Sentence examples for lengthen work hours from inspiring English sources
In Germany, the industrial giants DaimlerChrysler and Siemens recently muscled their unions into signing contracts that lengthen work hours without increasing pay.
Despite labour agreements forced through last year, which cut perks and lengthened working hours, Mr Schrempp was still regarded by some investors and analysts as too soft on the firm's German workers.DaimlerChrysler's expansion plans in Japan also hit a barrier in 2004.
While it works for some people, many have found that telecommuting breeds its own dysfunctions -- the lack of "face time" creates anxiety about being overlooked, the inability to interact with colleagues cuts down on brainstorming, and self-imposed pressure can lengthen working hours and actually hasten burnout.
Volkswagen is cutting up to 20,000 jobs, lengthening working hours at its German plants and trimming costs.
They also visited hospitalized patients daily, further lengthening their work hours.
Feminism has coincided with a drastic lengthening of work hours and a steep decline in job security, and in America those stressors have not been alleviated by social supports like paid family leave and universal child care, at least not in comparison with most other Western nations.
[Page C7.] Europe Adds to the Workweek Europeans are lengthening their working hours, worried that the shorter hours once seen as a way of spreading work among more people have not eased unemployment.
Between rising payrolls and a lengthening work week, total hours worked are growing impressively; but total output, measured by slightly better than 2% real gross domestic product growth, is not.
Work hours have been cut.
Others restarted work hours later. .
