Translation of "Längere arbeitszeiten" in English

Without fanfare, German workers accepted longer hours without increases in pay.

Some jobs require working longer hours on a seasonal basis or as projects develop.

Rather, the time-and-one-half premium wage creates a financial disincentive for requiring longer hours.

In Greece, 58% of part-time workers declare themselves available for working longer hours.

Plainly put: longer working hours or lower wages.

This translates into longer hours and less job security for the staff.

There is a clear trend in the direction of women working more hours and men working fewer hours.

It'll be hard, I know... you know, study sessions and longer hours.

Occasionally, other factors come into play, such as intensive workpatterns, longer working days and harassment.

These foods are high in volume that make us really feel comprehensive for longer hours.

For decades, these were two sides of the same coin, until the neo-liberal mainstream began to tell us in the early nineties that lower wages, longer hours and less say in company management were the basic recipe for faster economic growth.

European workers, having paid to rescue the banks and been subjected to exhausting austerity measures, are again being forced to pay for the consequences of the crisis, a crisis which they did not cause, by working longer years for a smaller pension.

Unfortunately, the Commission, faithfully following a narrowly-defined economic logic relating to the notion of competitiveness, refuses even today to draw the necessary conclusions from the regression that the Council imposed in the directive in respect of the Social Charter on Fundamental Rights for Workers, and merely points out that "the directive permits work for more hours than is usual in practice in most Member States' .

If competition between countries, rather than encouraging safety and innovation, meant a relaxation of safety measures and an increase in working hours, that would increase the number of accidents and illnesses.

The countries that apparently have slightly longer hours actually have a better health and safety record than some other countries, including, my friend, your own.

The captains of industry will set out their wish list calling for the implementation of the so-called structural reforms, which is a euphemism for the politics of the Right, the true meaning of which is well known to the workers: that is, more precarious work, lower salaries, longer working life and working hours, later pensionable age, the dismantling and subsequent liberalisation and privatisation of public services, with the accent on energy and communications, social security, health and education, and research, with exploitation, unemployment and poverty following in its wake.

If the opt-out is extended, there is a danger of the Member States competing by means of longer working time in order to attract production.

Unfortunately that has never stopped people in this industry from being allowed to work for longer consecutive periods than in other industries where less harm can be caused.

The Netherlands is increasingly being seen as the Goody Two-Shoes of the European Union and NATO due to its requirement of stricter compliance with the Stability Pact, its contracting-out of public transport to international companies, its introduction of longer working hours, Commissioner Bolkestein’s pressure for a service directive and its continuing military involvement in the American protectorate of Iraq, which is drawing the terrorist threat closer to Europe.

Reduced wages, increased working hours, adaptation to the needs of capital, an increased pension age, flexicurity and the restructuring of labour relations are at the core of the Lisbon Strategy.

At the same time, they are calling for the anti-grass roots Lisbon strategy to be applied quickly, in order to promote greater exploitation of labour through part-time and temporary work, longer working hours, later retirement, the abolition of government participation in social security and the circumvention of collective agreements.

Indeed, a recent McKinsey survey revealed not only that Europeans aspire to a more vibrant economy, higher incomes, and better public services (especially health care and education), but also that they are prepared to accept tradeoffs, including longer hours and reduced social protection, to achieve them.

And when the usual sources of these resources are disrupted, women are forced to travel farther and spend more time working for less return.

So long as the Union's borders remain closed, there is also a risk that foreign investment will fly over Western Europe and land in Central and Eastern Europe, where people are willing to work longer hours, market regulations are less intrusive, and human capital is relatively high, because Communist schools were good at technical training.

Moreover, in some sectors or professions, longer hours may be considered necessary (in the short term, or even on a long-term basis) to ensure competitiveness, respond to seasonal fluctuations or shortages of skilled labour, or guarantee essential 24-hour public services.

Even so, the fears predominated: there would be more competition, worse working conditions, and longer and more flexible working hours, while social strife and illegal practices would increase and wages would fall.

Even so, the fears predominated: there would be more competition, worse working conditions, and longer and more flexible working hours, while social strife and illegal practices would increase and wages would fall.

Even so, the fears predominated: there would be more competition, worse working conditions, and longer and more flexible working hours, while social strife and illegal practices would increase and wages would fall.