Sentences with phrase «than wages in»

But as rents rise faster than wages in many part of the country, many households already struggle to keep up.

Those with jobs earned, on average, $ 10.66 an hour, which was less than wages in 2000 when adjusted for inflation.

«Cost of meeting basic needs rising faster than wages in Washington State.»

«Cost of meeting basic needs rising faster than wages in Washington state.»

«With train fares set to rise four times faster than wages in the next year, ministers should think again and give commuters a break.»

Award wages, in contrast, have for a number of years been growing more slowly than wages in other bargaining streams, at annual rates of around 1 1/2 per cent.

Furthermore, it is not clear that wages in the Russian Far East are lower than wages in northeastern China, and the declining Russian population has raised concerns over the supply of labor and the true potential of the domestic market.

Not exact matches

Canada's history of protectionism, on the other hand (in addition to restrictions on trade between provinces), has resulted in markets that are generally less competitive than those in the large U.S. market and real wages that do not track productivity growth as closely:

Few things hit business owners in the pocketbook harder than the wages they pay their employees.

Lawmakers have been under pressure for years to rein in executive compensation, which has grown faster than both the stock market and the wages of the top 1 % in the last 40 years.

It costs less to make them here than at our plant in China, because of the way their wages are going up so fast.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

The reason why GDI started trending above GDP is the same reason wages have been growing faster than productivity: the surge of commodity prices, and of oil prices in particular, since 2002.

This group of occupations has an unemployment rate of just over 1 per cent and wages that are «rising by an average annual rate of 3.9 per cent — more than double the rate seen in the economy as a whole.»

At a time when Chinese wages are rising by double - digit percentages annually, Bangladesh has gained market share: it is now the world's second - largest exporter of apparel (behind China), sending more than $ 19 - billion worth abroad in 2012.

In private industry, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries rose at 2.6 % for the 12 months ended September 2017 — 20 basis points above the rate the prior year and notably higher than what we saw in the first half of the decadIn private industry, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries rose at 2.6 % for the 12 months ended September 2017 — 20 basis points above the rate the prior year and notably higher than what we saw in the first half of the decadin the first half of the decade.

A deadly 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee linked to manure contamination killed more than 100 people, sickened 400,000 and cost US$ 37 million in lost wages and productivity.

Employers also find that pay transparency can remove an important bargaining tool when they want to offer good candidates higher wages than others employees in the same jobs.

Tourism supports more than 400,000 jobs, or nearly half of the region's total workforce, paying $ 16.9 billion in local wages, Applied Analysis has found.

The company is building a clone of the Rio Nance facility in the Dominican Republic (where, at about $ 60 a week, wages are even lower than in Honduras) that will dramatically increase its production capacity in anticipation of the move into retail.

The Guardian spoke with several of the brand's workers at the PT Buma Apparel Industry factory, who told the publication that they are paid one of the lowest minimum wages in Asia — less than $ 6 a day — while at the same time being tasked with high production rates.

Wages for workers in the U.S. have remained relatively stagnant in recent years, while chief executive officers» compensation has grown more than 930 % since 1978.

Infosys, which employs more than 200,000 workers worldwide, was under the spotlight last year as President Donald Trump targeted the American H - 1B visa program that tech companies have heavily relied upon to temporarily bring in workers from other countries at lower wages.

Wages in Gildan's factories are still higher than those paid in Chinese factories: the average wage of a garment worker in Honduras is about $ 100 a week — four times what a Chinese worker makes.

They had job sharing; rather than having German industry just slash and burn and cut all their workers the way that happened in the United States, what (the German government) did was have those workers work part - time and subsidize their wages.

Independent contractors can have more leverage in negotiating their wages than employees, and recently many have grown more organized in asking for benefits.

«The problem has been getting worse in many places, including New York City, because housing prices are rising faster than wages.

The S&P 500 fell 2 percent on Feb. 2 after data showed the biggest annual gain in wages in more than 8-1/2 years.

Due to the actions of the Bank of Canada, the benefit comes in the form of higher wages rather than lower prices.

Wall Street accounted for less than 5 percent of local jobs but 20 percent of private sector wages in the city, the report said.

«It looks like the temporary foreign worker program in many cases is serving as an escape valve for many employers,» who resort to imported labour rather than raise wages to attract Canadian candidates, he says.

As the labor market in the U.S. tightens, employers have turned to perks like paid time off, maternity leave, and signing bonuses — rather than higher wages in some instances — as the carrots they dangle to attract new talent.

In the second quarter of 2015, for example, wages rose a scant 0.2 percent, the lowest level in more than 40 yearIn the second quarter of 2015, for example, wages rose a scant 0.2 percent, the lowest level in more than 40 yearin more than 40 years.

Regulatory changes had been in the wind for some time as the evidence against the program built up, yet employers relied on the lobbying efforts of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to maintain the program rather than taking steps to improve domestic recruitment and training efforts or adjust wages and benefits to attract workers.

Many salaried workers see the assets of the rich, such as housing and art, rising in value far faster than wages.

Still, in an economy where low and middle class consumers are bogged down by weak job growth and stagnating wages, better to have the rich spending than nobody at all.

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

«The recent behavior of both nominal and real wages point to weaker labor market conditions than would be indicated by the current unemployment rate,» Yellen said in a speech to central bankers last week.

This means that men's wages in their post-fatherhood years are, on average, 12 % higher than in their pre-fatherhood years, net of statistical controls.

Potential underreporting of self - employment income makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on independent contractor earnings when compared with their peers, but the data clearly show a wide variance in earnings among independent contractors and lower wages for low - wage independent workers than low - wage employees even after adjustments for underreporting.

In California, wages rose faster in 2016 and 2017 than in the nation as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor StatisticIn California, wages rose faster in 2016 and 2017 than in the nation as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statisticin 2016 and 2017 than in the nation as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statisticin the nation as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

No employer shall «discriminate between the sexes in the payment of wages for work of comparable character, the performance of which requires comparable skills» or «pay wages or other compensation to any employee at a rate greater than that at which the employer pays wages to employees of a protected class for work of comparable character»

But in the following 12 years the wages of college graduates fell by more than those of their less educated peers.

But the data clearly show a wide variance in earnings among independent contractors, and lower wages for low - wage independent contractors than low - wage employees even after adjustments for underreporting.

Fast - food wages began rising in 2014, and have increased faster than overall wages since.

Chair Yellen, with real growth over the recovery a little slower than we thought, output gaps and job market slack still on the scene, prices appearing to decelerate and wages / compensation revealing little in the way of threatening pressures, try as I might — and I repeat, I'm solidly in your camp — I don't see the rationale for tightening, even a little.

One area of uncertainty relates to wages growth, where there is a risk that current labour market tightness will result in higher - than - expected wage increases.

She said that increases in poverty always had serious impacts on B.C. students, and on women, who continue to make lower average wages than male workers.