The mark is one that economists use to gauge whether the labor market is improving.
Virtually anything we tax we get less of, whether that be labor, consumption, or savings.
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On Tuesday, the Federal Election Commission could determine whether corporations and labor unions must disclose their funding efforts for certain political ads.
Some may question whether economics or labor markets work this way.
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As early as next week, the court could rule whether a federal labor law pre-empts California's prohibition against employers using state money to deter union organizing campaigns.
Whether customs officers, labor unions, or protectionist laws, this paper describes some of the costs of man-made impediments to the critical infrastructure of commerce.
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There is plenty of room to debate whether this type of labor amounts to exploitation of, excuse the pun, a captive audience or does it take away jobs from those who are in the general work force.
If there is an evidentiary hearing, which I suspect there will be, the issues would probably include first whether the court has jurisdiction of the labor dispute (as opposed to the National Labor Relations Board) and then most insightfully, whether the players really do have a substantial chance of success on the merits.
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They do take into allowance whether a hospital's a teaching hospital, for example, whether it's in a big city with high labor costs, but not just whether it happens to charge more.
Seasonal volatility in the weekly jobless claims numbers has sparked worries over whether the improvement in the labor market can remain on track.
Speculation has even revived about whether she can last as Labor leader and prime minister until the next election, due in late 2013.
Many students are ill prepared for the labor market, whether by fault of their own or by colleges and universities that are out of sync with the needs of a skilled work force.
Well, the answer to that depended largely on whether Q (real output) was pretty much maxed out, meaning running at or near full employment of labor and other resources, or whether there was significant slack in the economy that might be taken up by greater spending.
Citizens United was about whether people organized into corporations or labor unions could buy television ads and express their opinions during political campaigns, and the Supreme Court said yes.
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There was a fair amount of debate going into the Labor Day weekend about whether the Fed would move at all today, but then the jobs report came out showing a significant deterioration through the summer.
The players in this game are fighting a labor battle that will determine whether there is the first work stoppage in the NFL since 1987 when the players went on strike over free agency.
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This rule would violate those confidentiality requirements, Lotito said, because employers may have to identify a relationship with any law firm engaged in labor-relations work, whether or not the firm was hired for that purpose by that particular client.
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Of course, given the current labor impasse, no one knows whether that supplemental draft will come to pass.
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The company declined to comment on whether it has made any changes to its labor practices after the 2011 factory explosion.
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Now, with the May 5 primary looming, the Buckeye State is shaping up as a template for 1998, a test case for whether Republicans, exploiting the benefits of incumbency, can institutionalize their House majority as they head into the 2000 presidential campaign, or whether Democrats, exploiting the financial backing of labor unions, can regain control.
After all, in the real world (for example, the labor market), what ultimately matters is whether students have acquired real knowledge, skills, etc.
The Supreme Court last considered this question in 2005, when it decided that a marine dredge in Boston Harbor was a vessel for purposes of determining whether people essential to its function were covered by maritime labor laws.
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Several phone calls by Forbes to the Department of Labor failed to yield a clear response as to whether New York State regards Google AdSense payments as residual or self-employment income.
But as for the core labor issue: "teams and unions collectively determining whether a player can ply his trade and what he can make, " he says, it makes little sense to think that even a strong, centralized NFL can affect that.
SmithKline, over whether drug reps should be covered under a specific exemption for salespeople under federal labor laws.
Renault concluded a series of high-stakes negotiations with labor unions aimed at cutting costs and is now waiting to hear whether they will agree to a proposed accord.
If she hasn't been able to do that in the past, one would have serious questions about whether she'd be able to do it in her capacity as secretary of labor.
This year, the budget dance is unfolding against a backdrop of questions about whether the city may have to find billions of dollars for retroactive raises if new labor agreements are reached.
The National Labor Relations Board looks at indicators such as the nature of the operation and whether the same workers are performing the same jobs in the same facilities.
There is no news on whether German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who wisely quashed a proposal last week by the German labor minister to introduce a mandatory quota for women in management of German-listed companies, will address the issue further.
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