use technology to enhance workplace productivity. Those workers who do not adapt to changes in

technology will experience a decrease in demand.

An increase in the number of companies producing a given product will increase the demand for

labor resulting in a shift to the right. A decrease in the number of companies producing a given

product will decrease the demand for labor resulting in a shift to the left.

Complying with government regulations can increase or decrease the demand for labor at any given

wage. In the healthcare industry, government rules may require that nurses be hired to carry out

certain medical procedures. This will increase the demand for nurses. Less-trained healthcare

workers would be prohibited from carrying out these procedures, and the demand for these

workers will shift to the left.

Labor is not the only input into the production process. For example, a salesperson at a call center
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