Sentences with phrase «in higher labour costs»

The Fair Work Commission has axed Domino's Pizza's long expired agreements that paid thousands of workers significantly below minimum rates, leaving the franchise facing tens of million of dollars in higher labour costs.

Not exact matches

Most of the experiments endeavour to reduce insect farming's most expensive input, human labour, which accounts for a stunningly high 60 % of costs (in the heavily mechanized cattle farming industry, by comparison, it's rare for labour costs to reach even half of that).

We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

In recent years, the country's largest carrier has been hamstrung by high costs, in large part because of its labour agreementIn recent years, the country's largest carrier has been hamstrung by high costs, in large part because of its labour agreementin large part because of its labour agreements.

There's a familiar pattern in the company's history: keep high - stakes R&D in Toronto; punt lower margin commodity business to sites where labour costs are lower (Celestica operates 20 facilities in 14 countries including Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia).

The economy is operating at a high level of capacity utilisation, the labour market is relatively tight, and there have been some large increases in raw materials costs.

Long - term interest rates are currently low due to low global inflation expectations and moderate growth potential in Canada due to lower oil prices, a heavily indebted household sector and a weakened manufacturing base due to relatively high unit labour costs.

It's contribution to the national economy in this regard is unmatched, and its efficiency at providing those services is largely unrewarded — high - volumes with very low labour costs i.e. few BC jobs and wages.

Similarly, unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) picked up a little in the December quarter, rising by 1.4 per cent to be 2.3 per cent higher than a year ago.

Outgoing Coles managing director John Durkan, who is set to hand the reins to Steven Cain before the demerger, still expects the retailer to return to profit growth in the June half despite a «small headwind» from higher labour costs.

U.S. softwood lumber production is on the rise, with more Canadian - owned sawmills located in the U.S. than in Canada due to lower labour costs, higher timber availability, and higher demand.

Unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) increased by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter, to be 2.4 per cent higher over the year.

This increase was largely attributable to house purchase costs — which rose by 1 per cent in the quarter, to be 6.4 per cent higher over the year — in turn reflecting higher costs of labour and materials.

The international comparisons shown here suggest, however, that growth in unit labour costs in Australia has still been on the high side over the past couple of years, given the rate of unemployment.

Core inflation has drifted higher over the past year, as slowing productivity growth has pushed up growth in unit labour costs, albeit from a very low level.

Unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) grew by 1.3 per cent in the June quarter to be 2.8 per cent higher over the year, which is around the average growth rate of the past few years.

Strong labour markets and historically low borrowing costs have allowed Canada's households to amass one of the highest debt - to - income ratios in the developed world.

AUSTRALIA is a high - cost player in the global market - our costs of production have always been higher than those of the US and Brazil and others with whom we compete - and that is mainly related to labour costs and Government charges.

Despite high volumes, Australia's historically commodity - based markets have low margins, with high labour costs decreasing competitiveness and significant competition in saturated markets driving down prices.

The high cost of transport is an issue if they're to manufacture them here and export; however, Ashley says the posts can be manufactured in any country, using the country's recycled plastic, its timber and labour force.

High health care costs, a lack of interest in repetitive manual labour and rising worker wages has led to an explosion of automated machinery, according to Intelligrated.

Economically speaking, the selling price of organic rice in the Ebro Delta is higher than conventional rice, and permits greater profit to farmers, in spite of the major cost of labour (organic farming of this particular system needs 25 percent more than conventional farming) and lower yields -LRB--15 percent in organic paddy fields).

The reduced profitability of the seafood processing industry in 2014 appears to have been driven by higher labour, energy and other operating costs.

Their letters provide a rich insight into their experiences of migration over 150 years: they're delighted by easy access to the labour market and higher salaries, for example, but also talk about the uncertainty of succeeding in the host country because of job insecurity and higher living costs.

It's hard to make the case that rail would be dramatically more efficient under Labour's plans for public ownership, as the party has committed to several things which would keep costs high — though could easily also result in better service.

And in exchange we will ask for your help in solving Labour's Debt Crisis by keeping the cost of public sector pay only as high as the country can responsibly afford.

I have to say I think this is all about the Labour Party trying to detract from the point we have been making about the deal that they would have to do with the SNP, which is going to cost people in this country a lot of money and is not something I think that we want to see - it would result in more debt, more borrowing, higher taxes.

According to our figures (and I keep asking you to use the figures set out in the Liberal Democrat and Labour document not the figures given by the IFS who state they got their figures from these documents but actually give different figures) to reverse the cuts to Universal Credit cost # 3.665 billion and as I pointed out above these are the reductions in the amounts a person can keep before they start to lose their benefit, which were set much higher than the old benefits, but the withdrawal rate seemed to be higher with Universal Credit (65 % [reduced to 62 %] than with Tax Credit (41 % on gross income).

Likewise, Corbyn has pledged to scrap tuition fees in England but the Welsh Labour manifesto discusses the Diamond Review into Higher Education in Wales and the Welsh government's pledge to help with the cost of living during university, as opposed to focusing on tuition fees.

The furore over a looming primary school place crisis has intensified during the election campaign, with Labour accusing the Conservatives of causing a crisis in primary school places because of the high costs of their free schools policy.

That means focusing on the lower - hanging fruit in terms of cutting costs - such as cutting interest rates, which are currently up to 6.1 %, and have been attacked as bafflingly high by a long line of former Conservative and Labour education ministers.

But publishers and online retailers warn that when Amazon expands its retail offerings, it will struggle to replicate its efficient business model in Brazil, where labour costs are high, taxes complex and less than 20 per cent of roads are paved.

These include a typically higher representation of cyclical sectors in markets outside the United States and ta generally higher level of operating leverage in these markets attributable to higher fixed costs and less flexible labour.

She points out that organizations in certain parts of the sector may have legitimate reasons for spending more on administration, such as higher labour costs.

... In countries with relatively low educational attainment, skilled labour is scarce and hence its real cost is higher than in countries with advanced educational systemIn countries with relatively low educational attainment, skilled labour is scarce and hence its real cost is higher than in countries with advanced educational systemin countries with advanced educational systems.

The professional labour cost for editors of such a professional, electronic, in - depth law journal can be high.

Accordingly, anti-age discrimination in employment law aims at promoting various purposes to remedy these wrongs, including preventing opportunistic behaviour by employers, who are tempted to dismiss older workers when their labour costs are higher than their marginal productivity; promoting displaced older workers who experience major challenges to reemployment; protecting against ageist stereotypes and ageism; and alleviating social isolation, oppression and economic deprivation among older workers.

It is anticipated that a continuing tight labour market, robust income growth and high levels of consumer confidence will help to offset the dampening effect of rising mortgage carrying costs on the demand for new and existing homes in B.C. Housing starts should decline from 39,195 units in 2007 to 33,250 in 2008 and 31,700 in 2009.