Sentences with phrase «cent of employers rated»

Figures show that 58 per cent of employers rated work experience as «the most popular qualification among those presented» — with a student's personality coming second, with 48 per cent favouring this.

Not exact matches

In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.

For the self - employed, the contribution rate would be 3.6 per cent of pensionable earnings, as they were to pay both employee and employer shares.

The Institute proposes a gradual move to a 50:50 employer / employee financing split and an increase in the combined contribution rate from nearly 20 per cent of pay to about 24 per cent over four years.

Finally, the economy is on a hot streak: employers have been adding jobs steadily for a year, and growth is running at an annualized rate in excess of three per cent.

The employee premium rate could be reduced in 2015 by a minimum of 5 cents, with a decline of at least 7 cents for employers, with larger reductions in 2017.

On August 4, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers added another 209,000 jobs in July, dropping the unemployment rate to a 16 - year low of 4.3 per cent.

In 2001, the Climate Change Levy was introduced as a tax on energy use: it was intended to be «revenue neutral» for businesses, so the Treasury reduced the rate of employers» NICs by 0.3 per cent - a move arguably inconsistent with the idea of National Insurance as contributory.

From the 6 April 2015 the rate of employer Class 1 secondary NICs for employees under the age of 21 will be 0 per cent up to the new «Upper Secondary Threshold» (UST).

Whilst employers pay at a rate zero per cent for employees under the age of 21 and apprentices under the age of 25, their pay will still need to be included within the paybill total.

And with the nationally fixed employer contribution rate of 16.4 per cent for the Teacher Pension Scheme also expected to rise, school leaders are warning more cost - cutting measures may be on the cards.

Government changes to the discount rate (a rate of interest used to value the Teachers» Pension Scheme) mean that even though the scheme benefits have been cut and employee contributions increased, employer contributions have risen from 14.1 per cent to 16.4 per cent.

For example, your employer may match your contributions to the QRP at a rate of fifty cents per dollar for the first 6 % that you contribute to the plan.

-- Defined contribution plans are defined as comparable with a minimum annual contribution rate of eight per cent and employers must match at least 50 per cent.

Comparable DC plans must have a minimum contribution rate of eight per cent with at least 50 per cent contributed by the employer.

Defined contribution (DC) plans — must have a minimum total contribution rate of 8 per cent, with employers contributing at least half that amount (voluntary contributions would not be applicable for the purposes of the ORPP comparability test)

The European Commission has found a worrying 42 per cent of UK employers reported difficulties recruiting skilled IT workers — above the EU average — and predicts that there will be 900,000 unfilled technical vacancies in Europe by 2015, with the number of digital and technology jobs growing at a rate of more than 100,000 a year.

A growing working age population — forecast to increase by nearly 5 per cent between 2015 and 2020 — coupled with rising labour force participation rates means employers will have a growing pool of labour to choose from.