They lack the paid-time-off-from-work entitlements that in comparison countries make it easier for single parents to balance caregiving and jobholding.
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In some cases they are paid for term-time work only, in others they get at least a retainer over the holidays.
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It gets interesting because they are all paid as part-time workers, and oftne have to take time away from their legal practices to serve, and also get a per diem allowance while in session, so people complain when they have too many special sessions.
They contribute 1.2 billion hours each year to sport, the equivalent of 720, 000 full-time paid workers.
If they return to it at all it is usually much later, and then mostly to badly paid and unchallenging part-time jobs.
Besides, there was a full-time paid ranch manager who ran it.
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James Rosenwald, managing partner at Dalton Investments LLC, said this week he believes shareholders would fare better if Dell borrowed money and paid a large one-time dividend.
Under the programme, private money was used to fund building schemes which NHS trusts then paid back over time - similar to a mortgage on a house.
This is a full-time paid internship for three months based at the organisation's International Office at Leiden University, the Netherlands, with the possibility for extension for a further three months.
This is why Singapore, which wants motorists to be aware of the social cost of their driving, has deliberately designed a device that lights up with the amount being deducted from the driver's pre-paid card each time the vehicle passes an electronic toll gantry.
Consumers select the titles they want to upgrade on DVD2Blu.com, mail in their standard DVDs with pre-paid postage and a short time later receive copies of the same film on Blu-ray Disc.
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Tributes have been paid by musicians including one-time Deep Purple bandmate Joe Satriani, Iron Maiden and Anthrax.
Nonetheless, we had great accomplishments in those organizations, but how do I compete with other applicants who have full-time, paid experience?
James Rosenwald, managing partner at Dalton Investments LLC, said he believes Dell shareholders could do better if the company borrowed money and paid shareholders a large one-time dividend.
According to Glassdoor, employees at MITRE, a not-for-profit organization based in Massachusetts and Virginia, commented on the high value the company places on work-life balance as shown through flexible schedules, generous paid time off and other great perks like an on-site cafeteria and gym.
The Conservative-led administration said most councillors worked almost full time for a part-time salary and staff were paid at least minimum wage.
My experience is over 10 years in that capacity, but as a non-paid volunteer on a part time basis.
They are pre-paid allowing them to spend time with patients.
An engineer from the elite Indian Institute of Technology, he started his career as a low-paid software engineer at a time when India's outsourcing industry was still to take off.
Because the mobile-phone companies get paid in advance, they waste no time or money on chasing bad debts, as fixed-line firms do.
Many colleges use part-time lecturers who get paid much less and rarely get raises.
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The survey covers full- and part-time workers who are paid a wage or salary.
We also paid homage to one of our all-time favorite sources of (surprisingly green) home entertainment - the Roku Box.
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He supports the Healthy Families Act, which would require all but the smallest companies to grant a minimum amount of paid sick leave, even to part-time workers.
But Venus was well below her best too and, after she failed to serve out the match at 5-3 in the second set, the seven-time Grand Slam champion paid the price.
The golf prodigy with the squeaky-clean image had just confessed to infidelity in a tangled drama that cost Woods, at the time the highest-paid athlete in the world, millions of dollars in dropped endorsements.
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Another solution to boost savings: Social Security credits for time spent as non-paid caregivers.
These permatemps were allegedly hired to work as full-time employees, but Microsoft paid them through temp agencies to avoid paying them benefits like stock options and health care plans.
But it would also cut across another new policy, which imposes income tax for the first time on many low-paid workers, a plan which most economists expect will kill off up to 1m jobs.
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