In short, consulting is looking less like a licence to print money and more like temporary labour.
Vacancy growth in the permanent jobs market quickened over the month, but slowed in the temporary labour market.
Thus, prior to a glut of ten new countries joining the EU in 2004, existing members were granted a grace period in which to indulge themselves in temporary labour-market restrictions.
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The better answer would be to insist that any member afraid of the free movement of labour should fix temporary rules for its own territory alone, leaving the others to be more liberal if they wished.
His last-minute choice as running-mate was Armando Caro Figueroa, who as Mr Menem's labour minister liberalised the labour market, creating thousands of temporary jobs.
"To boost our flatlining economy Labour has already called for a temporary VAT cut which would take 3p off a litre of fuel, " shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves said.
Temporary curbs imposed in 2005 to protect the British labour market are set to expire on that date.
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Recent research by Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, found that more than 30% of Germany's workforce are now employed in part-time or temporary jobs, meaning that firms can deploy their labour much more flexibly than in the past.
This rigidity means that firms cut their labour costs through hiring freezes and by sacking temporary employees, rather than by reducing pay rates.
Temporary curbs on Romanian and Bulgarian migration were imposed by the Labour government in 2005 to protect the UK labour market.
Although unemployment is low, rapid job losses among Japan's army of temporary workers are exposing the unfairness of a two-tier labour market and straining an egalitarian society.
After a long struggle, the labour ministry has at last caved in to demands to deregulate the temporary-employment agencies.
The flexibility of the British labour market is also important in attracting young Europeans who just want temporary or short-term employment.
Temporary curbs were imposed on Romanians and Bulgarians in 2005 to protect the British labour market, but those curbs expire in December and under EU laws cannot be extended.
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It's a terrible mess but it's a temporary mess, I mean it's not a deep wound for the Labour Party, it's a irritating rash, and now we've got to stop scratching it and get on with something more serious.
That's why Labour is proposing to build 25, 000 new affordable homes and a temporary cut to the rate of VAT.
Earlier this year several hundred homeless temporary workers set up a tent village in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo, across from the labour ministry and a few blocks from the Imperial Palace.
In labour-intensive sectors, France has become highly automated, and many new jobs are temporary.
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Malcolm Kennedy, cabinet member for regeneration and transport for Labour controlled Liverpool City Council said the city had "to start now" on the temporary facility to secure the terminal's future.
He added that Labour must offer an economic alternative which meets the twin challenges of boosting growth now through temporary tax cuts and investment in jobs and delivering reform over the longer term to build "responsible capitalism".
He said Labour needed to offer an economic alternative that met the twin challenges of boosting growth now through temporary tax cuts and investment in jobs and delivering reform over the longer term to build "responsible capitalism".
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