labour force
Available employed people
The labour force is the total number of people available for work in a country or region—both employed workers and those actively seeking employment.
Economists track labour force participation rates to gauge economic health: Women's entry into the labour force transformed household economics.
The spelling is British; Americans write labor force.
- manpowerAvailable labor force
- workforceAll available workers
- workersPeople doing jobs
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- full timeComplete work schedule
part time · employment · recruitment · self-employed · jobforce · participation · industry · freelancer · contractor · temp agency · human resources · jobs · skilled trades · unemployment rates · hiring · gig economy · skill set · economy
labour forceretirees
People finished working permanently
pensioners · children · homemakers · full-time students · unemployed
labour forcecapital
Wealth used for investment
machinery · automation · technology · equipment · robots
labour, force, labor, laborer, labourer, laboring, labouring, labored, laboured