Sentences with phrase «fewer workers there»

It's a small dealership with just a few workers there, so the atmosphere is very low - key and friendly.

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A core tenet of employee engagement is that there are few things more motivating to most workers than being heard; it's hard to imagine even the most jaded desk jockey wouldn't feel a little bit chuffed when the person at the top of the org chart looks her in the eyes and asks her what she thinks.

«Total compensation is down, part - time workers aren't getting as many hours, and there are fewer hourly employees who are working full time,» said Susan Woodward, the economist who helped to develop the survey.

Currently there are job - related Web sites catering to restaurant workers (www.starchefs.com), truck drivers (www.truckers.com), and funeral directors (www.funeralnet.com), to name a few.

There are concerns that in some cases companies have little incentive to do so when they can access inexpensive labour through the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which has expanded dramatically over the past few years.

Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.

As Steve Jobs likes to point out, «In the past 15 years, there have been only a few tools that have actually increased the efficiency of the office worker — the IBM Selectric typewriters, the calculator, the Xerox copier, and the newer, advanced phone systems.

But there is little or no discussion in Unions Matter of current intergenerational tensions in the union movement: the movement toward two - tier workplaces, like Air Canada's Rouge Airlines, which aims to hire new, mostly younger workers at a lower pay scale and with fewer benefits than are enjoyed by older, established workers.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

Statistics Canada reports that, with the exception of three Canadian cities, virtually all regions will suffer from fewer workers, as there will be fewer people available to contribute to society's many needs.

In the Richmond district, there were «numerous reports of strong labor demand,» though the report also said few businesses offered permanent jobs to seasonal workers and there was high turnover among low - skill workers.

For days, there were few workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or troops to help organize and distribute supplies.

They have talked to a few managers here and there, but not, so far as we can determine, to any of the workers who actually get the job done, and who would have much to offer in terms of suggestions for positive change.

Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»

So there is reserved pay check for only a few soldiers, farmers, vineyard workers, etc..

I went there a few times, and counted 6 people there (workers) from the 200 member Vineyard.

Some say that there are fewer willing workers because so many women work.

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While Sanchez has no firm figures regarding the boycott, he said that a cafeteria worker did tell him that there were far fewer students eating the school meal than normal.

This is probably a result of there being fewer workers around, leaving those that remain doing extra tasks.

There are fewer trains running at off - peak hours, when those workers are more likely to use the subway, and the MTA has not kept up with growing ridership between the hours of 5 and 7 a.m., or 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Not to be outdone, a spokesperson for the mayor shot back, «If 421 - a is simply extended as is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.

To give a few examples, apart from those from outside the European Economic Area who can not lawfully work at all, there have been restrictions on migrants from new EU members states (to self - employment for a period of seven years), those on Tier 2 visas (to a named employer), on students (who may work, but not full time or in a profession), and on domestic workers (who may not seek another employer even if abused).

There are fewer workers to pay for the benefits for a growing number of retirees.

If 421a is simply extended as - is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.

A poll worker in Brooklyn Heights» 101 Clark Street polling site told the Eagle that there were far fewer errantly purged names on the voter list this time around.

Just look at how corporate America takes jobs overseas where there are few health and safety protections for workers and people are treated worse than dogs.

Who has realised that more skills for British workers would naturally lead to fewer immigrants because there wouldn't be vacancies to be filled?

Mahoney and others say if they have to keep paying ballooning pension costs in the future, they will hurt the labor market even more, because there will be fewer opportunities for them to hire workers.

There are some other worrying trends in the Comptroller's jobs report, including the prevalence of older workers in New York, who perhaps can't afford to retire, and fewer younger employees, compared to the rest of the country.

There will be more hunger, more homelessness, more public and mental health needs that go unmet, fewer protections for workers, and a rise in poverty,» the county executive added in his statement.

There are some other worrying trends in the comptroller's jobs report, including the prevalence of older workers in New York, who perhaps can't afford to retire; and fewer younger employees, compared to the rest of the country.

With pink slips issued late last week, there are expected to be fewer workers today.

Even with a 10 percent property tax cut (about $ 8 million), there'd still be plenty left over for roads and bridges, new rolling stock, an electric charging station on every corner, decent raises for county workers, expanded offices for the comptroller, a few more lawyers for the executive.

Fortunately, an article in Bloomberg Businessweek provides a succinct takeaway of its effects for high - skilled workers: «If you're a recent college graduate, a doctoral candidate, or a highly - skilled professional who has been in the job market the past few years, you know it's rough out there.

Hunter tells me that a bottleneck is created because there are so few permanent scientific posts open to research workers in the speciality.

«A community health - care worker or nurse can educate and guide patients on making lifestyle changes at a lower - cost than a doctor, and there are just too few doctors in these countries.»

I consider it a miracle worker and it may be, but not everything about water is the truth - there are a few myths that should be debunked.

There are scattered missteps — a conversation with a reluctant groom that could have used a few more beats, a series of cameos by laid - off workers testifying to the Importance of Family that make the movie's moral more explicit than it need have been — but overall Reitman delivers, with Clooney's assistance, one of the nimblest grownup entertainments of recent years.

On the basis of these projections, McKinsey's Global Institute estimates that over the next few years there will be a gap of nearly 2 million workers with the necessary analytical and technical skills.

The occupation shortage list comprises jobs where there are not enough resident workers to fill vacancies, and therefore permitting easier recruitment of staff from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), with fewer restrictions.

Teachers are particularly vulnerable at a time when so few private sector workers have union benefits, and when there's so little political will for improving education by spending more on it.

For example, in many communities there are no buildings that meet state facilities requirements; few organizations have capacity to sustain programs; training for workers is limited or non-existent; and budgets for materials and supplies are restrictive.

Referring to difficulties parents had in Philadelphia when the charter schools took over traditional schools, he said, «Students will have to leave and go far away to go to school, and there will be a loss of arts and music education, a loss of skilled cafeteria workers and fewer adults at every campus.»

I can not vouch for every employee here, but there were a few friendly workers that were also helping answer questions, and give me the sense of reassurance I was looking for.

Although Santana Ranch was divided into two great lobes of territory — crops to the south and cattle to the north — there were only fifty workers» households, and with the children and grandparents added up, it made for fewer than 150 workers.

In fact, with a few changes here and there the story could have been located in almost any city that attracts migrant workers and where people have become somewhat blasé to violence and death (and, sadly, there are quite a few such places these days).

There are a few insurance companies which have delved into the business of insuring dispensaries and related business operations, but those are commercial carriers and generally address issues such as workers comp, general liability, products liability, theft from the business, business interruption, and the like.

There are many reasons that you might have experienced financial troubles that led to your poor credit score - especially with so many companies struggling to stay afloat amid the financial crisis (with some companies finding it necessary to cut hours and even downsize by having fewer workers).

A wave of retiring Baby Boomers means there will be fewer workers to foot the bill for each person receiving Social Security benefits.