Sentences with phrase «average workweek»

It measures payrolls, average workweek hours, aggregate hours worked and average hourly earnings.

Some of these regulations included limits on the maximum average workweek and required that a break be taken during the first eight hours of each shift.

German workers came in last (or first, depending on your perspective) with an average workweek of just 26.37 hours.

Let's begin by considering the average workweek of five days.

The study ranked urban centers — excluding the larger metro areas — using three factors: local business environment (length of the average workweek, revenue growth, industry variety), access to resources (financing and the amount of venture capital investment made per capita), and costs (office space affordability, labor costs, corporate taxes, and cost of living).

The rise would have been even more pronounced except that the average workweek and the labor force participation rate declined unusually sharply (Charts 13 and 14).

They have far too many tasks than can be handled in an average workweek.

The average workweek reading slipped but remained near the March 2004 high.

Employment conditions weakened, with the index for number of employees declining five points to -1.1 and the average workweek index falling three points to -4.3.

The number of employees index slid to 34.6 from 37.1, while the average workweek index decreased to 14.0 from 21.8.

If we look at the figures since 1929, he says, the average workweek has changed little.

Government reports also say the average workweek has grown from 40 hours in the 1990s to as much as an average of 49 hours currently.

So my average workweek involves leading teams, crunching numbers, and running meetings.

So my average workweek involves radiocarbon dating trees teams, crunching numbers, and running meetings.

Although the length of the average workweek hasn't changed dramatically over the years, many middle - class employees are seeing their work obligations encroaching on their personal life.

The average workweek was steady at 34.5 hours, and average hourly earnings rose by $ 0.08 to $ 26.82.

Full - time employment surpassed its pre-recession peak, and both average hourly earnings and the average workweek saw an increase, indicating a strong gain in personal incomes that should support continued consumer spending.

The average workweek was unchanged at 34.4 hours.

The average workweek, a leading indicator, was unchanged in April at 34.5 hours.