Sentences with phrase «wage costs for»

Southwestern Ontario certainly does not have a competitive advantage in wage costs for low - skilled labour, as manufacturers from China to Mexico can always significantly undercut the region.

Not exact matches

The fund provides up to $ 7,800 for each eligible 15 - to 29 - year - old worker to help cover wage and training costs and offset job - related costs like tools and transportation.

Raising the minimum wage raises costs for business, there is no denying; and the affected businesses are not just small business.

All of them went for the latter, saving her $ 800 — the difference between what it would cost her to hire them at an hourly wage and the cost of materials to make the jewelry.

She says she understands the need for employees to get a decent wage, but estimates that an across - the - board increase of that size would cost the company about $ 40,000 annually.

Or if you've opted to pay for the wage increase by raising your prices, you'll have to explain why your hamburger costs several dollars more than the shop down the block.

Economists treat parental leave, both for women and men, as a simple cost - benefit problem: in theory, at least, if a woman's wage is greater than the cost of replacing her in the home, then she should spend her time working and hire someone else to care for her children.

The main topic was commodity inflation around higher metal prices (aluminum and steel) and higher oil prices, which translated into higher packaging costs for many companies, but it also included wage concerns.

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

The White House has repeatedly called for increasing the minimum wage, a move which would increase labor costs for many small businesses.

Business owners might be tempted to try to minimize costs by using lower - wage employees — by locating support staff in a low - cost state, for example.

Businesses say they like right - to - work laws because they make it more difficult for unions to organize workers and raise wage and benefit costs.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

It's a demanding ethos that sometimes comes at a cost: Nordstrom has faced at least one class - action suit for allegedly pressuring salespeople not to charge their hourly wage for some customer - service - related work.

According to BLS - generated cost indexes for wages / salaries and total benefits, benefit costs have risen about 60 % since 2001 (when the data series began), versus about 37 % for wage and salary costs.

It compelled me to justify myself, to explain to my interrogators how I planned to live in New York City on so little — less than minimum wage after accounting for the cost of my uniform and unpaid training time.

An income profile for the typical U.S. wage earner shows the degree to which the cost of living now reflects FIRE sector costs more than prices for commodities produced by labor.

The slowdown in job growth and the absence of any significant wage pressure could strengthen the arguments of those who see little risk in keeping borrowing costs exceptionally low and waiting not just for more encouraging data but also for unruly markets to settle down.

Healthcare is cannibalizing every other industry and has eaten up basically all wage gains in the past ~ 30 - 40 years — largely cuz we don't ration, have any kinda cost controls, and force everyone to pay for a fat - tail via high premiums.

While the economy has picked up from last year, overall spending is being crimped by stagnant wage growth and rising costs for healthcare and education, according to the consultant.

To determine its cost - of - living adjustment, the SSA uses an inflation measure called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI - W.

If the deficit is due to an economic recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product, or to «extraordinary events», such as a natural disaster or war, that results in an «cost» of more than $ 3 billion, then the operating budgets of departments and agencies would be automatically frozen to pay for any wage increases.

Buffalo Wings, for instance, implemented price increases on alcohol in the third quarter to help offset hourly wage hikes and other rising costs such as health insurance in states such as California and New York.

The study found the living wage for Metro Vancouver increased $ 0.33 over last year to $ 19.14 — a jump mediated by the introduction of the U-Pass, which has helped cut bus transportation costs for some families struggling to make ends meet.

The Wage Cost Index (WCI) for total hours (excluding bonuses), an indicator of movements in average wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph Wage Cost Index (WCI) for total hours (excluding bonuses), an indicator of movements in average wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph 41).

The Social Security Administration bases the automatic cost of living adjustments (COLA) increases for social security recipient on CPI - W, which is the Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workefor social security recipient on CPI - W, which is the Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical WorkeFor Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

In the December quarter, the wage cost index (WCI) for total pay increased by 1.0 per cent, to be 3.7 per cent higher than a year earlier (Graph 72).

