Sentence examples for labour force measures from inspiring English sources

Instead child care is seen as a service to empower women's participation in the labour force: "Measures will also be undertaken to increase provision of childcare facilities and promote flexible working arrangements to facilitate the greater participation of women in the labour force" (para. 1.33, p. 33).

The ILO labour force measure, released a few minutes ago, shows a 50,000 drop in the number of people out of work in the three months to August.

For example, it is possible to relate GNP to the size of the labour force measured in man-hours, to capital stock measured in dollars, and to various other inputs that are considered important.

The Labour Force Survey measure - the wider measure of unemployment which also includes people who are out of work but not claiming benefits - fell by 3,000 in the three months to December to 2.457 million.

The broader labour force survey measure rose to 1.9 million.

However, on the broader labour force survey measure, there was less evidence of improvement.

ONS figures showed unemployment on the "labour force survey" measure fell to 2.02m in the three months ending in July.

There was less reason to cheer in the broader labour force survey measure, also published by the ONS on Wednesday.

That's why more attention is normally paid to the labour force survey measure, based on an internationally agreed methodology, and considered to be a more reliable yardstick.

There was also bad news from the broader Labour Force Survey measure which showed a rise of 137,000 in unemployment in the three months to October to 1.864 million, the highest level since December 1997.

The first chart shows newly released data from the Office for National Statistics ONSS) on the much more rapid fall in hourly real wages in the UK using the Labour Force Survey measure across four industries.