A large
population of the work force is made up of those from other countries and regions of the world.
Not exact matches
For this reason, economists prefer to rely on the participation rate
of the labor
force, measuring the percentage
of the
population that's either
working or actively looking for a job.
The labor
force participation rate (the number
of people employed and unemployment as a percentage
of the
population) and the employment rate (the ratio
of persons 15 and older
working to the
population 15 and older) are both below their 2001 and 2008 levels.
For these reasons the Bureau
of Labor Statistics and Statistics Canada base their calculations on surveys: the Current
Population Survey in the United States and its Canadian counterpart, The Labour
Force Survey, are conducted monthly and use a sample
of between 50,000 and 60,000 households to represent the
working age
population in each country, those 15 years
of age and older.
There is a limit to how many hours there are in a day that employees can
work, how low the unemployment rate can go on a sustained basis, how high the labour
force participation rate can rise, and how large the proportion
of working - age people within the total
population can be.
What it tells us is the percentage
of the
population in the total US labor
force — those actually
working and those looking for
work.
They constitute one - half
of the world
population and one - third
of the official labor
force, perform nearly tw6 - thirds
of the hours
worked, and receive only one - tenth
of the world income and own less than one - hundredth
of the world property.
There is a peculiar kind
of loyalty at
work here: very similar to the loyalty expected
of the
population of a nation to its armed
forces.
Employment statistics show that fewer residents are part
of the
work force in 2000, 40,866, as compared with 43,136 in 1990, during a period when the
population remained relatively stable.
Representing 9.7 million people, including current armed
forces personnel, former members and
forces families, the Legion's
work covers issues important to nearly a sixth
of the UK
population.
In reality, «substantially more scientists and engineers graduate from U.S. universities than can find attractive career openings in the U.S.
work force [and] the postdoc
population, which has grown very rapidly in U.S. universities and is recruited increasingly from abroad, looks more like a pool
of low - cost research lab workers with limited career prospects than a high - quality training program for soon - to - be academic researchers,» he continued.
Another branch
of my
work focused more on the role
of evolution in genetic disease, and in particular understanding why certain genetic diseases persist in the
population despite their obvious fitness costs, and what
forces are respsonsible for shaping their underlying genetic architectures.
Healy and March are soon
forced to
work together to figure out where Amelia has gone, who is after her and just what the hell all
of this has to do with a dead porn star, the District Attorney and the smog death
of L.A.'s avian
population.
After reports that weasels and rats were moving around in broad daylight, unafraid
of humans, and that natural spring water had become muddy — signs to some that
forces were at
work below the earth's surface — officials evacuated 60 percent
of the
population.
On
work, Murray notes the great increase in the percentage
of the
population on disability payments, from under 1 to more than 5 percent
of the labor
force, and the growth in the number
of prime - age males who are not in the labor
force, contrasted with almost all in the labor
force in 1960.
Her book is rich with suggestions for
working in our schools today, where we find a primarily white teaching
force and an expanding
population of students
of color.
Sun finds that the
forces at
work during the days
of the revolution — the barren, unforgiving landscape; the unifying power
of outside threats from foreign countries; Mao's brilliant political instincts and his use
of terror, propaganda, and ruthless purges to consolidate power and control the
population — are the very
forces that made China what it is today.
It examines
forced as well as voluntary migrations and places these movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing,
population exchanges, and demographic engineering in the service
of nation - building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization.Inside, readers will find the
work of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines.
With 68 %
of Hispanics age 16 and older
working in the civilian labor
force and an estimated household median income
of $ 38,039, according to U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics represent a growing and thriving segment
of the American
population.
He agrees that the size
of the U.S.
work force will not be sufficient to offset the aging
population.
The goal
of the Spay Worcester task
force is to
work to reduce the
population of free roaming cats in the city
of Worcester through spay neuter and public education.
These and other
works demonstrate the varied ways artists and designers
of the period responded to a world transformed by industrialization, city
population growth, and shifting social structures and political ideologies,
forces that spawned both mechanized warfare and new forms
of urban leisure.
Early on, Cafritz decided her life's
work would focus on improving the circumstances
of underserved
populations and
forcing change within government and cultural institutions loathe to recognize the value and contributions
of diverse communities.
a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian
population, radically diminish its local economic capacity both to
work and to provide for itself, and to
force upon it an ever increasing sense
of dependency and vulnerability.
The Department believes that to be able to effectively serve the public, its
work force needs to accurately reflect the diversity
of the Canadian
population.
The insurance company was launched in December 2006 and since then the company has come a long way and has a dedicated
work force providing efficient solutions and advice and also meets the life insurance needs
of the
population through products designed with exclusive features and benefits.
A growing
working age
population — forecast to increase by nearly 5 per cent between 2015 and 2020 — coupled with rising labour
force participation rates means employers will have a growing pool
of labour to choose from.
In both the total
population and among those without experience in
forced repatriation
work, being a police officer, male gender and younger age were significant predictors
of SC use in the univariate model.
I
work with various
populations including active duty service members from the air
force, army, navy and marines as well as the international pilot training wing, their families, veterans, and clients
of all ages.
The survey shows that the more tech and social media savvy Generation Y demographic — comprising one - third
of Canada's
population and the next wave
of the country's active labour
force — place a greater importance on being physically in the office, with 79 per cent defining collaboration as
working together in the same space in person.
A labour
force shortage looms as the size
of the
working population drops, and the attitudes
of young people entering the workforce is considerably different than it was even a few years ago.