Sentences with phrase «businesses at a competitive disadvantage»

The landmark global warming law, which is being enforced in phases, could put the state's businesses at a competitive disadvantage unless other states and the federal government come up with similar plans, the study by the nonpartisan agency said.

Don't place your business at a competitive disadvantage with higher insurance expenses than your competition.

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Schools that can't afford to keep up, such as Columbia Business School, appear at a major competitive disadvantage.

Large companies «need to attract and retain employees and they'd be at a competitive disadvantage if they stopped offering health benefits,» said William Kramer, executive director for national health policy for the Pacific Business Group on Health.

Small businesses are often at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to winning these visas, analysts note, as larger companies may flood the application pool, while smaller businesses can only afford to make a few bets on those most critical to their operations.

«Small businesses are at a competitive disadvantage,» says Delisa Bressler, an immigration lawyer at Foster LLP.

Businesses not using the Internet and in particular, search, display video and mobile advertising to connect with potential customers are placing themselves at a HUGE competitive disadvantage.

However, business groups have been urging the Liberal government not to raise taxes further, warning that such a move could place Canada at a competitive disadvantage in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to support a «massive» tax cut for the middle class.

«Businesses found making these illicit sales will be held accountable for defrauding New York State taxpayers and placing retailers who are playing by the rules at a competitive disadvantage.»

«Singling out fast food restaurants while ignoring other industries that hire workers who are paid under $ 15 is unfair and discriminatory, harms New York workers, and puts some New York businesses — including mine and my fellow New York McDonald's franchisees — at a competitive disadvantage,» said Jack Bert, who owns seven locations in Queens.

In its «Memorandum in Opposition,» the Chamber goes even further and states that businesses will be put at a competitive disadvantage to businesses in adjoining counties, that job creation will be stifled, and that consumers will bear the cost of the mandate.

Unshackle Upstate is a member of the coalition, which argues that the toll hike will put the state's tucking industry, and all the businesses that use trucks to haul goods, at a «competitive disadvantage».

Unshackle Upstate is a member of the coalition, which argues that the toll hike for commercial vehicles with three or more axles will put the state's tucking industry and all the businesses that use trucks to haul goods at a «competitive disadvantage».

Unshackle Upstate is a member of the coalition that argues that the toll hike would put the state's trucking industry, and all the businesses that use trucks to haul goods, at a competitive disadvantage.

«Our brick - and - mortar stores are at a competitive disadvantage against big businesses that do not play by the same rules,» Bellone told Newsday previously.

It is important to protect Energy - Intensive and Trade - Exposed (EITE) businesses, like Aluminum and metal manufacturers, in our state that could be put at a competitive disadvantage by a carbon tax.

Sticking to her party's line, Brewer said cap and trade would impose higher costs on businesses and would place Arizona at a competitive disadvantage compared with its neighbors.

However in the Budget 2014 the Government announced that prices would be capped at # 18 per tonne from 2016 to 2020 to limit the competitive disadvantage faced by business and reduce energy bills for consumers.

They burden people with rising prices and businesses, jobs and wages are put at a competitive disadvantage, just as policies that affected house prices have left millions paying through the nose for rents, and stacked huge liabilities on people on average incomes.

Some businesses are already arguing that the US withdrawal puts them at a competitive disadvantage, and these voices will become louder as countries move closer to the net - zero - emission future required to limit warming to 2C.

Therefore, it's time for BigLaw firms to recognize the business reality that taking profitable partners away from the practice of law into the need to develop business, dilutes a firm's ability to generate more revenue and profit from their high - value practices, and places them at a competitive disadvantage against the Big4 and NewLaw.

These new rules prohibit «paid prioritization,» which would have created a two - tiered internet putting many NAR members and other small business owners at a competitive disadvantage.

At the same time, small businesses that either couldn't pay the new fee or couldn't negotiate such an arrangement for themselves would face a significant competitive disadvantage, losing customers to faster websites.

This unequal treatment puts local «brick - and - mortar» businesses — who do pay these taxes — at a competitive disadvantage.

«NAR is pleased that the FCC will implement net - neutral practices and prohibit paid prioritization, which would have created a two - tiered Internet and put REALTORS ® and other small - business owners at a competitive disadvantage,» says NAR President Chris Polychron.

«If the FCC's proposal went into effect today, new and small businesses, who can not afford to pay the fees, would instantly be put at a competitive disadvantage.