That may be forcing employers to hire to keep up with demand.

There is no planned legislation to force private employers to commit to a five-day working week.

Perhaps he will finally put legislation in place forcing employers to provide comprehensive health cover.

It is troubling to force religious employers to violate their principles about reproductive rights.

"And any new business such as that that comes into the Baker area will force other employers to pay higher wages, too."

At first, even before the tight labor market forced more employers to be nice, the object was to make work, well, workable.

Congress rejected that, in part because it would have forced most employers and employees to participate.

"I have always felt that it is reverse discrimination, forcing employers to hire some blacks who are not qualified," he said.

The plan's reporting requirement would force workers and employers to register each new worker.

Comparable Worth is an attempt to force employers, taxpayers, and consumers to pay women as though they had not made those career choices.