When you talk about thelabour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
[business]
The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in thelabour market.
labour market in British English
(ˈleɪbə ˈmɑːkɪt) British or labor market US
noun
business
the market in which employers look and compete for workers and in which workers look and compete for employment
The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in thelabour market.
Examples of 'labour market' in a sentence
labour market
This he was also said to have declined, thus throwing himself on the labour market.
Hilton, John Buxton PASSION IN THE PEAK
£90 billion not just in benefits but counting in the loss to the labour market.
Fay Weldon NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
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labour market
British English: labour market NOUN
When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in the labour market.