Sentences with phrase «labour costs based»

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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.

No dollar figure has been attached to the costs that will be borne by the brands, but according to labour advocacy groups they will be apportioned based on the amount of business each does in Bangladesh.

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.

That's the assessment from BMO economist Doug Porter, who estimated the cost of an NHL lockout — looming this Saturday — on the basis of previous hockey labour disputes.

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.

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.

Other official labour cost data based on wage - bill measures, such as average weekly ordinary time earnings and average earnings from the national accounts, paint a similar picture, identifying firm wage outcomes but giving little indication of an acceleration of aggregate wages growth.

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.

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.

I add the materials to the labour cost and double it to give me what I call my base price.

And whilst re-indexing the Basic State Pension to earnings from 2011 is desirable (and based on a wider post-Turner consensus on pensions reform), the measure had already been factored into the Treasury's costings from 2012 onwards during Labour's last years in office.

On this basis it can be argued that the BNP cost Labour at least 9 seats in 2010: the seats where Labour lost the seat, and the winning margin was less than the margin of the BNP (votes taken from Labour) over UKiP (votes taken from Con / LD): Amber Valley, Bradford East, Burnley, Corby, Dewsbury, Nuneaton, Sherwood, Thurrock, Warwickshire North (7 Conservative gains, 2 Lib Dem).

Location, size, finishes and labour costs will vary, says Brennan Waters, owner of Oakwaters Construction Ltd., based in Everton, Ont., but generally speaking, «$ 200 a square foot will give you options.»

A friend of mine is adamant that a business is legally bound to not exceed a «fair» price for an item or service based on the cost of materials and hours of labour used.

But, again, even if you are a qualified lawyer in whatever low cost centre you are based, is repetitive labour that a non-qualified person could do really legal work?

Thanks are due to Injured Workers Consultants, a community legal clinic based in Toronto, that organized the participation of so many injured workers, the Canadian Labour Congress for helping finance the travel costs of many of the injured workers and last, but not least, to ARCH, the legal clinic that represented ONIWG at the Supreme Court.

It is interesting to note that the Manitoba Labour Relations Board has determined that based on the Supreme Court's decision in Mowat, it does not have the authority to award legal costs.

From the list everything is labour based, I don't really see a cost of goods sold there.