Millennials said the biggest barriers to progress for young adults 18 - 22 were higher education costs (46 percent), slow wage growth (40 percent) and lack of job prospects (39 percent), the survey found.

Likewise, the NDP called for a higher minimum wage and a tax structure that shares the cost of running a province fairly, both items that are expected to be in today's throne speech too.

«When you're talking about a $ 10 and $ 15 minimum wage, that has the potential to increase our labor costs 10 to 20 percent,» says Don Davey, a representative for Firehouse Subs.

Simply eliminating income taxes for all minimum - wage earners would cost $ 442 million — close to the $ 500 million proposed by Ford.

The wage cost index (WCI) for total pay increased by 0.9 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, to be 3.6 per cent higher than a year earlier (Graph 71).

In the June quarter, the wage cost index (WCI) for total pay increased by 0.8 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, to be 3.5 per cent higher over the year, compared with an increase of 3.6 per cent over the year to March 2003 (Graph 72).

In the September quarter, the wage cost index (WCI) for total pay increased by 1.0 per cent, to be 3.7 per cent higher than a year earlier (Graph 74).

The increases granted will raise the rate of wages growth for workers on award wages, but the acceleration is quite mild and it will have only a small impact on aggregate wage costs.

The proposal called for Loblaw to review the feasibility, cost and benefits of implementing a living wage policy for its employees, suppliers and contractors.

Walmart pay most of their employees minimum wage, and those workers get less than 20 hours a week, earn on average $ 16,000 a year, and need to apply for food stamps to raise a family... and those Walmart employees on government help cost each US taxpayer $ 17.00 a year...

An equal wage for all would not be an equitable one, for great differences exist both in the quality of services rendered and in family obligations, cost of training, and many other factors.

Some wage - earners would have health - savings accounts (tax - advantaged pools of money that can be used to pay for routine healthcare costs), and perhaps those accounts would be pre-filled by the government.

Formula is relatively expensive: for a three - month - old child, it can cost 50 to 60 per cent of the minimum wage in some developing countries, plus the price of the equipment.

These include: developing prenatal care for expectant mothers, providing low - cost housing for the elderly, forming political coalitions with Hispanics, Asians, and Caucasians, waging war against drug traffic, and conducting a Job Information Center for all unemployed persons.

When California raised the minimum wage significantly for most employers at the start of this year, Towne Park had to redo many of its contracts to reflect the change in costs and maintain its margins.

«To put this in the context of the broader group, allowing for the earnings from the international divisions, our estimated increase in wage cost is around 23 per cent of group profitability in 2015 - 16.»

With very high wage costs and a high Aussie dollar, it is increasingly difficult for Australia to hold existing markets.

Here is footballer earning at the very least 10,000 Pounds a week, and he has lived in a house for six months but hasn't picked up the phone to get someone to repair his dishwasher, or even get a brand new one delivered and fitted, which would cost at the most 5 % of his weekly wage...

Zlatan is costing # 10M for his season's wage, plus an undisclosed signing on fee that could also be enormous........

If an increase in salary is only going to cost 5 - 7 % of the allowed wage structure than I say sure do it as it would cost more to pay a transfer fee and a new salary for a player matching the caliber of either player.

He is more important to us than Pogba to Man U. Do the math of replacement cost for Sanchez and compare to the cost of wage increase and you realize it is a no brainer to pay him 300 per week rather than to spend 100 million on buy a replacement player who probably either doesn't exist or doesn't want to play for Arsene.

The best choice for me personally would be to sell with a buy back option, I do not care how much we get in all honesty as his wage will be freed up and we can promote a kid in his place for the fraction of the cost.

Like many of our so - called «English Core» Alex arrived with great promise from Southampton at a massive cost for a 17 year - old of # 12million, with extra add - ons as well, and after five years at the Gunners he is now on a wage of # 52,000 a week and would be expected to double that this summer if he was now a regular in the first team.