job to push for a pay raise of around 20 percent from the 55 Hong Kong dollars, or $7, they say they make in average hourly pay.

Temporary subcontracted Health District workers have contracts with unlimited validity, while political appointees' contracts are valid only for the duration of the political mandate.

The non-permanent, subcontracted Health District workers are entitled to 30 calendar days' holiday per year, while those who hold political appointments have 25 calendar days per year.

The allegations on which I reported — tales of deceptive recruitment, unpaid wages, sexual assault, and conditions resembling indentured servitude faced by some foreign subcontract workers of the Pentagon — were cited yesterday in federal hearings of the Commission on Wartime Contracting.

The official position of the party was finally confirmed before the 2017 Federal Parliament election, and it calls for the ratio of dispatched and subcontract workers to be limited to 15%, for dispatched workers to be converted to full-time employees after six months of employment, and for part-time labor contracts to be extended only once (AfD 2017: 52017

Mr Yunus also urged global fashion brands not to abandon the country, saying that garment factory workers subcontracted to produce their clothing should be seen as de facto employees.