Such pooling is inappropriate given that business owners
face higher labor risk and accumulate more wealth than non business owners for reasons unrelated to precautionary motives.
Not exact matches
Because many companies employing low - wage workers
face too much competition to pass the increased
labor cost on to customers, a
higher minimum wage would mean lower small business profits or costly investment in
labor saving equipment.
Faced with
labor shortages, the U.S. food system would experience supply constraints that could result in
higher prices and force the country to look beyond its own borders for more of its food supply.
-- it will
face continued margin pressures «due to
higher labor content in certain areas of manufacturing where we have temporarily dialed back automation, as well as
higher material costs from recently imposed tariffs, commodity price increases and a weaker US dollar.»
Allowing wages to continue to rise should, in the longer run, boost productivity growth because businesses will be incentivized to find ways to improve the productivity of their workers in the
face of tighter
labor markets and
higher labor costs.
U.S. wage gains are feeding
higher inflation and solid consumer spending, supporting profits in the
face of rising
labor costs.
Available housing inventory in the U.S. is at historical lows and homebuilders are
faced with
high costs and
labor shortages.
One would hardly realize that the problem
facing U.S. industrial employment is that wage earners must earn enough to pay for the most expensive housing in the world (the FDIC is trying to limit mortgages to absorb just 32 per cent of the borrower's budget), the most expensive medical care and Social Security in the world (12.4 per cent FICA withholding),
high personal debt levels owed to banks and rapacious credit - card companies (about 15 per cent) and a tax shift off property and the
higher wealth brackets onto
labor income and consumer goods (another 15 per cent or so).
They are working with impossibly tight funding; they may
face high turnover of
labor; they may be at the bottom of the food chain within their school district, viewed as little more than an annoying adjunct department vaguely linked with mystery meat, ladies in hairnets, and the persistent complaint that «school food sucks.»
When she is describing all of the barriers she
faces, keep in mind that she is not trying to be a naysayer; the challenges she
faces, including the often ridiculous regulations, the criminally low federal reimbursement for subsidized meals, the
high cost of food,
labor, utilities, and every other expense, are all very real.
In the
face of a round of critical statements issued by organized
labor groups allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo following her oblique comments regarding the connection between union contracts and the
high cost of digging NYC subway tunnels, Cynthia Nixon received some support from an unlikely source.
Drivers who plan to hit the road over
Labor Day weekend will
face higher gasoline prices because of the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the nation's refineries and pipelines.
Facing the facts is difficult, requiring sustained mental
labor and a
high - functioning brain.
The bill is «designed to address the shortage of
high - skilled
labor we
face in this country,» which «has reached a crisis level,» Hatch declared.
Small gains in the education of teachers relative to other workers may not be evidence of declining quality, however; additional years of schooling may be more valuable for teachers because, as highly skilled workers, they
face higher opportunity costs of staying out of the
labor force.
Due to the
high educational inequality evidenced in the previous section, Uruguayan youths
face different situations in the
labor market according to their educational attainment, being the most educated more protected from unemployment.
By socio - economic level, low - income boys tend to drop out earlier from the educational system and enter into the
labor market sooner than their wealthier peers even though they
face higher unemployment rates, lower income and worse employment conditions (Amarante, 2011; Bucheli, 2006).
The Great Stagnation of American Education New York Times, 9/7/13» [Professor] Richard J. Murnane, an educational economist at Harvard, has found evidence that
high school and college completion rates have begun to rise again, although part of this may be a result of weak
labor markets that induce students to stay in school rather than
face unemployment.»
Rochester
Labor & Employment partners Eric Paley and Christian Hancey are both quoted in this article discussing the impact retirement plan fee litigation, which many colleges and universities are
facing, has on the
higher education community.
«But ATRA is hopeful that reasonableness will ultimately win the day, and that senators will confirm Judge Gorsuch fairly soon so he can hear arguments and weigh in on critical
high court cases revolving around the due - process violations that result from personal injury lawyers» forum - shopping, as well as National
Labor Relations Board actions that seem to fly in the
face of the frequently upheld Federal Arbitration Act.»
«
Labor's five - point plan to implement measures like the focus on 50 communities at
high risk of chronic disease, and national plans for healthy nutrition and physical activity, raise hopes for real leadership on this the most important health challenge
facing Australia.
Today, life sciences tenants
face a dilemma — a lack of quality office and laboratory space, combined with outsized demand, is pushing rents
higher in a sector already struggling with rising
labor costs and a bottom line that is only as
high as the last well - performing patent.
Today, life sciences tenants
face a dilemma — a lack of quality office and laboratory space, combined with outsized demand, is pushing rents
higher in a sector already struggling with rising
labor costs and a bottom line that is only as
high...
«Builders continue to
face a number of challenges, including rising material prices,
higher mortgage rates, and shortages of lots and
labor.»
With the housing industry
facing a shortage of skilled
labor, you'll likely pay more for workers than a
high - volume contractor would.