Sentences with phrase «when wage costs»

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«We're not still seeing real wage growth, but we are seeing some of the cost of living move up when you get into what does it cost to own a home and operate your life in general,» he said.

«Andy Puzder is against unions, calls the minimum wage and overtime «restrictions» and employees «extra cost,» and even said he wants to fire workers like us and replace us with machines that can't take vacation or sue their employers when they break the law,» the nonprofit Interfaith Worker Justice quoted Rogelio Hernandez, a Carl's Jr. cook, as saying.

Food is a restaurant's most expensive cost after labour, said Rilett, who anticipates another bump in prices when the minimum wage impact ripples into the price of food as farmers, processors and others also face increased costs.

Restaurants are often laggards when it comes to adopting new technology, but rising labor costs due to higher minimum wage and labor shortages coupled with food inflation has some looking to solutions that can provide some relief from the increased pressure on already tight margins.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

According to BLS - generated cost indexes for wages / salaries and total benefits, benefit costs have risen about 60 % since 2001 (when the data series began), versus about 37 % for wage and salary costs.

«When you're talking about a $ 10 and $ 15 minimum wage, that has the potential to increase our labor costs 10 to 20 percent,» says Don Davey, a representative for Firehouse Subs.

And when creditors turned their economic gains from this process into political power to shift the tax burden onto wage earners and industry, this raised the cost of living and doing business — by more than technology was able to lower prices.

The employment report provided the latest sign that a strengthening jobs market is starting to spur faster wage growth, a key factor that will help determine when the U.S. central bank starts lifting borrowing costs.

«They are struggling to support children in a school system Christy Clark tore down, struggling to support their parents at a time when Liberals have left 9 in 10 residential care facilities understaffed, and struggling to make ends meet when we have the slowest wage growth in the country and the highest cost of living.

When wage increases are a result of policy instead of market mechanics, revenues and profits can suffer if businesses can not offset the costs by charging higher prices.

Their tag line is «Sustainable Supply Co.» because they believe that when we buy a product, the cost of the item should be able to sustain every person connected to it with a living wage.

When California raised the minimum wage significantly for most employers at the start of this year, Towne Park had to redo many of its contracts to reflect the change in costs and maintain its margins.

When he cost less than a Wenger's weekly wage packet.??

The wage bills, the exorbitant costs to sign the best of the best in world football, doesn't leave much in the way of spare change when it comes to building depth into a squad.

The club's finances were looking far healthier in 16/17 compared to 15/16 when the dangerously high wage - to - turnover ratio coupled with Main Stand construction costs led to a loss exceeding # 20m (which would have been far worse had it not been for a sizeable profit on disposal of players» registrations).

Senate Republicans had opposed an increase in the minimum wage, and when it became clear the wage had strong support, they insisted on a way to blunt the cost to businesses.

It will drive employers with part - time and / or lower - income employees to significantly modify their scheduling practices, at a time when they are also absorbing the costs of an increased minimum wage and dealing with the complexity of the new paid family leave act.»

They say the studies were done when states were offering the same basic low - wage rate, providing little comparison shopping for workers looking for higher pay and employers looking to reduce costs.

This means in 2011, at the point in the electoral cycle when costs should have been at their lowest, Labour was employing 67 more staff than the Tories had had to fight the general election and spending # 1.4 m more on its wage bill.

The wage increase for the lowest - paid state workers will cost New York roughly $ 20.6 million a year, including the anticipated effect of fringe benefits, when its fully phased in on July 1, 2021, according to the governor's office.

These concepts could be explored with a scene that involves preparing for a party — that would lead students to determine total costs when given the unit prices for snacks, and to figure out how much they'll have to pay the party entertainment, cleaning crew, etc., when given the hourly wage.

This makes the race to seek educational quality in New Orleans, a daunting one, particularly when your income determines your eligibility for resources in a city with rising costs of living and low wage employment.

Stock investors are likely coming to grips with the reality that when home price growth doubles the pace of wage growth, and mortgage costs tied to the 10 - year continue climbing, consumers may not be able to spend freely.

When combined with a tight labor market and recent wage growth, it remains to be seen how well companies can absorb input cost increases before having to pass them on to consumers, and how sticky consumer demand for goods and services will be once this happens.

Trump has a blind spot when it comes to actual costs of essential things to real wage - earning people.

Taking your historical financial data and re-forecasting your expenses with the increased labour costs your business will experience when the minimum wage increase is fully implemented will help you understand the impact the minimum wage increase will have on your cash flow.

The large and medium sized cities can provide endless nights of entertainment when you need a break from earning an above average wage as a medical assistant in this low cost of living state.

I'm wondering, if you calculated either paying yourself the market wage or the opportunity cost wage into your costs, how off track you might be or how much tighter your profit might be when you sell?

Unaffordable was when the average cost of a two - bed private rental property was more than 50 % of the combined take - home pay of a two - wage household (one person working full - time, one working part - time) on an average salary.