Sentences with phrase «labour shortage on»

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He wrote on, and advocated for, issues ranging from labour shortages to global expansion.

The premier recognizes the need to reduce dependence on non-renewable resource revenues, diversify markets, invest in renewable energy, reduce environmental footprints and mitigate labour shortages.

The rationale for the program relies on pockets of acute labour shortages, for which there is anecdotal evidence, but little in the way of analysis.

While the federal immigration system has been criticized for putting emphasis on post-secondary education when judging candidates as economic immigrants, Manitoba has designed its nominee program to focus on skill shortages in its own labour market.

This has been driven by local labour shortages and provincial leadership on the issue.

Labour cost pressures also remain firm in the construction sector; a recent survey by the Master Builders Association suggests that labour shortages remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontraLabour cost pressures also remain firm in the construction sector; a recent survey by the Master Builders Association suggests that labour shortages remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontralabour shortages remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontractors.

Notwithstanding the unwinding of the effect of the GST on the housing industry, shortages of labour and materials and the large amount of work yet to be done at the end of the March quarter means that a lot of pre-GST related work will probably spill over into the second half of 2000 (Graph 17).

In addition, labour market conditions have tightened over recent months, as seen in the above - trend growth in employment in the December quarter, the fall in the unemployment rate and reports of labour shortages and pressure on non-wage costs.

The Chamber of Commerce put out a report today — actually I can't find much in the way of background research on their web site — which points with alarm to labour and skills shortages, and calls for a less generous EI program to get -LSB-...]

The Chamber of Commerce put out a report today — actually I can't find much in the way of background research on their web site — which points with alarm to labour and skills shortages, and calls for a less generous EI program to get workers to move to the supposedly available jobs.

I want to be clear about what I mean by this, because many people believe this issue relates to current skilled labour shortages; some think it applies to our need to attract more professionals such as doctors, engineers and scientists; while others focus on the glass ceiling that many existing immigrants and visible minorities experience.

Unite believes we need a proper system for companies to take on young people as skilled apprentices to alleviate skills shortages in the future, not cheap labour for private companies.

By focusing Labour's local and European elections campaign on the «bread and butter» issues of housing stock shortage, rising housing prices, zero - hour contracts and a widespread sense of general economic insecurity, Miliband is trying to diffuse the electoral challenge posed by UKIP.

Above all, the priority for Labour must remain setting out its own agenda focussed on raising living standards, solving the housing shortage and improving public services.

The Migration Advisory Committee was established by the Government to advise on shortage occupations, to which the standard Resident Labour Market Test would not be applied whenever a UK employer wished to bring a worker from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) into the UK under the points - based system.

Without the right to freedom of movement, the government and the companies who rely on such workers will be burdened by new and expansive layers of red - tape while the voters who have been encouraged to expect a dramatic reduction in immigration will find themselves paying for a labour shortage that they probably won't even notice.

The report aims to provide evidence - based advice on which shortages of skilled labour can sensibly be filled through immigration.

Otherwise, they say, they would have to spend more on benefits, as the labour shortage hurts industry and jobs.

He added: «While firms complain about a shortage of qualified physicists and engineers on the labour market, a very large number of graduates in these fields work in the financial sector, where they only use their STEM skills to a very limited degree.

Labour's Tristram Hunt blamed the government for «ploughing hundreds of millions of taxpayers» money on free schools in areas where there are no shortages of school places».

In her speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton this afternoon, the shadow education secretary drew battle lines between her and the Conservatives, stating that government education thinking was «dead» and signalling the start of a stronger campaign on teacher shortages, school places and cuts to sixth form funding.

Labour's shadow minister for schools Nic Dakin said:» There is a teacher shortage crisis in this country with the highest number of teachers quitting the profession since records began and the government is regularly missing their targets on teacher recruitment.

It brings together the finding from 33 countries and includes chapters on the drivers and barriers for the development of the renewable energy sector, sectoral trends, occupations, skills gaps and labour shortages, and identification and anticipation of skills needs.

However, Canada and especially the provinces are focusing heavily on the current and future labour shortage challenges and the need to improve efficiencies to the immigration process.

The uncertainty has already had an adverse impact on some sectors within the UK economy, such as healthcare, construction, hospitality, agriculture, retail and manufacturing, which are currently facing critical labour shortages.

As you will see in our recommendations, together we can work on clear and practical solutions to address the current skills shortages and prepare for more balanced labour markets and a brighter future.

Okay, a shortage of skilled labour is not unique to Alberta as I discovered in a B.C. bar, instructing a server that flat beer can be discerned as you pour it rather than letting the customer embark on his own road to discovery.