Sentence examples for shortened work from inspiring English sources

In Washington, one family fended off constant complaints from a next-door neighbor during a renovation, even as the contractors lowered the noise level and shortened work hours.

In between are three broad strategies to support jobs.In a nod to Germany's Kurzarbeit scheme, one would use the unemployment insurance system to support shortened work hours.

The latter immediately raised wages, shortened work hours and in many industries prohibited the use of child labor.

The former offered unemployment insurance and retirement benefits, which effectively shortened work over a lifetime, if not in an individual week.

(See "Employees Come And Go At Cummins").. Cummins, which is based in Columbus, Ind., has already closed some plants temporarily, shortened work weeks, lengthened holiday vacations and cut overtime wages to cut costs.

Girard-Perregaux, Zenith and Ebel have already announced layoffs, while Cartier, part of Financière Richemont, has put 180 workers at a Swiss factory making watch cases on a shortened work week until April.

Yet workers' share of the pie is falling, thanks to high unemployment, shortened working hours and stagnant wages.

It also said it raised wages and shortened working hours.

Any political party that aspires to power as president or prime minister must take into account the will of the people, which means finding the means to provide excellent welfare benefits and shortened working hours.

When the designed capacity of positive electrode is higher than 50 mAh g−1, the instability of negative electrode directly causes the reduced utilization and shortened working potential range of the positive electrode, which is responsible for the capacity attenuation and cycle performance deterioration of LIC.

Further work is needed to determine whether problems perceived with the EWTD, when they occur, are attributable to the EWTD itself, and shortened working hours, or to the way that it has been implemented in some hospitals.