Sentences with phrase «growing number of workers»

A small but growing number of workers make house calls.

Today, in a work world where competitive pressures are the name of the game and huge work loads the norm... In a work world where we face constant change and corporate cultures that tell us that we must constantly do more, be more, and bring in the sales or else... it is no wonder that a growing number of workers are saying «enough» and seeking more reasonable and balanced alternatives.

OMAHA WORLD - HERALD — Dec 26 — For a growing number of workers, more networking happens online rather than over martinis.

This book is a must read for those concerned about how technology is disrupting the way we work and eroding the social safety net, and how policy makers should respond to ensure that the growing number of workers in the «gig» economy earn adequate benefits.

Not exact matches

In fact, nearly a third of U.S. workers operate on a freelance basis — and that number keeps growing.

As a result, a growing number of audits are targeting worker misclassification.

We're embarking on a month - long experiment with Plasticity Labs, a Waterloo - based company that's one of a growing number of startups aiming to help employers track — and boost — workers» moods and motivation in real time.

Numerous studies contend a growing number of middle - income workers will not be able to replace the benchmark 60 % to 70 % of their pre-retirement income once they leave the labour force, in large part because of the lack of pension coverage.

But organizations that are proactive in these key areas are positioning themselves to avoid lawsuits, attract a greater number of talented workers and continue to grow their businesses.

You won't hear baristas asking that question in San Francisco coffee shops just yet — but a growing number of tech workers are drinking coffee with butter for a unique kind of jolt.

Wages tend to grow along with the economy, but a number of factors, most notably technological change and globalization, have ensured that for most classes of workers wages have grown slower than productivity gains.

Yet for a growing number of untethered workers, home isn't the answer, either.

According to a survey by McKinsey, the total number of gig - workers in the U.S. is now 53 - 68 million, or 35 percent of the total civilian labor force and growing to 50 percent by 2020.

A growing number of businesses are opting out of providing traditional insurance for workers in favor of private exchanges, which allow consumers to search for health insurance in much the same way they'd search for a vacation package on Travelocity.com.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents nearly 6 million British workers, said that the growing number of low - paid, self - employed workers who work irregular hours earn significantly less than conventional employees and therefore pay less tax and national insurance.

And the number of self - employed workers is growing too — freelancers now account for over 34 percent of the total U.S. workforce.

It's a small, but fast - growing, niche that's making inroads in a number of ways — such as providing an alternative to overseas outsourcing while offering jobs in domestic areas that often have few employment options, particularly for skilled workers or those with college degrees.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

The Take tells the story of the growing number of factory workers in Argentina who, instead of acquiescing in unemployment when their factories are shut down, take matters into their own hands by occupying the factories and starting them up again, without the oversight, or permission, of their former bosses.

The growing number of gig economy workers in this country may have the freedom to work whenever they want, and sometimes from wherever they want, but when it comes to buying a home, all of that freedom has its price.

The growing number of discrimination lawsuits against Tesla come as the company is also facing a unionization campaign from the United Auto Workers.

Amazon's hiring spree at its growing number of fulfillment and distribution centers could absorb some traditional retail workers.

This comes as no surprise to us - the needs of the globally growing numbers of startups and independent workers are universal.

In today's increasingly globalized world — where international supply chains as well as the number of overseas workers are growing — it's imperative to have fast, transparent cross-border payments.

It also explains why we are forecasting that growing numbers of aging boomers will become independent workers and small business owners (again, see our baby boomer section for more on this).

A growing number of engineers and tech workers from the San Francisco Bay Area are looking to leave Silicon Valley for burgeoning tech hubs such as Austin, Texas, and Seattle, Washington, according to a job - search site's data.

The number of missing retirement plan participants has grown as workers have become more mobile.

The number of workers in University City will grow regardless of Amazon's decision, and based on current trends, SEPTA anticipates that many of those workers will be transit users.

Over the past decade, the number of knowledge workers in Columbus grew by about 34 percent, with the share of knowledge workers increasing from 22 percent to 26 percent.

While there are a large and ever - growing number of studies about the financial impacts of the housing bust on everyone from home owners to bankers to construction workers until recently there hasn't been a lot of serious research -LSB-...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that, by 2022, the number of workers over 55 will grow to 25 % of the labor force, up from the 15 % it was in 2006.

Germany's chronic care crisis — the care industry suffers from lack of workers and soaring costs — has for years been mitigated by eastern Europeans migrating to Germany in growing numbers to care for the country's elderly.

Furthermore, numbers about income don't reflect the growing riskiness of life for ordinary workers.

My conservative friends and colleagues often adopt a strict and perhaps harsh tone in any evaluation of our problem relating to the growing number of illegal aliens and undocumented workers.

The need for «store - friendly and aisle - ready» deliveries, reverse route sequence truck loading, worker ergonomics / safety, additional space, and the growing number of stock keeping units is creating demand for increased productivity, and efficiency in food and beverage distribution centres.

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

And the number of retired workers receiving $ 100,000 - plus pensions is growing, up 10 percent from the previous fiscal year, the Empire Center found.

Since the governor's wage board hiked the hourly pay of tipped workers in New York by 50 percent, a growing number of restaurants are establishing «no tipping» policies.

Whether due to cutbacks of public pensions, the lack of retirement plans offered by private employers, or workers forced to raid their savings, it appears to a growing number of advocates and politicians that many Americans will be forced to keep

The hope is that as the system grows, the AI is able to handle an increasing percentage of questions, while the number of crowd workers necessary to respond to «long tail» questions will remain relatively constant.

«Children growing up on reserves are only exposed to a limited number of occupations, such as medical staff, teachers, and social workers.»

We know that the majority of workers who wish to work part - time or flexibly are women, although the number of men seeking similar work patterns is growing.

Although many companies have strict policies against re-hiring employees who left, a growing number of employers are expressing a change of heart and letting these workers, boomerang employees, back into the fold.

Business leaders in the United States say they can't find enough educated or qualified workers due in part to the growing numbers of college students leaving school before earning their degrees, according to new research from Civic Enterprises, a D.C. public policy firm.

A commission chaired by the City of Chicago's Comptroller issued a report earlier this week which said that Chicago can no longer afford its subsidies for government worker retiree health care, which currently cost the city $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in court.

This report highlights the growing gap between the number of middle - skill jobs in California and the amount of appropriately skilled workers to fill them, especially in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs; the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons; the incidence of unemployment, especially long - term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers; their numbers are great and growing; and their employment problems grave; the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.

This is in response to the growing number of companies that let workers use personal devices at work.

A large number of Staples» employees are millennial workers, and student loan debt is a growing concern for this population.

Uber, McDonald's and Outback Steakhouse are among a growing number of employers that are offering workers an on - demand system that gives them access to their money the day after they earn it.