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a body of persons at work or available for work
the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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More than 60% of South Koreans in the labor force favor a four-day workweek, according to a survey last month by local polling company Global Research.
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The labor force participation rate was 67.7%; this measures the portion of the population that is working or actively seeking work, and is used to calculate the headline unemployment rate.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2024
These costs can easily be exchanged for labor force participation to improve economic output and reduce the economic burden of exclusion.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
In 2022, immigrants accounted for 16.2% of the labor force and 20.4% of entrepreneurs.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The labor force participation rate was 67.7%; this measures the portion of the population that is working or actively seeking work, and is used to calculate the headline unemployment rate.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2024
These costs can easily be exchanged for labor force participation to improve economic output and reduce the economic burden of exclusion.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
In 2022, immigrants accounted for 16.2% of the labor force and 20.4% of entrepreneurs.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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These insiders recall equipment getting stuck at Saudi border control, laborers building roads to transport equipment, and crew members being hired from all over the world because of the absence of a skilled local workforce.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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All this career inertia isn’t just bad for Hollywood’s younger workforce.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Dodgers Complete coverage: Dodgers defeat New York Yankees in 2024 World Series Looking back at the Dodgers’ path through the postseason before their victory over the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series. 2 hours ago Times staff writer Chuck Schilken contributed to this report.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The works have also been rarely seen by anyone one than campus staff, visitors, and leading scientists, among them 26 Nobel laureates in medicine and chemistry.Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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She was expected to take questions from reporters there, per a pool report.Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Polis also plans to tap high interest rates collected on cash funds — the pools of money generated from specific services, to be used on those services — to ease the general fund burden by about $118 million.Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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Security personnel may ask patrons to show ID for proof of age at any time during the hours after 3 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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After losing the game 110-102, Jazz personnel confirmed that Hendricks fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle, ESPN reported.Danielle Jennings, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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