Sentences with phrase «faces higher labor»

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.

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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.