Sentences with phrase «labour market»

These wage changes suggest an increase in labour market pressures, driven by hiring and subsequent demand for skills.

Despite recent strength, consumer demand is perhaps the greatest area of uncertainty, and the weakness of labour market conditions will not help in this regard.

This guidance document presents the implications of climate change on labour markets in terms of effects on employment and incomes.

The stronger labour market conditions overall have been reflected in a fall in the unemployment rate over the past year.

Similarly, Canadian labour market growth in 2015 was the strongest in three years.

But the figures contrast sharply with labour market statistics which show average annual wage increases of just 0.7 %.

Studies of periods of tight labour markets like the late 1990s and 1960s make it clear that the best social programme for disadvantaged workers is an economy where employers are struggling to fill vacancies.

Some increases in income have been enjoyed in distant economies with local labour markets facing downward pressures.

A much more flexible labour market has been invaluable in adjusting to the shocks of recent years.

Apart from increased labour market participation which increases the talent pool for employers to choose from, this is largely driven by lower overall wage pressures.

A solid understanding of labour market information (see point # 4 below) is required.

In a competitive labour market, the increase in the demand for labour produces upward pressure on wages, and an increase in output supplied to a competitive goods market will drive down prices.

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

However, in large parts of the skilled labour market shortages remain.

A modestly improved global economy has seen labour market pressures ease slightly since 2016, as growing numbers of well - educated migrants provide a flow of skilled labour across countries.

But our focus was on how the pay reforms affected the teacher labour market across state - funded schools.

Consumer spending and the housing sector continue to be robust on the back of an improving labour market, and these are becoming more broadly based across regions.

What's going to happen to the graduate labour market in 2015?

Outside the energy - producing regions, consumer confidence remains high and labour markets continue to improve.

Labour market reforms, negotiated between employers and unions, followed across German industries.

One such advantage of our position as a worldwide leader is that we can spot the challenges on the horizon which our clients will face in global labour markets in the foreseeable future.

In essence, it means you are seeking compensation for a possible disadvantage on the open labour market which you might face in future.

After today's latest release of labour market data this is no longer the case.

In recent years, the Canadian immigration regime has increasingly aligned with labour market needs.

The increase in labour market flexibility is welcome and will help overall competitiveness.

It is surprising especially given that the evidence from other labour market indicators is mixed.

We also set out how we would tighten labour market regulations and strengthen trade union rights to tackle the insecurity and exploitation of all workers.

I do think that we face some skills shortages down the road which create lots of opportunities for active labour market policy to be more effective.

Making the right career decision means knowing yourself well, relying on current labour market information and identifying realistic options.

The plan would not begin until 2017, perhaps to avoid concerns of placing additional payroll taxes on firms during a relatively weak labour market.

Governments play an important part in determining how well labour markets function.

The lower the score, the better aligned governmental policies are with labour market dynamics.

Increasing the minimum wage too much can make labour market's less flexible.

Bringing more people into the workforce is an integral part of improving economic and labour market performance.

The blog has evolved beyond the traditional legal blog into something different, but at the core workplace law and labour market issues remain the focus.

And what does a hot labour market mean for interest rates?

Domestic demand has been supported by an improvement in labour market outcomes, with unemployment generally falling across the region.

But there has been less impact on the quantity of goods produced and not much impact on the overall national labour market.

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

But while some economies will see a short - term skills gain, the effects on many labour markets will be devastating.

The economic implications will be profound with more competitive international labour markets and the need to adopt technologies and policies to encourage people to work longer.

The latter category comprises, among others, income transfers, progressive income taxation and active labour market policies aimed at generating decent jobs and full employment.

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The lower the score, the better the chance that the education system is flexible enough to meet labour market needs.

So far, though, nothing indicates that the next labour market numbers will be significantly better or worse than the past few months.

My first thought that was that this phenomenon of multiple cities simultaneously experiencing labour market declines has occurred before but I simply had not noticed.