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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY - APRIL 2017
In Nova Scotia April 2017 (seasonally-adjusted, month-over-month and year-over-year):
- Labour force decreased 0.5% (-2,400) from March 2017 to 490,800 and increased 0.3% (+1,400) over April 2016.
- Employment decreased 0.1% (-500) from March 2017 to 450,000 and increased 0.2% (+900) over April 2016.
- Unemployment decreased 4.2% (-1,800) from March 2017 to 40,800 and increased 1.5% (+600) over April 2016.
- Unemployment rate decreased...
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LABOUR MARKET TRENDS - APRIL 2017
LABOUR MARKET TRENDS - April 2017
Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 500 to 450,000 in April 2017. This follows strong growth in March coming off a decline in February.
Compared to March, Nova Scotia’s labour force decreased by 2,400 to 490,800 in April. With labour supply falling at a faster pace than the labour demand, the net result was a 0.3 percentage point decrease in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 8.3 pe...
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COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES Q1 2017
Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted employee compensation (wages+salaries+employer social contributions) increased 0.8 per cent in the first quarter 2017 to $5.62 billion. Compared to the first quarter of 2016 compensation was up 1.4 per cent.
The wages and salaries portion of employee compensation was up 0.9 per cent to $4.80 billion; an increase of 1.5 per cent over the sa...
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EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FEBRUARY 2015
In February 2015, the number (seasonally adjusted) of Nova Scotians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits increased by 580 persons (2.2%) from the previous month to 27,190 and increased by 160 persons (0.6%) over February 2014.
In February 2015, the number (seasonally adjusted) of Canadians receiving regular EI benefits increased by 9,940 persons (2.0%) from the previous month to 509,780 and declined by 3,470 (-0.7%) over February ...
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EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS AND HOURS, FEBRUARY 2015
Nova Scotians' average weekly earnings (including overtime, seasonally adjusted) decreased $3.98 per week (-0.5%) from January to $831.80 in February 2015. This is 1.9 per cent above the level in February of last year. Canadians' average weekly wages increased 0.3 per cent from January to $951.40 in February 2015, a 2.7 percent increase over February 2014.
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