"To accommodate a Baltimore City curfew, we will be adjusting our hours," says a sign taped on a glass door at a Starbucks.
We may think we depend on the sun to measure time, but we actually have so many precise internal clocks adjusting our metabolism from hour to hour that in the future drugs are likely to be dosed at specific times to maximize their efficacy and minimize their side effects.
Ask your boss about adjusting your hours in a way to help you avoid the morning and evening rush hour traffic.
"We'll continue to monitor the situation and adjust operational hours accordingly, with a focus on the safety of our employees and customers," McComb said.
And companies, in agreement with the unions, could adjust working hours and wages to match order levels.
Then adjust for hours per worker, which have been declining, largely because of the recent rise of part-time employment.
Union leaders are angered by a part of the package that will allow employers to adjust working hours according to the workload.
As a result, each carmaker has been able to adjust working hours with its own employees, in response to changing demand.
What's happened is that firms have exploited the flexible labour market to bear down on pay and adjust working hours to meet weak demand, avoiding the need for mass layoffs.
Working time accounts thus help companies to smooth employment levels and adjust working hours over the business cycle.
