Sentences with phrase «segment of the work force»

The Millennials (or Generation Y) form a distinctive segment of the work force, aged 16 to 37 years old.

A state Wage Board has voted to phase - in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work force.

Worse, for the duration of the Cuomo administration, nonprofits have suffered cuts to the tune of $ 259 million, with no increases for inflation since 2010 - 2011, except for a targeted increase for staff in 2015 that applied to only a segment of the work force.

Not exact matches

Few people say «I want to grow up and work in an office,» yet 15 percent of Americans have office / administrative jobs (the largest of 22 segments of the U.S. labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Imagine if the place you work forced you to use a religious greeting you didn't believe in because of pressure from a segment of customers.

Recruitment should be from qualified individuals from appropriate sources in an endeavor to achieve a work force from all segments of society, and selection and advancement should be determined solely on the basis of relative ability, knowledge and skills, after fair and open competition which assures that all receive equal opportunity.

With 68 % of Hispanics age 16 and older working in the civilian labor force and an estimated household median income of $ 38,039, according to U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics represent a growing and thriving segment of the American population.

This is so because the Capitalist class is able to use racism to drive down the wages of individual segments of the working class by inciting racial antagonism and forcing a fight for jobs and services.