Sentences with phrase «workers work part time»

Although part - time employment is desirable for some workers including youths, women and seniors, not all employed workers work part time voluntarily.

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30 million people - young and old, men and women, part - time and full - time — work as freelancers or independent workers in America.

While a lower unemployment rate is certainly better than a higher one, the rate doesn't capture workers who've quit looking for a job, part - time workers who wish to work full - time, or workers who've experienced a significant wage reduction in a new job after they lost their old one.

«Total compensation is down, part - time workers aren't getting as many hours, and there are fewer hourly employees who are working full time,» said Susan Woodward, the economist who helped to develop the survey.

The move was part of an effort to improve customer service and keep good workers in a tightening job market at a time when working in stores is getting more involved.

Many workers, who are just beginning their careers and work multiple part - time jobs, face this challenge as well.

The reason is that remote workers, even those working remotely only part time, are used to their flexible schedules, and they're not going to go back to working 9 - to - 5 without a fight.

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.

Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.

It's a made - up term by people working to create companies based on part - time workers who do part - time work to make extra money.

Even if this means hiring a part - time worker or automating certain tasks, it's important to find a way to free up space to work on growing.

There are opportunities for older employees to work part - time or get more time off by becoming contract workers, but those options don't come with job security.

«Restaurants have always considered part - time workers to be those working 32 hours a week or 34 hours.

With more people working remotely than ever before, and an uptick in gig - type occupations, coworking spaces have emerged as a popular and cost - effective option for businesses and the part - time, full - time and contract workers they employ.

You might recall Fed Vice-Chair Janet Yellen discussing at length the numerous pitfalls of the headline unemployment rate, which doesn't count the discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labour force, those who've stopped looking for work but say they would still like to have a job, and those who would like to work full - time but could only find part - time employment.

Employment was little changed in September from August, as employers added 112,000 full - time workers, offsetting a decline of similar magnitude in part - time work, Statistics Canada reported on Oct. 5.

This week's news roundup highlights the top 50 companies hiring part - time workers, tips on how to find work flexibility if you're a military spouse, and why you might not be getting hired for a work - from - home job — and what you can do about it!

Whether it's allowing workers to shift their schedules to avoid nasty commutes, work from home occasionally, or even explore part - time options, you'll find that they appreciate offers of work flex.

Perhaps more distressingly, 7.6 million workers who want full - time work can find only part - time work, and their missing work hours do not count toward the official unemployment rate.

But it doesn't include people who have given up looking for work, so - called discouraged workers, or those who are working part time but would like to be full time.

As the study charts below show, Britain's gig workers mostly work part - time to supplement their income.

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It also plans to give one - time cash bonuses to some part - time and full - time workers, ranging from $ 200 (for workers who have been at Walmart for less than two years) to $ 1,000 (for those who have been working there for 20 or more years).

In fact, the proportion of part - timers in public administration was reduced by a third over that period of time, which contributes significantly to the increase in the average weekly wage over the decade, as workers were working more hours, not necessarily being paid a lot more per hour.

A potentially high level of either underemployed workers, working either part - time or below their skill set.

A C.D. Howe Institute study shows that of all prime working - age workers in part - time positions, 50 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women would prefer full - time employment.

The underemployment rate is a broader measure that includes discouraged workers and those who have part - time jobs but want full - time work.

Under the new act, employers must pay part - time and seasonal employees the same wage rate as full - time workers who perform substantially the same — but not necessarily identical — work.

«In order to recruit and retain the best workers, HR professionals will need to rely more heavily on flexible work options like remote work, flexible scheduling, and even part - time professional roles.»

The Fed's continued insistence that it will raise rates soon is especially perplexing as inflation continues to run below its 2 % target, and the U-6 unemployment rate — which accounts for discouraged workers and those working part - time because they can't find full time work — is still well above pre-crisis levels.

The dramatic inadequacy of part - time wages is particularly troubling given that, compared to other U.S. workers, retail employees are disproportionately likely to be involuntarily employed part time.6 In other words, many parttime retail workers want to be working full time but are relegated to part - time hours and grossly inadequate part - time pay.

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She studied theology part - time at Highland Theological College in Dingwall while working as a community social worker on Mull.

Most of these were workers stuck in part time jobs, and women were more likely to be among the working poor, as were blacks and Hispanics (www.bls.gov).

She was suggesting that a working mother with a part - time job should actually be making more money than a full - time worker because her need was the greater.

About half have two parents working outside of the home, the others are a mix of stay - home parents and part - time workers.

LeStage talked about how there's no better worker than a part / time working mom in the sense that you have limited time to deal with things, and know you are choosing work over home while you're working and so you GET THINGS DONE.

That's fine if you're on maternity leave, a stay - at - home mom, or even a part - time worker, but full - time working moms can't usually meet at those times.

For hourly workers, what a job share offers is a part - time work week.

In most facilities, staff receives the same type of training as daycare employees... in fact, many workers at daycare centers work part - time at drop - in centers for extra cash.

«The EU is good for working people across Scotland, Wales and England - with rules limiting the amount of hours we have to work, providing equal treatment for part - time and agency workers and guaranteeing health and safety at work.

Besides low birth rates, higher life expectancy, longer education time and an increasing share of single - parent households, Germany is also the poster child of labour market dualisation: pampered workers in the industrial and unionised core contrast with part - time and irregular work in the peripheral service industry.

Albany — A former employee of a major state workers union is suing the organization, claiming he was fired after suffering a serious auto accident that forced him to work on a part - time, light duty schedule.

The wage board, meeting Monday in Albany, has heard dozens of workers say they struggle to pay ordinary living expenses such as rent, utilities and transportation at the current minimum, often with fluctuating and part - time work schedules.

As part of our role within a wider educational charity, for some time now LITRG has wanted to do more to support temporary workers who are having to grapple with working through an umbrella company

She joined the Labour Party after a few pints of lager in the Student Union bar while at Lancaster University and went on to work for the Christian Socialist Movement, also working part - time for Corbyn and later as a policy officer for the British Association of Social Workers.

The state's underemployment rate — including marginally attached workers and those who work part - time but would prefer full - time work, was 12 percent in 2014.

«Part - time workers are at a disadvantage because they face the choice between buying a season ticket that they can not make full use of, or paying peak time fares each day to get to work.

A part - time season ticket will put money back in the pockets of the lowest paid workers and help people to access work and training opportunities.