Pick any aspect of employment-related immigration and one will find regulations that compel companies to expend time and money under the notion that the number of jobs in America is fixed, work can be performed in only one geographic location and nearly all individuals in a given field are the same.
In recent years, the government has relaxed regulations on part-time work, fixed-term contracts and temporary-work agencies.
In any economy, the fallacy says, there is only a fixed amount of work (a lump of labour) to do.
And, if we remain fixed on the work ahead, if we build on the progress we've made today, this is going to be our legacy as well.
The way to meet our demographic challenge is to keep people in the labor force longer, Mr. Shultz says, and not fall for European notions that there is some fixed amount of work to be divided up.
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In contrast, management consultants, who charge a fixed fee for their work, are regarded as more trustworthy.
Cruise missiles and jet fighters work against fixed targets, concentrations of forces or heavy weapons on open ground.
Many also contend that inflation can work against fixed guaranteed withdrawal features.
In addition, the government has imposed new social-security contributions on low-wage jobs, and tightened restrictions on the self-employed, part-time work and fixed-term contracts.
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And the password management tools only work with a fixed list of predetermined Web sites in many cases.
Conversely, if you are underweighted in bonds, you put the new contribution to work by purchasing fixed-income securities or funds.
In future, councils may have to work within a fixed budget, set by the Department for Communities and Local Government, for council tax benefit.
He said it was "not true" British nationals had not been allowed to apply for work on that part of the contract but the Italian firm had drawn on its "fixed workforce in order to get the work done".
The government has fixed a minimum wage for temporary work, to stop eastern undercutting.
Once you have taken your team through the process and garner agreement in what needs to be fixed, your job is to work with your team to guide them to change.
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Most of my work is done under fixed fees.
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Under 5% of the US wage earners make the minimum wage or less, which means that since wage earners only represent a bit over half the total work force (the rest are paid a fixed salary), those who earn the minimum wage make up less than 3% of the total work force.
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However unlike poems printed on paper, there is no fixed, library version of a finished work.
Especially in rural areas, many of the more enterprising clergy have been trying to make their fixed assets, the actual churches, work harder for them.
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The court heard Clark, of no fixed address, was on sick leave from work last July.
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Even when the client and vendor agree to a fixed fee, the vendor can charge for work not outlined in the original contract.
Furthermore, a VOIP user can keep his old fixed-line phone number, which will work not only at home but anywhere in the world where he chooses to use the device (as long as a broadband connection is available).
He would sit next to me as I chopped, eyes fixed firmly on the floor, waiting for my knife work to prove clumsy enough for a carrot or tomato to drop.
And after that window, for a period of a year, the writers settled for fixed dollar amounts in return for the streaming of their work, which will limit their earnings compared with those of the studios.
So when you're looking at your fixed-income portfolio and thinking about putting money to work in this scenario where interest rates are going to be going up, you don't want to be locking in today these very low long-term yields.
The contracts will give GPs a fixed salary and will give them more flexibility in how they work.
He had to work 40 hours a week and was paid a fixed salary, even if there was no withholding!
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The Cheethams were living on a fixed income, but recently Dave has had to return to work, driving long hauls in a delivery truck to keep up with new expenses.
But - and it's a big but - as I drove into work this morning it still hadn't been fixed, there are no warning signs, and the near misses are continuing, believe me.
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