Sentences with phrase «discouraged workers in»

Among the marginally attached, there were 408,000 discouraged workers in April, little changed from a year earlier.

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It can mask weakness in the market if there are large numbers of discouraged workers, as in the U.S. which now has a lower jobless rate than Canada despite a poor job creation record.

A laid off manufacturing worker who has given up hope of ever finding another job is not counted in the unemployment statistics, so an economy with a high number of discouraged workers could have a misleadingly low unemployment rate.

Establishes tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers in order to relocate in other countries and ship their products back to the U.S. tax - free.

The monthlong reprieve prolongs the state of uncertainty hanging over the global economy, making it difficult for businesses to plan and discouraging them from investing in new factories or hiring more workers.

He promised to cancel the Trans - Pacific Partnership, tear up NAFTA, label China a currency manipulator, and encourage Congress to pass an End the Offshoring Act that «Establishes tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers in order to relocate in other countries and ship their products back to the U.S. tax - free.»

I have noted in other posts that Statistics Canada produces a whole host of «unemployment rates» — some of which include discouraged workers — to help offer this picture.

This analysis highlights an important change in the relative number of so - called «discouraged workers» that has occurred in the U.S. since 2000.

These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force than conveyed by the headline unemployment rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.

The US has an extremely low rate of labor force participation, because there are no jobs to be had, and discouraged workers who can not find jobs are not measured in the unemployment rate.

Along with a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black, the initiative includes a legal defense fund, backed by $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women — like janitors, nurses, farm and factory workers, waitresses, hotel housekeepers — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it; legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims; and a drive to at long last reach gender parity at studios and talent agencies that reportedly has already begun making headway.

Despite these discouraging results, in 1975 Congress passed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which exempted low - income workers from both the income tax and the Social Security tax and paid workers if their earnings were below a certain amount, an idea closely resembling an NIT.

As high unemployment rates and company downsizing have left many Americans discouraged and unsure of the future, community colleges across the country have experienced a tremendous surge in enrollment over the past few years, with a diverse range of students, from high school graduates to older, displaced workers, all seeking marketable skills to survive in a competitive economy.

Discouraged workers are a large factor in the falling unemployment rate.

In the current situation, we have a lot of discouraged workers.

Unfortunately, most economists predict that the unemployment rate will remain elevated as discouraged workers reenter the labor force amid slow gains in jobs.»

The seasonally - adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS - estimated long - term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994.

A 2012 study published in the Journal of Accounting Research found that better - paid employees are less likely to steal; higher wages promote social norms that discourage workers from conspiring to steal inventory.

Most of the dogs probably will be killed, officials say, because visitors in this part of the state do not want to adopt them, and shelter workers often discourage those who seem interested.

In other parts of our social safety net, such as Employment Insurance, CPP and OHIP, employers pay a fixed rate and therefor have no reason to discourage their workers from exercising their right to access these programs.

A new survey conducted by travel insurance firm Allianz Global Assistance revealed that millennial workers in the United States are suffering the most from «vacation shaming,» a term used to describe work environments where colleagues and bosses indirectly discourage employees from taking time off.

Increases in job growth are drawing discouraged would - be workers back into the labor market.

The number of multiple jobholders decreased by 514,000 from November 2016 to 7.6 million, and the number of discouraged workers not in the workforce (469,000) decreased by 122,000 from one year ago.