As one might expect, much of the increase is concentrated in German service jobs, and is accounted for by workers who put in fewer than 14 hours a week.

ECONOMIST: No more nine-to-five

Because the plastic-molding and assembly lines are near each other, Flextronics can turn resin into a camera in fewer than eight hours.

FORBES: The Detour Economy

So she consistently billed them for fewer hours then she put in on a job.

FORBES: Is it time to earn more?

The 37th annual carnival drew to a close in the early hours of Tuesday, with fewer than 60 arrests - most of them for minor offences.

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By limiting the subsidy to a quarter of the drop in a worker's hourly wage, Mr Kling makes sure no one is rewarded for simply putting in fewer hours.

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