Sentences with phrase «impacts worker productivity»

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Labour's infrastructure spending would, if well targeted, deliver a productivity boost, but the IFS warned that this was cancelled out by the negative impact of more workers» rights, a higher minimum wage, more bank holidays and higher corporation tax.

BP Eric Adams called on the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) to conduct an «economic impact analysis» on recent outages to study the loss «economic productivity of hundreds of thousands of workers» and its impact on local businesses and lost taxes.

The latest research shows the significant impact that lifting the wages of the lowest paid workers can have on productivity at a company and sector level.

In The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity (NBER Working Paper No. 17004), authors Joshua Graff Zivin and Matthew Neidell instead ask whether reductions in ambient ozone concentrations can add to human capital and therefore enhance productivity.

This paper assesses the impact of pollution on worker productivity by relating exogenous daily variations in ozone with productivity of agricultural workers as recorded under piece rate contracts.

But it looks like the actual impact that air pollution has on worker productivity is quantifiable too.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

It's a serious matter, according to researchers who have been studying worker productivity, and the unceasing interruptions are having a profound impact on our ability to concentrate on the tasks at hand.

An October 2004 Harvard Business Review article titled «Presenteeism: At Work — But Out of It», highlighted a study commissioned by Lockheed Martin to assess the impact of 28 medical conditions (including migraines, asthma and the flu) on workers» productivity.

In the second of the Hays «Fit» Series, we take a look at the impact of overall job satisfaction and workplace happiness, and how unhappy workers not only hinder team morale and negatively impact productivity but cause retention issues.

With a focus on easily - accessible plants, the Pocket Guide to Cleaner Air serves as a valuable tool for REALTORS ® to assist office managers, company executives, and others in making decisions that can positively impact office workers» moods, productivity, and quality of life.