Sentence examples for raising labour from inspiring English sources

By loading the burden on to employers and workers and thus raising labour costs, it has contributed to the inflexibility of labour markets and thus to the Euro-sclerosis that continental governments are struggling to recover from.

The explanation seems to be that, by killing large numbers of people, AIDS is reducing population pressure on existing land and capital, thus raising labour productivity.However, Clive Bell and Hans Gersbach, both of the University of Heidelberg, and Shanta Devarajan of the World Bank challenge this view.

That, along with other new welfare measures, is helping some of India's poorest people, lifting rural incomes and boosting consumer markets, but probably also raising labour costs.Surjit Bhalla, a Delhi-based economist, points out that spending on welfare to relieve poverty now represents 2.5% of GDP.

In an ad earlier this year, Mr Tillis cited an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that Obamacare would cost America the equivalent of 2m jobs.The CBO said that Obamacare, by raising labour costs and making it easier for individuals to buy insurance without relying on an employer, would reduce the incentives for people to work, by the equivalent of 2.5m full-time workers by 2024.

Active labour force policies that should stimulate the demand for elderly workers have also been proposed with the aim of contributing to raising labour market participation of the elderly.

At their summit in Stockholm in 2001, the countries of the European Union set themselves a target (as they like to do) of raising labour-force participation by 55-64-year-olds 55-64-year-olds 55-64-year-olds 55-64-year-olds

All employers face restrictive immigration policies which raise labour costs.

Employers do not like the idea, complaining that it could raise labour costs.

Around the world, the International Labour Organisation has attempted to raise labour standards in countries where sweatshops are still common.

In southern China, for instance, a shortage of workers and new legislation raised labour costs, so production moved north.

French employers have an equally long catalogue of complaints, including the planned reduction in the work week to 35 hours, which is bound to raise labour costs.