Sentences with phrase «labour forces»

No such conversations are supposed to have taken place among senior Labour forces.

Others have made a move to fewer packaging SKUs, using more one - size - fits - all materials (however much as needed) so that packaging decisions can be made faster and easier by untrained labour forces.

Some Asian countries may not be able to sustain the very high rates they recorded last decade, partly because their labour forces are forecast to grow less rapidly.

And on the Gulf Coast, some 25 proposed plants would mostly be built on brownfield sites with access already to infrastructure and skilled local labour forces.

They're not able to axe people willy nilly, but they can sack under - performing workers or downsize labour forces when the economy turns sour, provided they follow strict guidelines.

April's numbers are rather dramatic, with five CMAs (of 33 total across Canada) in three provinces seeing unusually large declines in both employment and the size of their labour forces:

Every month, Statistics Canada releases their Labour Force Survey, a barometer of the health of labour markets at the provincial and metropolitan levels.

In December 2010, Barrie, Sudbury and Abbotsford all experienced significant declines in both the size of their labour force and the number of employed persons.

The monthly census metropolitan area (CMA) data in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) stretches back 170 months to 2001.

Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo had a record setting month for both job loss (6,200) and persons leaving the labour force (5,000).

The most well - known employment release in Canada is the Labour Force Survey (LFS).

This list excludes Barrie, which lost 1,800 jobs (5th worst showing ever) but had a modest 500 - person decline in the size of their labour force.

The Great Stagnation: In «Why the global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities from climate change.

London also saw a record 5,000 people leaving the labour force, but their employment decline of 3,700 was only the 5th worst on record.

We have five different CMAs each with employment and labour force results among their worst five ever.

Given the sheer number of anomalies and last year's data recall, I can not put much stock in the Labour Force Survey.

The data, collected on a survey basis, includes estimates on the number of employed persons and the size of the labour force (which is roughly equal to the number of employed persons plus persons without jobs but actively looking for work).

With over 90 % of the labour force in the informal economy, it is very difficult to assess the impact of policy actions and measure true growth.

Over the years, you've been a vocal advocate for getting Canadians to address various business challenges, including the need to go global and the skills gap affecting the labour force.

This means there are more young people simply out of the labour force.

«They've kept the older workers in the labour force, they've kept all their workers working longer hours, they've resorted to temporary foreign workers, they've hired young people.

Numerous studies contend a growing number of middle - income workers will not be able to replace the benchmark 60 % to 70 % of their pre-retirement income once they leave the labour force, in large part because of the lack of pension coverage.

«Their labour force is getting old and shrinking,» says Katsenelson.

But too much of that is due to people dropping out of the workforce altogether (because the job market is * that * good): now at 63.2 %, the labour force participation rate has been catapulted all the way back to that which last prevailed in 1978.

He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.

But, then again, Ottawa already spends more than $ 12 billion a year on post-secondary education, plus billions more on joint labour force training agreements with the provinces.

The percentage of women between the ages of 25 and 54 with full - time jobs rose from 58 % in 2000 to 63 % in 2007, as women entered the labour force as never before, causing family incomes to rise.

The 113 respondents offered their views on a host of retirement issues, including when they plan to retire and the benefits of keeping older workers in the labour force.

In 1987, 8.6 % of the labour force worked in sales jobs, estimates Statistics Canada; a generation later, that figure has inched up to 9.7 %, with about 3.7 million Canadians working in «sales and service» as of September 2011.

Membership in private - sector unions has fallen steadily over the past 25 years and now represents just 17 % of the private - sector labour force.

Employment rates ages 15 - 65 % of unemployed in civilian labour force (figures for Iceland, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey were taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2005 data) % of unemployed in long - term unemployed category

During the 1980s, when the baby boomers had by and large entered the labour force, the profession grew in the U.S. by a staggering 54 %.

A recent study by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship found that up to 42 % of the Canadian labour force is at high risk of being affected by automation in the next 10 - 20 years.

Conversely, 36 % of Canada's employed labour force falls into the low - risk category, including registered nurses, elementary teachers, early childhood educators, and secondary school teachers — all of which fall within a less than 1 % chance of automation.

However, the most recent labour force survey from Statistics Canada showed signs of hope: youth unemployment was 13.9 % in March, a 0.8 % decrease from the previous month and 0.5 % lower than the same period last year.

One question is whether the labour force will accommodate it.

Labour force participation rates (the proportion already working or actively looking for work) for young Canadians have fallen since the recession, and unemployment rates are higher for youth than for older workers.

«Today, gen X and gen Y dads want to be involved,» says Spinks, adding, «Boomer grandmas, who would have historically provided the postpartum care for mom and new baby, are still in the paid labour force.

The data show that the mat - leave issue is bound to escalate, as the future labour force will be increasingly made up of women.

To do better, Harrison needs co-operation from CP's labour force.

Inflation is also running close to its ideal target and wage growth has strengthened with a tightening labour force.

New entrants to the labour force, new graduates, and other young Nova Scotians, account for a disproportionate share of this exodus.

The estimated four - per - cent increase in the province's female labour force gave the provincial economy a 1.7 per cent boost.

Combined with women, he said assisting more young people, Indigenous peoples, recent immigrants and Canadians living with disabilities to enter the job market could help the labour force expand by half a million people.

That's a big number — more than 10 % of the Canadian labour force.

It also notes that according to a Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey, from July 2008 to July 2013, the net increase in new jobs for university graduates was 810,000, while the available jobs for those with no post-secondary education decreased by 540,000 during the same period.

The Labour Force Survey's Table 282-0071 contains nominal hourly wage data by industry.

«People are rejoining the labour force.

rnWhere to find it: Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey.

We do not know the increase in the growth of federally regulated workers that make less than $ 15, but given what we know from the Labour Force Survey, federally regulated workplace study and employment equity survey data, estimates of 0.25 - 0.75 % annual growth appear reasonable.