Sentences with phrase «as less labor»

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(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

And a Labor Department study points out an earnings anomaly: while self - employed men earn as much as or more than similar workers paid a wage or a salary, self - employed women earn substantially less than their wage and salary counterparts.

As the economy has exploded, some manufacturing has started to migrate to other parts of the world where labor is less costly.

The rest is attributable to businesses having a lot less physical capital (such as machines and software) than was anticipated, and having unexpectedly low total factor productivity (the productivity of labor and capital).

One possibility, he said, is that frequent traders laboring under the «illusion of control» believe that they can respond easily to information and events during the day but can't do so as easily after hours, when there are far fewer market participants and less money, or «liquidity,» involved in trading.

As it is the labor change is really much less than it appears relative to the change in profit share.

But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.

As a result, even though a tightening labor market and recently supportive levels of business, consumer, and investor confidence may bode well for the near - term outlook, the hard data currently seems considerably less encouraging than the soft data.

By Cerulli's numbers, less than 3 percent of the total advisor universe operated as an ERISA fiduciary plan specialist prior to finalization of Labor Department's fiduciary rule.

[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.

Merger and acquisitions among registered investment advisors fell sharply in the third quarter as advisors see less reason to merge in the wake of an 18 - month delay of the Department of Labor fiduciary rule.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

As the information age has evolved, the number of jobs requiring manual labor has declined, making physical limitations (aging or otherwise) a less significant factor.

Such rebuilds require less local labor and materials, and both could be in short supply as the North Bay recovers from the wildfires.

Kempsim speaks for the employers who want to make it easier to find workers (and to pay those workers less) as the labor market finally heats up after the Great Recession.

Exploring some of the lesser - known metaphors and imagery employed by biblical authors to describe God, Winner lyrically invites the reader to imagine God as clothing, laughter, flame, food, wine, and a laboring woman.

Externally, it has put itself at the mercy of international capitalism, becoming a dependent region with an industry, a labor force and an agriculture developed as a function of the North American and (to a lesser extent) the western European metropolis.

As agribusiness replaces traditional family farming, goods are produced with less labor.

«In terms of the world's sanity, Jesus is crazy as a coot, and anybody who thinks he can follow him without being a little crazy too is laboring less under a cross than under a delusion.»

In many respects, the New Deal was less about income redistribution than about the recognition of «group rights» benefitting these cultural challengers, a recognition embedded in such policies as the fostering of labor unions, public works programs, and social insurance.

They see it — a major misconception — as more convenient than natural labor, or less painful, or less messy.

As a result the socialist education movements that were effective among European workers were much less successful here and labor organizations limited their goals to short - run economic benefits.

John VVoolman knew the gift of «looking less at the Effects of my Labor, than at the Motion and Reality of the concern as it arises from heavenly Love» with the result that when he continued to follow his God - given concern «in Patience and Meekness, heavenly Peace is the Reward of our Labors.»

Baldo rice is a great pick for this simple springtime risotto because it releases enough starch as it cooks to warrant only frequent — not constant — stirring, making this less labor intensive than...

After picking, the best of the green Kona is processed by one of two methods — the dry process method, simpler and less labor - intensive as the berries can be strip picked, and the wet way, which incorporates fermentation and yields a mild Kona.

This was all avoidable, had the MLBPA been less willing to aim for labor peace and amenities, and more willing to fight hard for everything, big or small, as Marvin Miller used to when the union was first getting off the ground.

The story behind Russia's vast success at Squaw Valley was the same as it had been at Cortina: a massive sports program enveloping schools and clubs and labor unions and the military service, state encouragement, frequent outright aid to the specially talented, a fierce desire on the part of the individual to triumph, less for himself or his organization than for Mother Russia.

As for why Oregon's Football Outsiders ratings are so much higher this year than last, a commenter at Football Study Hall actually already handled this one pretty well: statistically, Oregon more or less fought LSU to a draw back on Labor Day weekend.

I had a c - section that started out as a homebirth, and my (very very long) labor at home was WAY less dramatic than that homebirth scene.

Related to point # 2, in the Parenting as an Entrepreneur episode, Alicia Ybarbo said something that really stuck out to me — that women get very good at narrowing in on solutions and making split decisions because there is basically no time to labor endlessly over camp options or put up with working with someone crazy when there is a less crazy alternative.

Some medications you were given during labor, such as Demerol or medicine found in the epidural, can cause your baby to have trouble latching on to your breast, which can in turn cause your body to make less milk.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

Having a doula has proven to promote shorter and easier labors, an easier time adapting to motherhood with enhanced skills as well as less postpartum depression which is huge!

Yes, low quality studies showing as much as 80 minutes less labor or approximately 20 fewer contractions.

Practice your breathing techniques, as the more prepared you are the less likely you are to forget your birth plan during labor and delivery.

Women who have never labored are much less likely to have any pelvic floor damage and are most likely to report that their sex lives are «as good or better» after giving birth.

Usually, false labor contractions are less regular and not as strong as true labor.

The researchers defined active phase labor arrest as 1 cm or less of labor progress over 2 hours in women who entered labor spontaneously and were at least 4 cm dilated at the time arrest was diagnosed.

Even if he can not understand the pain of labor, he is right there beside her commiserating and helping her feel less alone, a part of the process, as well as reminding her of her sacrifice to bring their child into the world safely and lovingly.

But your reality show will probably be a little different, first, because fewer than 15 percent of women experience a rupture of the membranes before labor begins, and second, because if your water does break in public, it's less likely to come as a torrential tidal wave and more likely to come as a slow leak, trickle or small gush.

Although labor arrest and abnormal or indeterminate fetal heart rate tracing are the most common indications for primary cesarean delivery, less common indications ---- such as fetal malpresentation, suspected macrosomia, multiple gestation, and maternal infection (eg, herpes simplex virus)---- account for tens of thousands of cesarean deliveries in the United States annually.

«Complications such as pregnancy - induced hypertension with associated intrauterine growth retardation as well as preterm labor and prematurity were less frequent in the yoga group.

A spontaneous rupture of membranes as the first sign of labor, happens less often than you might think.

A woman's first labor can take days to progress, with active labor taking roughly 8 hours, according to Baby Center, but since you must have had at least one child to qualify as a surrogate, your body already knows what to do and you're a seasoned pro, so you can expect active labor to take around three hours less.

Articles like these inadvertently say that epidurals are bad and that we as women should suffer through the tremendous labor pains and we are less for it if we don't.

If we define labor in primiparous women over 12 hours as dystocia, we will invent another technology to force women to hurry up their labor to less than 12 hours.

Activity of baby - The baby may become slightly less active as labor approaches.

«As a test of that theory; I strongly suspect that an entrepreneur whose corporation offshored labor to a great degree would be distinctly less popular if one tried to enter politics».

While Thursday's gathering was decidedly smaller than the epic concert, it seemed to generate no less a fraternal spirit as Dolan, who was joined by Catholic Charities» Executive Director Monsignor Kevin Sullivan and other members of the organization, spoke emphatically of their backing of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act.

Nearly half of the 807 titles covered by the state Labor Department's Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey — a total of 358 occupations, including an array of clerical as well as blue - collar positions — have entry - level wages starting at less than the $ 31,200 - a-year annualized equivalent of $ 15 per hour.