Sentence examples for quarters of workers from inspiring English sources

The accountancy giant's first report, published in September 2012, highlighted a range of labour abuses, including that around three quarters of workers had paid recruitment fees to secure their jobs and poor sanitation and faulty air conditioning in the specially constructed workers village.

CALITZDORP, South Africa — Hundreds of police officers swarmed the living quarters of workers at a platinum mine 60 miles northwest of here on Saturday, searching for illegal weapons as part of a new push by the government to end a series of violent wildcat strikes that have unsettled the nation.

It's been estimated that three quarters of workers that serve the American public actually work for contractors.

The population of Seychelles can be considered as fairly urbanized in view of the high density of the population and the facts that a large proportion of the population commutes to the capital for work and three quarters of workers are employed in services [ 11, 12].

The population can be considered as fairly urbanized in view of the high density of the population and the facts that a large proportion of the population commutes to the capital for work and three quarters of workers are employed in services [ 22, 23].

Three-quarters of workers – men and women – say flexibility is key.

By 1996, three-quarters of workers with insurance were in an HMO or some other kind of managed-care plan.

And three-quarters of workers in rights and advocacy community organisations said disabled, elderly and minority ethnic people were disproportionately losing out from cuts to advice services.

In 1970, for example, nearly three-quarters of workers considered to be middle class had not gone beyond high school in their education; in 2007, that figure had dropped below 40 percent, according to the report.

Almost three-quarters of workers believe public-sector staff would be making a tactical mistake if they chose to take industrial action in the wake of this week's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), a study suggests.

About three-quarters of workers in the United States drive alone, said Dr. Mark Mather, associate vice president for domestic programs at the Population Reference Bureau, a research organization in Washington.