Sentences with phrase «than wages of»

Kirkus Reviews said this about the book, «This is a story more about the power of hope than the wages of Huntington's.

Printing more money also makes inflation go up faster than the economy can react, prices go up faster than wages of anyone left with a job so soon no one can afford anything and the country is on the brink of chaos.

Not exact matches

According to a study of 367 college students conducted by biologist Christoph Randler, early risers perform better on the job, attain greater career success, and reap higher wages than people who start their day later.

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:

The nation's biggest labour market has more people working at low wages than any other big economic engine of Canada (Quebec, B.C., Alberta)

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.»

But now increasing numbers of businesses and entrepreneurs are realizing the benefits of setting wages higher than the national $ 7.25 an hour.

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.

Wages tend to grow along with the economy, but a number of factors, most notably technological change and globalization, have ensured that for most classes of workers wages have grown slower than productivity gWages tend to grow along with the economy, but a number of factors, most notably technological change and globalization, have ensured that for most classes of workers wages have grown slower than productivity gwages have grown slower than productivity gains.

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 decade.

By the spring of 2012, RBC, to whom she owed more than $ 30,000 on a line of credit, was garnisheeing her wages, and other creditors were telling her they wouldn't deal with Cambridge.

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 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.

The Conservatives could get away with this as long as the Canadian economy fared better than the rest of the world, with relatively low unemployment, relatively high wages and no sign of the housing market crash that doomsayers» predicted.

Although 64 % of Bombardier Aerospace's employees are unionized, López claims that international companies have a «gentleman's agreement» to compete on perks such as food and transportation rather than wages.

For the first time ever, more than half of U.S. congressmen are worth $ 1 million or more, even as wages have remained stagnant for many Americans.

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.

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

And, for fast - food companies and franchisees, the question of increasing employees» wages is more complex than tacking on a few extra dollars to everyone's salaries.

CIBC also found that real weekly wages of high school and college graduates have risen by 13 per cent versus eight per cent among undergraduate degree holders and more than double the rate seen among MA and PhD holders.

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.

Out of more than 600 jobs tracked by Statistics Canada, the following 10 professions had the best combination of high wages and employment growth over the past five years.

The influx of foreign workers also held down wages, the authors concluded, with compensation being 2.6 % to 5.1 % lower than if foreign workers were not allowed.

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.

President Obama announced tax cuts for small businesses that hire new workers or raise current workers» wages, and a special tax credit of $ 4,000 for employers that hire people who have been out of work for more than six months.

«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.

Employment growth has been firm, yet both wages and unit labour costs have risen only slowly, supporting the view that the amount of excess capacity could be greater than the midpoint of the range of estimates.

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

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

They generally offer a wider range of employment opportunities, higher wages, and better benefits and provide greater job stability than smaller firms.

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.

While these differences seem small, they add up to a little more than 145 hours per year, or more than three weeks of wages.

I don't understand your scenario of US wages rising faster than prices — please begin with the basics: (1) GDP = Savings + Investment + Consumption and (2) Current Account Balance = Domestic Savings — Domestic Investment.

It starts with the fact that Latvia's bloated 50 % + tax package on employment means that take - home wages are less than half of what employers pay.

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.

Core inflation remains a steady bit less than 2 %, and wages were thus climbing only.5 % on their own power of traditional wage pressure.