Sentences with phrase «for less labor»

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Women have less time for on - the - job labor because they spend more time doing housework than their male counterparts — so they miss out when they're working in fields that reward long hours, based on a new National Bureau for Economic Research study.

(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

Honorable CEOs recognize that it is unfair to expect employees to give them something for nothing or for less than what their labor is worth.

At $ 22,000 each — less than the price of a minivan — it could easily pay for itself in months, saving a company $ 30,000 a year or more in labor costs per robot.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Generally speaking, the longer U.S. Energy has had a client, the less labor - intensive it becomes for the company to assess that client's utility bill.

It usually requires an explanation on the order of infinite retention («yes, our sales and marketing costs are really high and our annual profit margins per user are thin, but we're going to keep the customer forever»), a massive reduction in costs («we're going to replace all our human labor with robots»), a claim that eventually the company can stop buying users («we acquire users for more than they're worth for now just to get the flywheel spinning»), or something even less plausible.

A loss of sanctuary status also means potentially less supply of labor for lower paying jobs.

Conversely, larger companies with over 1400 orders per month pay about the same or less for labor and storage costs than going with a 3PL company.

The more it's paid by capital, the more progressive it is and the less harmful it is to the middle class; the more it's paid by labor — or, at least, labor apart from executives like the CEO — the worse a deal it is for average workers.

But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.

«However, those that are created are for higher - wage workers among the lower - skilled workers, and perhaps — given that result emerges for women — among jobs less likely to involve manual or physically demanding labor.»

As a result, even though a tightening labor market and recently supportive levels of business, consumer, and investor confidence may bode well for the near - term outlook, the hard data currently seems considerably less encouraging than the soft data.

Financial frictions to geographic mobility can reduce this movement of individuals across labor markets leading to less - efficient outcomes for the economy.

In support of this hypothesis, we saw that places with less - effective labor markets for CEOs were typically associated with a greater disparity in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leaders.

you are paid less than $ 150 in cash wages, but your employer's total expenses for agricultural labor are $ 2,500 or more for the year.

In addition, they note that overall labor market conditions are important, particularly for children from less advantaged family backgrounds.

That may not sound particularly controversial, but some immigration and labor activists are calling out FWD.us for favoring a specific type of immigrant: White - collar tech workers whom tech world titans could pay less than their American colleagues.

The GNC reviews the individual components and total amount of director compensation at least annually and may recommend changes in director compensation to the Board for its approval more or less frequently based on, among other factors, competitive pay data for non-employee directors of the financial services companies in the Company's Labor Market Peer Group.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

For example: Is our economy ruined because of immigrants coming to our country, or is it ruined because the companies who are supposed to be boosting our economy with new jobs are instead giving those jobs to cheaper labor that can be exploited for wages far less than minimFor example: Is our economy ruined because of immigrants coming to our country, or is it ruined because the companies who are supposed to be boosting our economy with new jobs are instead giving those jobs to cheaper labor that can be exploited for wages far less than minimfor wages far less than minimum?

Kempsim speaks for the employers who want to make it easier to find workers (and to pay those workers less) as the labor market finally heats up after the Great Recession.

The German universities expressed less opposition to the growth of Nazism in the 1930's than did the churches and labor unions; their failure at this point has been attributed in large part to their neutral pursuit of truth without concern for the life of the nation.14 By contrast, an example of intellectual responsibility occurred a few years ago when the University of Chicago was building a new cancer research hospital.

In the free market all who exchange goods and labor get what they want more in exchange for what they want less.

Many of the capital investments will increase the pool of labor available for manufacturing by introducing less labor - intensive forms of agriculture and retailing.

Canned pumpkin puree is really great for you, and way way way less labor intensive than roasting and pureeing your own pumpkins (although if you do that, more power to ya).

Baldo rice is a great pick for this simple springtime risotto because it releases enough starch as it cooks to warrant only frequent — not constant — stirring, making this less labor intensive than...

The result of outsourcing is an improved quality of life for the farmer because they can focus more time on growing higher quality coffee and turning a higher profit with less physical labor.

This was all avoidable, had the MLBPA been less willing to aim for labor peace and amenities, and more willing to fight hard for everything, big or small, as Marvin Miller used to when the union was first getting off the ground.

Who won the lockout (the refs, for now) matters far less than that the new agreement ensures long - term labor harmony

He would give himself two years to reach the NBA, laboring in D - League outposts for little respect and less pay, honing his skills, before he would consider changing course.

The story behind Russia's vast success at Squaw Valley was the same as it had been at Cortina: a massive sports program enveloping schools and clubs and labor unions and the military service, state encouragement, frequent outright aid to the specially talented, a fierce desire on the part of the individual to triumph, less for himself or his organization than for Mother Russia.

For the first time in a while, there's something less than absolute labor peace in Major League Baseball.

As for why Oregon's Football Outsiders ratings are so much higher this year than last, a commenter at Football Study Hall actually already handled this one pretty well: statistically, Oregon more or less fought LSU to a draw back on Labor Day weekend.

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For example, if you buy frozen muffins you're in the 55 - 60 cent range; if you purchase ingredients and make muffins it's much less — maybe a third of the cost — and then you have that money available to pay labor.

You offer her prostaglandins which soften her cervix and ultimately allow for less early labor pains.

(Danielle was in labor for more than 20 hours, while Nicole's delivery took less than 20 minutes.)

I have some high risk issues (crohns and a non thrombophyilia related dvt, maternal age) that might make it less likely hospital staff will listen to my wish for no interventions unless medically necessary to prevent infant death during labor and delivery.

NICUs were designed for the very premature and low - birth - weight infants, but they are increasingly the place to care for newborns that are larger and less ill, because in my opinion, labor and delivery nurses aren't trained to care for neonates so everyone is more comfortable having them observed by NICU nurses until they have proven stable.

other suggestions like offering fruit instead of the fruit or juice option — most kids pick juice (too expensive, juice costs less), and including oatmeal or hard boiled eggs (too labor intensive not enough resources to cook for breakfast), were not approved.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

In fact, it's a common joke among obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses that the longer a woman's birth plan, the less likely she is to have the birth experience she's hoping for.

Relaxation for birth can lead to less pain, shorter labors, and a more satisfying birth experience.

If you've had one c - section with the typical low - transverse uterine incision and are considered a good candidate for VBAC, most studies estimate the risk of rupture during labor to be less than one percent.

And just in case you need some convincing, research (like this and this and this) has shown that women supported by a doula are: * more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth * less likely to ask for pain medication * less likely to have a cesarean birth * more likely to report a positive birth experience * more likely to have a decrease length of labor

According to the USDA, the proposed guidelines will require quite a bit less processed food and more scratch cooking and will cost about 15 cents more per lunch in ingredients and increased labor, 51 cents more for breakfast.

Using hypnosis for anything, much less childbirth, may feel more like a risky endeavor of being under someone else's control, quacking like a duck during labor or even crossing religious boundaries.

If mom is stuck on her back beginning in early labor, there's less opportunity for baby to get himself moving, which means he might become distressed and even stuck.

One study found that babies born after epidurals were less likely to be fully breastfed on hospital discharge; this was an especial risk for epidural mothers whose babies did not feed in the first hour after birth.112 A Finnish survey records that 67 percent of women who had labored with an epidural reported partial or full formula - feeding in the first 12 weeks compared to 29 percent of nonepidural mothers; epidural mothers were also more likely to report having «not enough milk.»