Sentences with phrase «labour force»

As older people stay in labour force, the college said, they are not only workers, but also consumers.

So if there are policies that would boost potential output — the sum of labour force growth and productivity growth — then we need to pursue them.

With the dramatic rise in female labour force participation rates since the 1960s (especially among married women with young children), these policies have become increasingly important.

In this regard, we will establish an apprenticeship and skills development centres to train skilled labour force for specific industrial sectors.

The disappointing performance of business investment to date could reflect more sustained structural factors, such as slowing labour force growth, low productivity growth and regulatory obstacles.

Identify how automation is expected to impact the specific tasks that the Canadian labour force performs.

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

The solutions are strong productivity growth and increased labour force participation.

The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed expressed as a proportion of the total labour force.

It has increased — driven in large part by rising labour force participation and increasing prosperity.

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

Research shows that women still earn less than men in the paid labour force, are disproportionately responsible for child and elder care within families, and are disproportionately the victims of family violence.

Although women make up half of the educated labour force, women still face many challenges entering the job market and moving ranks once hired.

He had a national threat forced into a slave labour force, and he didn't want to lose it.

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

This growth slowdown reflects both declining labour force growth as baby boomers retire in large numbers and a reduced pace of aggregate productivity growth.

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

The effective labour force is also growing at around 3 per cent, thanks to demographic transition and migration from rural areas.

From self - driving vehicles to robot chefs, we continue to hear that robots will replace the human labour force in a growing number of professions.

If we are to keep our place as a true economic powerhouse, we must put our skilled labour force first.

The headline measure is of most value in charting the direction of change, but even with this objective it is important to understand whether employment or labour force participation decisions are the drivers.

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

Being a woman on a job site isn't always easy — we represent under 10 % of the skilled labour force and when you walk onto a job site it can be intimidating.

They are designed for the output of Labour Force Survey data and reflect labour markets within each state and territory.

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.

Given current demographic trends, Canada like many developed economies, is facing the challenge of ensuring future economic growth while its domestic labour force ages and its...

The former Trade and Industry Minister also mentioned that an NPP government will set up an apprenticeship and skills development centres to train skilled labour force for specific industrial sectors.

Source: Wyness calculations using restricted - access data from Secure Lab: SN6727 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 1992 - 2016: Secure Access.

PwC analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data.

The monthly labour force statistics are Australia's official measure of unemployment, with data collected by interview over an eight month period from a sample of the civilian population aged 15 years and over.

National Labour Force Mobility Committee Co-Chair: Michel Belval, TES - The Employment Solution Co-Chair: Zaynah Marani, Marani Law

There was no discussion of how an ageing population will affect labour force growth, or productivity growth.

However, unemployment fell by only 24,100 in January (unemployment fell by less than employment rose because the total labour force expanded.)

Nor is there any discussion at all that the government should look at how to strengthen labour force participation among younger Canadians.

A whole chapter is devoted to gender, and begins by illustrating the conundrum that Canadian women are among the most educated in the world, with high labour force participation rates, and yet Canada has the 4th largest gender wage gap in the OECD.

These programs are designed for foreign persons who have the skill, experience, or education that Canada's labour force needs.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

Although government evidence shows that 370,000 people who came to the country as foreign nationals are claiming benefits, Miliband pointed out that proportionately fewer migrants were claiming benefits than in the UK labour force.

«We're anticipating a tightening of the home building labour force over the next three months and a shortage in the next six to 12 months,» Mr Alcock said.

Policies covering about one year of fully job ‑ protected leave and targeting parents with strong prior labour force attachment with benefits covering close to full wage replacement, and with a guaranteed place for a child from the age of one, in a good quality, affordable, out - of - home care facility appear to be garnering support.

This partly reflects a shrinking labour force owing to the ageing of the population, but it is consistent with the payrolls survey, which reports that employment has grown by around 1/2 per cent over the year.

This is significantly below the 10 % of working age adults in employment who are disabled, according to Government Labour Force Survey Analysis statistics.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that as his administration seeks to establish a world - class labour force comparable...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that as his administration seeks to establish a world - class labour force comparable to any in the world, concerns of workers in the public sector over their remuneration must be addressed.

And what's more, they can be produced at will by a totally unskilled 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.