Due to the number of federal employees that get this time off, demand is higher and prices rise.
Avoiding microwaves, irons, hairdryers and other appliances at peak times could shave 1.4GW off demand, according to the Institute of Energy Economics.A more frugal spirit could apply to leisure, too: 4,000 pachinko pinball parlours in greater Tokyo use 840MW during peak hours more than twice the city's main subway system.
The overconscientious, in particular, need to take time off from the demands of their role and to spend that time in refreshing recreation.
This discourages firms from hiring young women who might suddenly demand time off to look after a baby.
And as more career-minded women have had children, they have become powerful enough to demand time off from their employers.
Further, women are pushed aside regularly when they make their family priorities known or demand time off after having a child (and don't kid yourself -- this is a form discrimination to be sidelined for prioritizing time off for child bearing).
Last year, the Somalis here demanded time off for the Ramadan ceremony.
Ms. Worthington now runs a marketing and public relations agency out of her home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, which permits her to take time off when her health demands it.
The benefit that appears to be in the highest demand is paid time off.
This Easter's parade of seaside trade union conferences, now a ritualised display of militancy, saw all the big unions pass similar motions threatening strike action in the autumn if the government does not move far enough in their direction.Teachers' demands for more time off raise hackles with the rest of the working population.
Do not demand anything (i.e. time off, perks).
