The states that so is situate it says any group that doesnt get the benefit, a group that is nonpregnant, then pregnant people are any group at all . If you have a policy, im not sure what one would look like that singled out pregnant employees plus one other employee, my guess is what category of employs . A policy that is at issue here distinguishes on the job versus off the job injuries. Thats a distinction that is echoed in state and federal law. Thats a far cry from the policy that singles out pregnant women. Singling out is in the first or targeting or otherwise primarily disadvantaging. That distinction tracks what workers comp requires, which is payment for employees were injured on the job, and many employers, including the u. S. Postal service have found it advantageous to provide lightduty accommodations to their employees can be at work while they are rehabilitating and provide some Productive Work for the company. That distinction is as legitimate as you could get. I see m
Leadership and talent. If it is in Computer Science the new kinds of languages and technologies, cloudbased things they might need to love too. The policy side of that, whether it is making sure that trend to bring all americans into that. Training for the jobs of the future. President ial candidates have been talking about that for 20 years. People are seeing 80 to 90 pickup general assembly, think that that . Things like that. The end a. Theyre not millions of people that there are beginning to be hundreds. It is like taking a semester long class. In some cases it is people upgrading the skills into a more modern set of product. I was just with the cofounder of square. They place 1000 people in miami into new jobs. He created meet up. People came twice a week and did online courses together. They had communities and were placed into jobs. There is some minor backlash. For example, they want said that everyone ought to be able to repair car engines. But they are not going to be critic
It was great to hear from the journalists about their relationship with jim. One of the advantages to having this many press secretaries together is that they agreed to hold a background briefing to go over some of the planning reports in detail. There has been allusions to a glass of water to. I hope the document proves us to be conservative estimates. Everyone has made reference here today about jim and sarahs work when it comes to gun safety and gun violence. Our next two speakers are people who have lived in the trenches on this issue over the last two decades and have made a difference in a terribly difficult and divisive issue. Dan gross is the president of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. Before that, he started the center to prevent Youth Violence and has devoted much of his life to the cause. Gail hoffman, who many of you know, was central to putting this event together, has been at this since the late 1980s with handgun control, was the point person for all of us i
The numbers are on the screen. A very good morning on a snowy tuesday morning. Headlines about the congress in papers here in washington and around the country. Here in the Washington Times mcconnell letting to take the helm of the senate is the headline there. The starledger, what to expect from a new congress, including health care, invigoration immigration and border. And another headline the crop of young outsiders remakes the face of congress. In the u. S. House, 246 republicans, 188 democrats and one vacancy. That one vacancy, of course, republican my Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of new york who submitted his resignation after a guilty plea in a tax evasion case. Still, republicans start the year with 240 six republicans, the largest gop House Majority 246 republicans, the largest gop House Majority since 1946. The senate makes up 36 states having both from the same party 21 with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. There are also 53 former house members as members
Feel very fortunate to have received so much of the credit belongs to so many that have helped make it possible. Many Fighter Pilots i couldve done what i did, but we had a unique opportunity in air combat arena, and there were some reasons for our success at the time given that opportunity, and you know what they are. Preparation, teamwork, discipline, dedication education, training, communication, enthusiasm enthusiasm . [applause] it is after lunch, isnt it . Attitude, attitude, attitude. Will. Determination, integrity. And surely must would agree those are the ingredients, the keys i go into the makeup of success, achievement, quality, excellence, top gun performance, and anything that we do personal or professional. So in the final analysis, it is people and a wide array of support functions that are trained and motivated and willing to do the job who ultimately make it possible for us to win rather than to lose, to succeed rather than to fail and sometimes, sometimes to live rath