There was more dour economic news coming out of the European Union overnight, as the number of unemployed workers in the bloc rose to a record high in March.
But as the number of Indonesian workers grow, so does awareness of their rights.
Charles Yi, 62, stands accused of underreporting the number of employees on his payroll as a way of reducing his workers' comp premiums.
For the same number of hours worked, workers can enjoy the same standard of living even as they allocate more of their working time to purchasing health care.
What will happen in Greece when pension benefits are slashed, as will be the number and salaries of government workers?
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And they need to make sure, as long as the number of unemployed remains so high, that workers have the minimal income support that unemployment insurance can provide to keep their families going until they find that next job.
The problems with Social Security are now largely known--the declining number of workers versus retirees, the fiscal irresponsibility of pay-as-you-go (it's the public-sector equivalent of a private pension system with no reserves, which, of course, is illegal).
Some economists suggest the slowdown in the US housing market is already playing a role in reducing the number of immigrant workers, as many choose to return home when there is no work.
As a result of such measures, and of closer co-operation between police and prosecutors, the number of sex workers who report attacks to the police has shot up, and so have convictions.
The survey of each country covers the ease or difficulty of doing business by a number of measures, such as procedures needed to start a legal business, rules concerning the hiring and firing of workers, registering property and enforcing commercial contracts.
Primarily, she said, the office would be better equipped to handle the increasing number of interruptions workers are subjected to as a result of new technologies, including e-mail and instant messaging.
"The number of workers likely to be laid off as a result of the sequester is basically imaginary although there will almost certainly be a slight surge in unemployment, " Baker said.
As migrant workers pulled out of Spain or Ireland, the number of EU citizens living in Germany, Austria or Finland, but born elsewhere, went up marginally but not enough to compensate for the overall decline.
But nowadays the number of textile workers in South Carolina is shrinking rapidly, as car-manufacturing and tourism take a bigger role in the state's economy.
And Ayro was implicated in the deaths of a number of foreigners, aid workers and journalists, as well as some prominent Somalis.
The number of discouraged workers has increased, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population, there is no doubt about that.
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There had been uncertainty about the number of workers being held, with some reports saying there were as many as 40, while others said that all but eight had been freed.
Secondly, a dwindling band of workers will have to support rising social-security payments, as the number of retired people grows.
And it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of states consider legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm.
An estimated 46 million of us are uninsured, and that number is likely to climb as the recession cost more workers their jobs and their employer-based health coverage.
Election workers, for instance, help combat fraud by taking precautions such as matching the number of card users to the votes registered.
While widespread tariffs on an entire group of manufacturers would benefit a small number of manufacturers, they would punish U.S. workers and the industry as a whole.
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While both candidates are relying heavily on in-state volunteers, the Democratic efforts seem to have attracted a larger number of out-of-state workers as well.
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