Sentences with phrase «with the labor force»

That also enables him to work successfully with his labor force, which he provides motel - quality housing for and pays $ 2.50 more than the minimum wage.

«New York City was the only region that experienced growth in its labor force, with the labor force declining in all the other regions of the State,» the report said.

With the labor force participation rate at an all - time high those in Washington should stop crowing about the unemployment rate.

But with the labor force growing at just 0.5 % a year, rather than at its historical rate of 1.5 %, we should probably expect 2 % growth, not 3 %.

So here I was with Renita and Lee, my office managers and a 10,000 sqft building with no labor force.

«Consumers» assessment of current conditions was more favorable this month, with the labor force the main driver.

Not exact matches

«Girls with more schooling participate in greater numbers in the labor force when they grow up, and they are able to earn more for their families and society,» the Center for Global Development reports.

The nation added 217,000 jobs in May to reach the milestone, though the unemployment rate remained unchanged last month at 6.3 % and U.S. employment still needs to catch up with the growth of the population and labor force that has occurred since the recession began.

This reality, combined with the fact that just 10 % of the labor force is now employed in manufacturing, means that there is plenty of electoral support for policies aimed at increasing trade.

Faced with labor shortages, the U.S. food system would experience supply constraints that could result in higher prices and force the country to look beyond its own borders for more of its food supply.

High unemployment coupled with a dropping labor force is a powerful one - two punch in the economy's stomach.

If the 2006 study continues to be correct, the labor force participation will continue to drop, taking the unemployment rate, which hit 6.7 % in December, down with it.

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.

With Millennials practically owning the labor force these days (and into the future), business leaders are constantly looking for new ways to attract and retain these rising professionals.

LaVorgna and his colleagues came up with a hypothetical model of labor force participation to capture demographic vs. non-demographic factors.

Wal - Mart's critics — including a group of its workers backed by labor unions - say the retailer pays its hourly workers too little, forcing some to seek government assistance that effectively provides the company with an indirect taxpayer subsidy.

According to the «Full Participation Report,» about 55 percent of women globally are part of the labor force, compared with 82 percent of men, and the gap between men and women has not changed significantly since 1995.

The Labor Department's jobs report Friday pointed to an economy that has bounced back with force after a grim start to the year and is expected to sustain its strength into 2015.

But as Neil Dutta, Chief Economist with Renaissance Macro Research points out, if you look at the actual flow data showing the number of people each month entering and exiting the labor force, the rate at which workers are entering the labor force is actually lower today than at any point over the last two years.

Minnesota also has the 15th lowest business - tax rate in the nation, along with a highly - educated labor force of 1.6 million people, making it a worthwhile option for any entrepreneur.

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He had to argue his case before the California Division of Labor Standards, which forced him to settle with the employees with the last of his remaining money.

In 2010, 54 percent of women 16 years and older participated in the labor force, with 71 percent of those women raising children, the study said.

Nearly 40 % of top performing firms already have more than 30 % of their labor force composed of contract / freelance workers with next year increases expected to be 30 — 60 — 90 % or more.»

Even with the talent its well - respected universities produce... is Amazon, a company that thinks of growth in terms of decades, going to locate a headquarters in a place where it might have to hire over 4 percent of the metro area's labor force with uncertainty over whether that labor force will ever grow?

How will conversations go when advisors are forced to sign contracts with longtime clients under the Department of Labor fiduciary rule?

So we have a disturbing picture of mass layoffs combined with plunging help wanted advertising, but the effect on the monthly unemployment rate and weekly unemployment claims is masked by attrition of workers from the labor force.

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.

Coca - Cola and the U.S. State Department along with two other companies said on Friday they are launching a project using blockchain's digital ledger technology to create a secure registry for workers that will help fight the use of forced labor worldwide.

According to the International Labor Organization, nearly 25 million people work in forced - labor conditions worldwide, with 47 percent of them in the Asia - Pacific reLabor Organization, nearly 25 million people work in forced - labor conditions worldwide, with 47 percent of them in the Asia - Pacific relabor conditions worldwide, with 47 percent of them in the Asia - Pacific region.

In a sense, many labor market indicators for blacks are biased up as those with weaker labor force attachment are removed from the sample.

Mr. Obama, who invited labor leaders to fly with him here on Air Force One, said the «constant war against unions» undermined regular workers.

Improved management and automation enables production with fewer people Falling need for labor inputs means that labor force and labor productivity growth are not the constraints on production growth they once were.

This slower population growth, combined with the declining participation rate, will result in slower growth in the labor force through 2024.»

As of November 2016, U.S. civilian employment stood at 152.1 million jobs, with a civilian labor force of 159.5 million people, resulting in a 4.6 % unemployment rate.

As for other industries, I've observed before that infrastructure projects on the scale of those being discussed would actually have to be implemented with foreign labor (as many of the largest U.S. construction projects have been in recent years), since heavy construction workers represent a rather small segment of the U.S. labor force.

One third of U.S. real estate already is reported to have sunk into negative equity, squeezing state and local tax collection, forcing a choice to be made between bankruptcy, debt default, or shifting the losses onto the shoulders of labor, off those of the wealthy creditor layer of the economy responsible for loading it down with debt.

While the assumptions about the future unemployment rate may be affected by policy, the fact is that slower U.S. population growth, coupled with an aging population, place substantial limits on labor force growth, which will leave U.S. GDP growth almost entirely dependent on changes in productivity.

Achieving the goals that Springfield has set for itself is, of course, much easier in a robust economy, and the economic outlook I will share today is consistent with an economy that will require even more workers in the labor force.

Depending on whom you ask, this number is either right around what is needed to keep up with the growth of the labor force or a touch above it.

The beverage giant is working with the U.S. State Department to develop a blockchain ledger designed to help eliminate forced labor across the globe.

It was due to the fact 637,000 people were dropped from the labor force, not from an increase in employment, but they did end up on the U6, which officially is 16.8 % unemployment, but if you extract the B / D ratio you end up with unemployment of 20.8 %.

Their self - destructive real estate bubble has loaded down their labor force with high debt service and housing costs, whilst their giveaway of public infrastructure to insiders (with no price regulation) has led to high basic living costs.

A version of this article appears in print on November 17, 2012, on Page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: Ikea Admits It Benefited From Forced Labor in»80s.

«In an age when the technology economy is increasingly divided from the rest of the world,» the filing says, «we have hired our own real estate agents, not as a disposable labor force, but as partners in this business, with a salary, health - care benefits and the opportunity to earn stock options.»

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

With such obstacles minimized or eliminated, people can stay in the workforce longer, with better - educated workers having an increased likelihood of staying in the labor force, past the traditional retiring With such obstacles minimized or eliminated, people can stay in the workforce longer, with better - educated workers having an increased likelihood of staying in the labor force, past the traditional retiring with better - educated workers having an increased likelihood of staying in the labor force, past the traditional retiring age.

The U.S. labor force must increase production faster than their incomes rise to stay competitive with foreign workers.

Data going back to 1994 show a steady uptrend in the percentage of young (16 to 24 - year - old) and prime - age (25 to 54) Americans not in the labor force, with parallel rises in the number not wanting to work.

The only solution i see is a new federal jobs program with a living wage, that then forces the private sector to compete for skilled labor.