Sentences with phrase «rising labour force»

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.

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The percentage of women between the ages of 25 and 54 with full - time jobs rose from 58 % in 2000 to 63 % in 2007, as women entered the labour force as never before, causing family incomes to rise.

To the extent it has risen, moreover, it is because of growth in the labour force, not declining employment: the economy added 158,000 jobs last year.

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.

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

The Labour Force Survey indicates that employment rose by 43,000 in January, so it is conceivable that most of those who left EI that month are now working.

These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force than conveyed by the headline unemployment rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.

Labour force participation rates have risen in recent months.

The unemployment rate in non-metropolitan areas has fallen more modestly, to 8.1 per cent, associated with a larger rise in labour force participation in non-metropolitan areas.

While the Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 % last month, the Labour Force Survey indicates that average hourly wages rose only 2.4 %.

The Labour Force Survey indicates that unemployment rose by a further 21,400 in January.

Meanwhile, the Labour Force Survey indicates that unemployment rose by 14,000 in April (and by a further 8,000 in May).

Latest Labour Force Survey evidence suggests that working hours are rising again, after years of decline.

-LSB-...] Meanwhile, private - sector employment has risen and the self - employed account for a record 15 per cent of the labour force.

A senior Labour backbencher is attempting to force George Osborne to deliver on a # 250 pay rise promise for up to a million public sector workers.

When he announced in 2001 he was «leaving Parliament to spend more time on politics» it was widely held to be judgement not only on the impoverishment of the British political system, but also a lament for the decline of his beloved Labour Party and the rise of the spin - obsessed forces of New Labour.

The Labour Force Survey estimates for the 3 months up to March 2015 show a fall of 0.4 percentage points in the Welsh employment rate compared to the same period a year earlier (currently at 69.4 %), compared to a rise of 1.0 percentage points in the UK rate (to 73.5 %).

Brandon Lewis: Will she confirm that, despite what has been said, my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Charlie Elphicke) is right: there were 12 fuel duty rises under the Labour Government, and six more were set to come into force before they left office and would have done in the next few years?

The Tories don't agree — despite copying Labour's «better off» slogan they believe soaring rents, rising energy bills, inflation - busting fares, are all the «inevitable» impact of market forces.

In the UK, we are witnessing a huge rise of in work poverty, with vast swathes of the country's labour force having to rely on benefits to top up paltry wages.

The main aim of the Labour Party was, arguably, simply to re-establish themselves as the main progressive centre - left alternative to the Conservatives, after the rise of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) forced Labour onto the defensive.

Labour is using one of its allotted opposition day debates in the Commons to force the vote, which is non-binding, for a three - month freeze in the face of rising household bills and transport fares as wages remain stagnant.

Dark Content (2015 - ongoing), the centrepiece of the show, probes into the Internet's most secret corners by looking closely at the largely anonymous labour force of content moderators that has emerged with the rise of social media.

Investors are obliged to weigh any number of unknowns: will Venezuela increase production and keep heavy oil differentials high; will the price of natural gas rapidly rise; will climate change suddenly force governments to introduce carbon taxes; can the companies control their labour and construction costs; will global demand continue to rise?

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.