Word: hire
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...addition, many believe that, in all likelihood, Clinton's tax hike will force them to hire fewer employees in the future. Only the most die-hard Keynesian still believes we can tax and spend our way to economic prosperity. Nonetheless, Clinton seems to fall into this category as even his health care plan involves higher taxes...
Some Europeans argue that the safety net actually strangles job creation by sapping incentive and making it too expensive to hire and fire. The 12-nation European Community saw virtually no addition to private-sector work rolls during the 1980s, despite healthy economic growth, while millions of jobs were created in the U.S., where job security is less entrenched and benefit costs are roughly half the E.C.'s. Europe must "contain its costs and free up labor markets," argues Kenneth Clarke, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer...
France's mighty unions are ranging themselves against any changes in the labor codes, while Balladur has broached modest alterations: allowing firms the flexibility to use extra employees at busy times and fewer off-peak and letting businesses hire young workers at less than the minimum wage if they funnel the savings into training. The government is also considering legislation to encourage companies to adopt a four-day week, which it hopes would put more people back on the payroll. Citizens are being urged to set up their own personal retirement accounts, easing the burden on employers...
...many ways, the $22 billion crime bill moving through Congress this week is as flimsy as a tin badge. Around its core of solid proposals -- money to build more high-security prisons and help local governments hire more cops -- are the kind of specious gestures that are made whenever Washington tries to tap into voter sentiment on what is largely a state-and-local issue. If adopted in its present form, the bill will extend the death penalty to 47 mostly uncommon crimes and create 60 new federal crimes for acts that are already punished by state law. Among...
...referees formally went on strike Monday, forcing the league to hire 70 replacements. The new referees hail from all parts of the hockey world, including college, the minors and various international leagues...