Sentences with phrase «changing labour market»

In today's changing labour market, new forms of work are emerging and people change more frequently between jobs and employment statuses.

The study, by CIBC (TSX: CM) economists looking at the changing labour market, concluded one aspect hasn't changed much over the past three decades.

Young people were hit by a «double whammy» of slow economic growth and a rapidly changing labour market, said Mr Cridland.

The Bologna Process also supports the modernisation of education and training systems to make sure these meet the needs of a changing labour market.

Social skills matter much more than before, especially given the changing labour market and more jobs appearing in white collar work.

The review comes in the wake of a report from an expert panel the government struck last year that came up with 13 recommendations to help young Canadians get into and thrive in a changing labour market.

I became a CPA in a similar manner using their flexible work - study approach, and I think that having a mixture of in - class as well as virtual attendance combined with work experience is a very valuable and powerful combination in today's rapidly changing labour markets, and program like this could flow very well.

Not exact matches

«Adding modest changes to points for language, age, and work experience would help refine the grid to put weight where it counts in the labour market, and select applicants that are younger and have strong language proficiency,» the analysis said.

The issue stems, in part, from year - old changes to Canada's express entry system which makes it impossible for someone in the PGWPP program to gain express entry without a Labour Market Impact Assessment, as chronicled by Nicholas Keung:

«These changes will reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work experience, and redirect points to language and age factors, which are better indicators of success in the Canadian labour market.»

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

Beset by labour disputes and an inability to adapt to changing markets, the country's largest firms merged in 1968 as British Leyland before being nationalized in 1975.

The survey was issued in response to a recent report from the C.D. Howe Institute that recommended changes to EI to address imbalances in the labour market.

«And despite the overwhelming evidence that one's field of study is the most important factor determining labour market outcomes, today's students have not gravitated to more financially advantageous fields in a way that reflects the changing reality of the labour market.»

The overall youth unemployment rate was 12 per cent, little changed from previous jobs reports, as more young people participated in the labour market.

When the main so - called Labour Market Agreements with the provinces come up for renegotiation in 2014, Flaherty said they will be changed so that much of the federal money goes directly to businesses.

While it's a stretch to blame all their problems on labour - market rigidity, a deliberate lack of employment flexibility has certainly made it more difficult for them to adjust to changing circumstances.

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As widely speculated in the media, the government is proposing changes to the Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDA).

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

Just in from Paris, some fascinating quotables from the OECD: Governments must do more to help workers adapt to new global economy, says OECD Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.

When the Canadian labour market is functioning normally, there are large flows of hires into employment and not - quite - so large flows of separations out of employment: the relatively small difference between the two is the change in total employment.

This change in relative wages and the relatively modest adjustment in overall wages have been helped by the combination of well - anchored inflation expectations and a more flexible labour market, particularly in comparison to earlier terms of trade booms.

The remainder is primarily a result of changes to the labour market.

Certain changes in the labour market also played a role in helping to increase the number of people ineligible for EI.

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It appears that the extensive changes in the economy over the past decade — including a structural fall in the inflation rate, productivity - enhancing changes in the labour market, corporatisation and privatisation of public - sector enterprises and substantial falls in the barriers to international trade — have led to an improvement in Australia's underlying rate of productivity growth.

In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job market.

Medium - term changes, like the general opening of the market, be it the market for goods or services, in particular financial services etc, or even the labour market, all of these are accelerating the transformation of the system and the transformation of capitalism and they are having significant social consequences in all regions of the world.

The final report of the Harper competition law review, which is due on March 17, is expected to lend more weight to the push for contractor law changes to make the labour market more competitive.

Just as we clear a garden to disrupt it in readiness for the next crop, so we can disrupt corrupt farm labour market practices to trigger the process of change that leads to a better model, a model that is new and fair.

The protest which was organized by a non-governmental organization, Be The Change Organization (BCO) also saw labour unions, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), artisans, market women, youth organizations and student bodies taking part.

«However, the government needs to be clear these proposed changes to Universal Credit could reverse this trend and remove a valuable route back into the labour market through self - employment.

One of the greatest social changes across Europe in recent decades has been the increase of women in the labour market.

There is a threat that employees will not be able to adapt to changing job market requirements fast enough, at least in the short term, and that this leads to a «reserve army of labour» that is ready for a revolution as Marx prophesised, or at least upending the established order.

We asked for views from disabled people, employers, charities and others on how we can change attitudes among employers as well as improving local services so that we can break down the barriers disabled people still face in the labour market.

The deep economic crisis in the 1990s changed the Swedish labour market.

Chirac took no memorable measures to change France and bears the responsibility of allowing the left in Matignon in 1997 and for failing to alter the dangerous course of France's finances and unsustainable welfare, labour market and taxation models, which are currently collapsing.

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

At the time, we had been shortlisted for «Best Agency» by Research magazine — the most prestigious award in the market research industry — so I was a bit alarmed at first to receive a letter from Labour peer Lord Joffe, possibly frustrated that his attempts to change the law on assisted suicide had failed yet again, expressing unhappiness with the wording of a question.

It is predicted that the effects of demographic change on the health and welfare system as well as the labour market will be drastic.

That is unlikely to change under any British government, but Labour's Angela Eagle still criticised the briefing and in particular the inclusion of market sensitive information.

The CIOT argues that the system for exempting from tax employees» employment expenses and certain employer - provided «benefits» needs to be simplified if it is to keep pace with changes in the labour market and the move away from «traditional» employment.

«Growth of self - employment is one of the biggest and most important changes in the labour market,» declared shadow digital minister Liam Byrne at the Labour Party fringe on modern work praclabour market,» declared shadow digital minister Liam Byrne at the Labour Party fringe on modern work pracLabour Party fringe on modern work practices.

The MSP told party members that he was «absolutely determined» to bring about change in the labour market and the economy, saying he was «angry about the callousness of the Tories and the complacency of the SNP».

«There are a lot of big challenges that our country faces, whether it's still the impact of globalisation in hollowing out the labour market, or demographic change, like the OBR tell us that the biggest challenge to our financial stability as a country is demographic change, an ageing population and how we deal with that.

Mr Burnham's appeal for cooperation with the Liberal Democrats marks a significant change of tone for Labour towards the Lib Dems, who have previously been criticised by the opposition for being complicit in the Conservatives» market - driven reform agenda.

His critics will argue Merkel, in the face of opposition to free movement reform from eastern European countries, will always choose EU cohesion over changes to the labour market.

«Above all, we wanted to know whether it is better to provide economic justifications, such as the positive effects of climate policy on technological innovation and the labour market, and personal aspects like protection of our health, rather than to focus on conveying scientific facts and the risks of climate change.»

It could be because of changes in the labour market dampening the effects of recent economic downturns — or it could also be due to trends in crime prevention measures, such as growth in use of burglar alarms, CCTV and car immobilisers.»