Packham, 51, has described proposals to reduce the number of hours by half at Cobbett Road Library in Southampton as "short-termist lunacy".
But the trucking industry has been beset with a chronic shortage of drivers, rising fuel costs, clogged highways and new federal rules that reduce the number of hours truckers can drive.
Family finances were also put under pressure by time needed to care for the child with cancer, with three in five respondents saying they had to reduce the number of hours they worked.
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The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage.
In addition, patients receiving the femoral approach must lie down for several hours after PCI to reduce the risk of severe bleeding while radial access allows patients to stand up in one hour.
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Interestingly, academics were looking for quite short turnarounds, with 40 percent looking to reduce the integration time to mere hours.
The trust is also urged to review the way it manages available beds to reduce the number of patients waiting hours in casualty for a bed to become available.
Grand Canyon National park will reduce hours of operation at the main visitor center, affecting at least 250, 000 people.
The Columbus Blue Jackets, like the NHL office, have plans in place to reduce staff hours to a four-day work week by November 1, unless the lockout ends before then.
Sharon underwent 13 hours of surgery to reduce the bleeding in his brain, and doctors earlier this week slowly lowered his dosage of anesthesia to draw him out of a medically induced coma.
In an interview, FLA President and Chief Executive Auret van Heerden said Foxconn's commitment to reduce overtime hours was a model for the industry and would prove to others it can be done.
Ending the marathon negotiation with a personal declaration of victory to reduce the budget while protecting the UK rebate, Mr Cameron was asked whether these tense hours of debate might inform his bigger agenda about reforming the EU and Britain's place within it.
The authority has also decided to reduce library opening hours - but did approve a freeze on council tax.
The antiviral medications Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir) can reduce the severity of symptoms and the length of illness, but the drug has to be taken within 48 hours of the first appearance of symptoms -- you know, the "I will not get sick" phase -- to be most effective.
Jack in the Box has also cut back on crew hours and implemented efficiencies in its kitchens to reduce costs, such as a refrigerated rail, which decreases the time it takes employees to complete tasks.
The current trip between Chengdu and Mianyang takes approximately 2.5 hours, but the new urban rail will reduce travel time to just 15 to 20 minutes.
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This will reduce the time for processing fixed penalty tickets from one week to a few hours.
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It is also building a new airport close to the port which will reduce the time it takes to transport goods from port to airport from seven hours to an hour.
And he said the government wants to reduce journey times from London to Scotland to under three hours.
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The company says it's unsure whether it will reduce some employees' hours.
Boeing says the procedures it developed can reduce the time it takes to test wireless signals from two weeks to just 10 hours.
Potentially odorous materials are being covered or "mechanically sealed" outside of working hours and the HCA said it was trying its best to reduce the smell from the site with odour suppressing sprays.
Some say they're likely to reduce their workers' hours or even lay off staff in order to remain below the thresholds established under the act.
On our maiden voyage, about three hours into the flight, the plane began to slow down and reduce altitude so that it could land in a small airport to refuel.
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And the article acknowledges that changes like lower mandated hours are part of an attempt to reduce turnover, so perhaps absent regulatory or advocate pressures firms would be limiting hours anyway.
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The same math, of course, can rearrange a given number of labor hours to reduce customer waiting time.
Consumers and businesses are asked to reduce their electricity use during peak electricity hours from 3 to 7 p.m. today to avert the need for rotating outages.
Under the plans, speeds of up to 250mph on HS2 would reduce a Birmingham to Leeds journey from two hours to 57 minutes, while phase one will cut London-Birmingham travel to 49 minutes, from the current one hour and 24 minutes.
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Within twenty-four hours, Sara was scheduled to see a radiation oncologist for whole-brain radiation to try to reduce the metastases.
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