labour force

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labour force

, (US) labor force
nArbeiterschaft f; (of company)Belegschaft f
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labour force

labor force (Am) nmanodopera
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BEIJING -- Institute of Population Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Director Cai Fang has emphasised the need for reforms to take advantage of the labour force in turning around the economy.
The CAPMAS said that the labour force was estimated at 28,027 million individuals (22,686 million males and 5,341 million females).
The special percentage of the workforce at work that is engaged actively in the labour market is known to be the labour force participation rate.
Under such circumstances, the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has begun releasing a new indicator for the unemployment rate starting from the May 11, 2018 release of the "Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation)" for the period average between January and March 2018.
Their solutions to labour shortage are the increase of effectiveness and hiring workers from abroadEntrepreneurs in Slovakia are suffering from a shortage of the labour force. As much as 50 percent of respondents of a survey conducted by the Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS) in cooperation with the think-tank INESS during the first half of April indicated a significant lack of labour force.
The size of Punjab's total labour force is estimated to be about 36.92 million around 35.3pc of the provincial population and a little above 60pc of the aggregate labour force of Pakistan with as many as 2.3m, or just less than 6.4pc, looking for work.
India's labour force will expand by 160-170 million in2020, depends on various factors which includes population growth rate, labour force participation, education enrolment at higher levels etc, an ASSOCHAM - Thought Arbitrage joint study has pointed out.
Moreover, with regard to labour force participation rate, the data showed that it indicates supply of labour in economy and the proportion of people in labour force of the country.
Indian labour force is increasing and more than 50 per cent population is below 30 years.
Almost 10 million part-time workers in the European Union, of whom two-thirds were women, would have preferred to work more in 2014, according to a labour force survey conducted by Eurostat.
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