Sentences with phrase «labour market which»

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

Not exact matches

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists has appealed to the federal government for the inclusion of the geoscientist profession on the list of jobs to which labour market testing applies under the 457 visa program.

The problem, which the federal government denies, lies in the significance given to a certificate called the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).

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:

This measure would seem to imply that the labour market has consistently improved over the last 40 years, which seems unlikely.

«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.»

Once that expired, he needed a temporary work permit to remain in the country, which required him to obtain a Labour Market Opinion.

To bring in a foreign national on a work permit, an employer must typically obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), which was introduced in 2014.

But too much of that is due to people dropping out of the workforce altogether (because the job market is * that * good): now at 63.2 %, the labour force participation rate has been catapulted all the way back to that which last prevailed in 1978.

Unlike the Canadian labour market, which is recovering as it always has after a recession, the U.S. jobs landscape is still a long away from normal.

Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful campaign over the past decades to move from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.

Van Loan and Flaherty didn't mention the employment rate, which many economists believe is a better indicator of the health of the labour market than simply the number of jobs created.

The data suggests to us that material slack remains in the Canadian labour market, in contrast with the U.S. labour market, which is close to full employment.

Further extending the time during which the economy operates with excess capacity has multiple undesirable implications, such as discouragement of workers and labour - market scarring.

Kenney also said the government is particularly unhappy that wages have not kept up with inflation, which does not suggest a tight labour market.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

At the second stage, you will need to apply to Immigration Refugees, and Citizenship Canada for a new work permit with the permission obtained by your employer, which can take the form of a Provincial Nomination Certificate, positive Labour Market Impact Assessment decision or approval under the Global Talents Stream of the TFWP, for instance.

Consumer demand is being underpinned by strong labour market conditions; the unemployment rate is currently 3.8 per cent, which is its lowest level since the early 1980s.

Growth is also becoming increasingly broad - based, which should help make the upturn more sustainable as corporate profits, labour markets and demand improve across the region.

The strength in the labour market is also apparent in liaison reports, which indicate strong demand for labour and shortages of skilled workers in a range of industries and sectors, from construction and engineering to accounting and information technology.

In the face of a tightening labour market, we commend the Government for taking efforts to promote the skilled trades and developing under - leveraged parts of the workforce, which the 2016 Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard identified as key steps in growing our economy.

It is also important to note that at the beginning of the current boom, the unemployment rate was around 6 per cent, suggesting that there was some excess capacity in the labour market at the outset of the adjustment to the mining investment boom (this is another point of departure from the theory presented in Section 2, which assumes that the economy is in equilibrium prior to the boom).

The combination of this competitive job market with a lower cost of living than many Western countries means many Chinese workers are willing to work for less, which presents an opportunity for global companies to save on labour costs.

The profits recovery has been driven by continued strong productivity growth in conjunction with subdued compensation growth (due to the weak labour market), which has seen unit labour costs fall by 5 per cent since June 2001 — the largest fall on record (Graph A4).

The second anomaly is that all four national accounts indicators show a «mini recession» during calendar 1977 which is less apparent in the labour market and manufacturing indicators.

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.

Household consumption continues to be a key contributor to overall growth, propelled by a relatively tight labour market and rising house prices, which are up by around 15 per cent over the past year.

in the context of the present government policy of high - tech development based on the global free market, the dalits, the tribals and the fisherfolk are increasingly getting alienated from the Land, the Forest and the Water - sources respectively which have been giving them their living, and are also getting uprooted from their habitat and culture; and women are commoditized and their sexuality, fertility and labour are increasingly commercialized.

The produce of the people will increase when their productivity increases; the productivity of labour is increased through division of labour; the extent of division of labour is determined by the extent to which the produce can be sold; hence it depends on the market, i.e..

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.

See Appendix A. 1 for more information * There are a number of broad Australian comparative disadvantages such as high labour costs, a dispersed and geographically isolated market and small population which impact the MTP sector.

The service will come at a cost to Woolworths, mainly in extra labour, but will help the retailer defend its market share against Amazon, which is expected to launch its Australian retail operations before Christmas.

In addition, Danny maintains hands on role in industry projects in robotics and export development which have potential to cut labour costs for growers and expand fledgling overseas markets for produce.

These include the use of child labour, sourcing chocolate from cacao farms which use slave labour, stealing rural water resources in the United States, marketing formula with questionable and sometimes outright illegal claims, etc etc..

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.

Tellingly, unemployment appears to have been limited by measures favoured by left and right: a flexible labour market and a tailored benefit system which kept people skilled and in contact with recruiters after they lost their job.

Miliband was widely criticised by Conservatives and free market groups for attending the march, which Cameron dubbed «the most lucrative sponsored walk in history» — a reference to the unions» funding of the labour party.

Crucially, the type of conservatism preached by Glasman, Rutherford, Cruddas and co. is a «radical conservatism», which seeks to resist the disrupting and commodifying tendencies of markets: ``... conservative in valuing relationships, work, family and community... radical in defending the labour interest, and sharing out power, resources and opportunities between members of society.»

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.

It was the decision to hold back, rather than to act, which is the advice he often gave as political wisdom to his closest collaborators, including Villepin who neglected it when tried to introduce the «contrat première embauche» to fluidise the labour market.

Labour are competitive despite Corbyn — and they're competitive because of the legacy power of the Labour brand on key issues like healthcare and housing, and also because Labour have created and marketed so many retail policies (which, to be fair, has occurred under Corbyn's leadership).

Although Labour declined to give clarity on the single market and customs union, Corbyn's platform guaranteed something which May still denies to this day: we will not leave the EU without a deal.

In her article, timed to appear two days before the Rochester byelection — which Ukip is expected to win — Reeves insists her plans are designed to end exploitation in the labour market and prevent employers using tax credits as a way of subsidising inadequate wages.

Of course, forced labour (a term which at least has an agreed definition, unlike «modern day slavery») is a labour market phenomenon not solely affecting migrants.

Rather than silly Punch and Judy rhetoric about Tories it might be instructive to consider just how far and how destructively New Labour has combined a market ideology (inherited from Thatcherism, although frequently misunderstood) with a preference for social engineering once favoured by what had been the more Statist elements of the Left to create social bullying through rationing, which is what this is all about.

In a TV interview as the conference opened in Brighton, he made clear he has deep reservations about the restrictions which single market membership could place on a future Labour government's ability to intervene to support UK industry.

Milliband should be saying that whilst Labour are not in principle against the EU, in fact, in principle, they are for it, they do not agree with the fundamentalist free market, cutthroat principles on which it is currently based.

And yes it does mean looking at tax again but also, a freer labour market, the hiring and firing proposals to make sure that young people aren't turned away from jobs because of the very onerous social employment protection legislation in this country, so we should say to the Liberals on things like that which they are blocking, «Listen we are in a real hole now.

@LabourLordsUK defy the Labour whip to vote for the EEA and Single Market which is, incidentally, party policy.

But New Labour's faith in the market meant it contributed to the deregulation that led to the 2008 banking crisis, one which even the former governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, admits was the real reason for the huge deficit inherited by the Conservative - led coalition.