Sentences with phrase «longer labor times»

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However, even among full - time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked longer than women — 8.4 hours, compared with 7.8 hours, respectively, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Especially if they've spent the last four or however long years studying, it's a nice signifier that they can begin to enjoy their free time, their adulthood, and hopefully the fruits of all that labor.

In fact, a large enigma remains unresolved, in that the labor force participation rate has been trending lower for a long time and has returned to levels last seen in the 1970s.

Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.

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.

«County and ZIP code level data suggest that areas with long commute times — which benefit disproportionally from lower gasoline prices — have experienced a boost in their labor and housing markets relative to other locations,» Shan and Pandl wrote.

The results suggest the long - term unemployed have a difficult time re-entering the labor force, with UI benefits serving as an important income maintenance program for these workers.

«We looked at transportation costs, labor costs, productivity, and it made sense,» said Allan McArtor, chief executive of Airbus Group Inc. «We will be building single aisle airplanes (in Mobile) for a long, long time.»

«Labor costs have been depressed for a long time, and that can't continue,» says Zandi.

«The labor movement historically hasn't organized workers this poor in a very long time.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

The second thing is that the unemployment rate especially and labor markets in general are moving toward something that is closer to full employment than we've seen in a long time.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

PERIES: But, Michael, just last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U. S. announced that unemployment is the lowest it has been in a very long time.

Instead, he presents his proposal in the terms of a labor - union manifesto: «It is long past time for faculty members to rise above narrow self - interest, give up the doctrine of academic exceptionalism, and agree to the same terms of employment as everyone else in the workforce.»

The labor et virtus of our time — and surely we live in an age of intense self - discipline, long hours at work, and seemingly boundless activity — does not strive toward the founding of a new city.

And, oh, when the hour - glass has run out, the hourglass of time, when the noise of worldliness is silenced, and the restless or the ineffectual busyness comes to an end, when everything is still about thee as it is in eternity — whether thou wast man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or independent, fortunate or unfortunate, whether thou didst bear the splendor of the crown in a lofty station, or didst bear only the labor and heat of the day in an inconspicuous lot; whether thy name shall be remembered as long as the world stands (and so was remembered as long as the world stood), or without a name thou didst cohere as nameless with the countless multitude; whether the glory which surrounded thee surpassed all human description, or the judgment passed upon thee was the most severe and dishonoring human judgement can pass — eternity asks of thee and of every individual among these million millions only one question, whether thou hast lived in despair or not, whether thou wast in despair in such a way that thou didst not know thou wast in despair, or in such a way that thou didst hiddenly carry this sickness in thine inward parts as thy gnawing secret, carry it under thy heart as the fruit of a sinful love, or in such a way that thou, a horror to others, didst rave in despair.

In the first place, the Church to which I belong shall receive the fruit of this labor, so that it may hereafter continue longer, for even if only a brief portion of time remains to me from the duties of my office, yet that, however small it may be, I have determined to devote to this kind of writing.»

The time was now right for a fearless renewal of the Church, precisely as the guardian of that «precious treasure» entrusted to her by Christ, and the council fathers committed themselves to the long labor of making that vision a reality.

I can't remember the last time I made a meal that was labor intensive and took me longer than 30 minutes.

The flavor is good, but are labor intensive and take a long time.

The lost exhibition games — and the likelihood that the rest of the preseason and at least part of the regular season will be canceled as well — solidified the notion that this labor dispute won't be settled for a long time.

I am no longer employed, full - time anyways, in the skilled labor field.

If induction or Pitocin is used any time during labor, the contraction strength is increased beyond the body's control and more pressure can be put on the baby's head for longer periods of time.

Often there is then a time limit on how long your caregiver will wait for labor to get going before a C - section is recommended.

Sleeping arrangements: It is hard to predict how long labor will last and at what time it will begin and end.

Its been a long time since then and it didn't take long as a lowly labor nurse before I realized how I had risked my baby's health.

I have basically stopped ordering IA because nursing staff are determined to interpret it as «20 min of EFM, 40 min off», which is an unacceptably long length of time without checking FHT in active labor.

By the time I was having baby number three and I was anticipating a very long labor, I really wanted everyone to rest up to support me «when I really needed it.»

When a woman is laboring without pain relief (which is a reasonable option for many because women's anatomy and the way they feel pain vary widely), it can be quite uncomfortable to be told to lie immobile for long periods of time.

Early contractions kick off the first and longest stage of labor, which lasts until it's time to push.

The combination of a lack of sleep from the complications of preeclampsia, the long labor, the uncertainty of first - time motherhood, the 3 a.m. trash collections in the hospital room -LRB-!)

with linens and manage to acquire pillows from a full birthing unit that has none to spare and encourage Dad's that they should and NEED to rest during the labor process because, holy cow — some babies can take a LONG time to get the memo to come earth - side to join the party.

During our visits we had discussed my stopping at the birth center to labor there before heading to the hospital, but she also knew that with having a long painful back labor the first time around (thanks to my daughter's posterior positioning), I might not have a good sense of how far along my labor was due to the difference in pain.

I labored in the water for a long time, and pushed in the water for 3 hours, but for some reason it just wasn't happening.

I was open to an epidural and expected a long labor, as is common with many first - time moms, but was completely unprepared for the indescribable agony of a medically - induced labor that ended in an emergency C - section 12 hours later.

New research data from a federal study by the NIH, comparing almost 140,000 births, shows that average labor time was longer in the early 2000s than it was in the 1960s (when most labor patterns were recorded).

Invariably they all had a very hard time delivering, and one keeps trying to top the other with tales of how long she was in labor, etc..

We noted that my body takes a long time with early labor but then blasts through active labor and transition like a freight train.

First - time Moms sometimes take between 10 and 20 hours to give birth, although it is possible for labor to go on for an even longer, or a shorter, time.

Or if the mother is taking a long time to birth, the midwife is committed to waiting patiently with her until she does, avoiding unnecessary artificial augmentation of the labor or an unnecessary cesarean.

If there's one thing you need in the delivery room, it is patience because labor can take a long time.

As a first time mother, I knew my labor could be long — but knowing I had come so far already gave me renewed energy.

Pregnant women tend to spend a lot of time worrying about what to do if they don't make it to the hospital on time, but truthfully a long, slow labor is more likely to wind up increasing the likelihood of medical intervention and c - sections.

I was in labor for a long time with no shut eye.

The author, long time world renowned doula, Penny Simkins, gracefully explains in an un-overwhelming manner what to expect in the last few weeks of pregnancy: the unfolding of labor, comfort measures and technology, and interventions and procedures that may arise in labor and delivery.

Actually, after a pregnancy in which you threw up more times than you can count and yet still managed to gain an embarrassing amount of weight, and where your feet swelled to unrecognizable lumps at the bottom of your legs, you finally suffered through a hideously long, painful labor and delivery only to arrive home (in your largest maternity outfit which barely fit!)

Many moms have labored for a long time.

First time moms are usually told that their labor will take a long time.

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