If jobs can be saved, the state and city should work hard to find ways to adjust workers' benefits.
New guidance from the Internal Revenue Service prompted employers to adjust workers' paychecks last March in an attempt to match up what they would owe under the new tax plan.
Labor costs went down, as high unemployment led to lower worker turnover and gave restaurant owners greater ability to adjust worker schedules and hours.
The tax cuts, focused on corporations and the wealthy, kicked in on Jan . 1 and employers adjusted worker paychecks to reflect the lower tax rates in February.
Forecasts on the report vary widely, Mr. Fine noted, and after adjusting for workers returning from a strike against Verizon Communications and a reduction in temporary census workers, the predicted range runs from a tepid rise of 130,000 to a strong gain of 325,000.
The association between psychiatric sickness absence and mortality risk was attenuated after adjusting for workers' marital status and health behaviors, but it remained statistically significant for suicide and for death from other causes.
The nation's labor and management coalitions have lined up sharply against each other over ergonomics, the study of whether altering individual workplace conditions, like adjusting a worker's seat position, can reduce such ailments as repetitive stress injuries.
It also makes it harder for real wages to adjust, since workers rarely get cuts in nominal pay.
Workers without a workplace retirement account will automatically contribute 3% of their wages into Secure Choice, though that amount can be adjusted and workers can also opt out.
