1.   Advantages of computerization to the supermarket operator include reduced labor costs, fewer pricing errors, and better inventory control.

2.   And that, he added, means higher labor costs.

3.   And to remain king, he had to watch labor costs.

4.   As a result, prod-ucts with higher direct labor costs were allocated proportionately more of the overhead cost.

5.   But try to balance the problems against the drop in your labor costs.

6.   Employees needed to know the wage differential and how that impacted unit labor costs.

7.   Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.

8.   Employers could reduce labor costs and maintain rank-and-file morale by minimizing layoffs.

9.   In manufacturing, labor costs have actually fallen.

10.   Much of the precipitous Decline in return on equity was due to a rise in labor costs over those years.