Translation of "Hohe lohnkosten" in English

An intelligent use of materials can relativize supposedly high labor costs.

This is chiefly due to very high wage costs on those farms.

The high cost of labour and increasing safety regulations concerning manual handling makes a strong case for automated end-of-line palletising.

That would put paid to the Flemish chemical industry in the same way as high labour costs have put paid to Opel Antwerp.

For the above reasons, the argument stating that the deteriorated state of the Union industry has actually been caused by the increased cost of production, possibly due to inefficiencies or high labour costs, is therefore dismissed.

The Commission calls for an improvement in vocational training and an adjustment of wage costs where inappropriate skills and/or excessive wage costs in relation to productivity are keeping a large number of people out of work.

Improved living standards and social provisions cannot be created by imposing high employment costs, when such costs cannot be justified by increased levels of productivity.

In view of the fact that a sheet winding for a large power transformer represents substantial costs in material and work, it is hardly defensible from an economic point of view, having regard to the above-mentioned risks of insulation damage during manufacture, to wait until the manufacture of a winding is finished before it is voltage-tested.

Social legislation is designed to provide the same benefits for persons employed in undertakings of all sizes, while avoiding an excessive burden of social expenditure on the labour costs of small and medium­sized firms.

Moreover, there may be factors other than productivity which tend to offset high wage costs in some cases, strengthening the degree of non-price competitiveness of a region.

Social legislation is designed to provide persons employed in firms of all sizes with the same social benefits, while avoiding an excessive burden on the labour costs of small and medium­sized firms as a result of social expen­diture.

The rate of creation of industrial enterprises is limited in the Athens region (due to environmental concerns and the high cost of labour and land) and high in Macedonia and central Greece (around Athens).

As can be imagined, frequent screw replacement necessitates frequent downtime, high maintenance and labor costs, and inefficient use of the furnace which in turn lead to higher unit costs. Clearly a better screw design is necessary.

The employers were afraid not only of excessively high wage costs but also of contractual obstacles against the introduction of new technologies.

Generally speaking, high labour costs combine with high productivity and low labour costs with low labour productivity.

In the past high wage costs have significantly undermined the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy and have negatively affected its employment performance.

Due to these reinforcements, the production of such tires has been carried out by manual labor which entailed high cost, considerable time and also some inaccuracies during mounting and fixing of the reinforcement, resulting in low quality tires which had to be often discarded.

After a promising start in the first months, expectations were soon dampened by exploding prices for raw materials as well as high transportation and labour costs that could not fully be passed on to the customer.

High wages and an insufficient pool of qualified personnel can also hamper on-site construction plans.

With rising labor costs, frequent sick leave resulting from monotonous motions, and costly compliance with hygiene regulations, manual packaging means an ever-growing cost pool in the process chain.