Nine of the 10 Standard & Poor's sectors posted gains after only half of the sectors managed that feat in March.
More than half of the sectors we surveyed had increased their gender diversity year-on-year.
In Britain more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionised.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions' clout.
Less than half of private-sector workers are now paying into a pension.
Revenue for an average room for the sector was down 2percentt in the first quarter, he said, adding that Lightstone's portfolio accounts for almost half of the sector.
The most urgent issue facing Britain's economy remains the availability of credit, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses, which make up almost half of private sector revenue, he said.
Not only do fewer than half of private-sector workers participate in a pension or 401(k) plan, but corporations are moving more workers from traditional pensions to the considerably less generous 401(k).
The sad fact is that nearly half of private-sector workers in this country, and three in four low-wage workers, don't have a single paid sick day.
The stress test results published by the Bank of Spain on Friday underlined the performance gap between the commercial banks that account for half of the sector and many of the savings banks whose bankrolling of the Spanish property surge left them exposed as the construction boom collapsed.
Noting that only about half of private-sector workers get health coverage through their employers, Janice Nittoli, the director of the Campaign for American Workers, said, "I think the employer-based system of benefits, as battered as it is today, will fade into the sunset".
