The NFLPA also said it has asked the league for independent sideline concussion experts, the certification and credentialing of professional football medical staff and better worker's compensation.

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The forum unites flaxroots community representatives, volunteers, central and local government officials, media, academics, health professionals, language advocates, sports people, librarians, teachers, artists, museum staff, faith groups, employers, worker and young people to talk about practical ways cultural diversity can be fostered and all New Zealanders can enjoy equal opportunities and live in harmony.

UNESCO: NZ Diversity Forum 2009

The restaurant said that the bug was spread by an asymptomatic worker, that its staff has extensively cleaned the kitchen, and that it has offered refunds or new meals to affected diners.

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They say employers are using them to avoid agency worker regulations, which entitle agency staff to the same basic terms and conditions as permanent employees after 12 weeks.

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Key improvements recognised by the watchdog included an improvement in staff levels, a reduction in social worker caseloads to "manageable" levels, and an improvement in the identification of children at risk.

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Worker committees run the manufacturing plants and profit-sharing schemes are available to all staff members.

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In Afghanistan, the murder in broad daylight of a foreign UN worker in November pushed the UN to withdraw its international staff from rural areas in the south and east.

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