labour shortage BrE , also: labour scarcity BrE
labor shortage AmE , also: labor scarcity AmE

In fact labour shortages proved to be more of a problem.

Labour shortage could also have been relieved by longer hours of work.

In my country, the Netherlands, there is a labour shortage.

We shall be facing a labour shortage in the Union.

Of course the alternative to labour shortage is to let more immigrants workers in.

Another major challenges in recent years has been the chronic labour shortages.

Many were released in 1916 to help with the mounting labour shortage.

Possible future labour shortages may also affect the formal care sector.

After May 1943, as a labour shortage developed within the nation, men were shifted into agriculture, education and industry.

This they declined to do because of the labour shortage, and there the matter rested.

The many building projects had created a labour shortage.

The service made a small profit, but ended in 1917 because of wartime labour shortages.

Indeed, young people's wages had risen in the 50s and 60s because there was a labour shortage.

The build was interrupted by a labour shortage at Vickers.

In 1917, most were paroled to help relieve labour shortages.

Only in the pastoral sector was there a severe labour shortage.

His institute works on issues ranging from demography to labour shortages.

Labour shortage begin to occur and the emigration to America almost stops.

The first was the view that such workers would make a positive contribution to the national economy and directly ease the labour shortage.

Scrap unemployment benefit after 6 months, that should fix any labour shortage.

The labour shortage has resulted in an increase in salaries.

However, the co-existence of unemployment and labour shortage in different places is a cost to the whole society.

This, combined with labour shortage led to a rise in wages and the attraction of foreign workers.

The labour shortage brought the abbey to its knees.

Major problems facing the diversification plan included a lack of infrastructure and a labour shortage.

Given the nation's labor shortage, however, the problem is likely to continue.

Similar labor shortages in the health care industry are being felt all over the country.

They want a chance to help reduce the labor shortage.

Please direct me to the areas where the labor shortages are.

"From what I've heard, people are looking to the labor shortage continuing until 2025."

This pay growth of about 1 percent a year suggests no labor shortage.

There was a labor shortage and at the same time high unemployment.

We need to get a handle on our labor shortages and address them.

For one thing, the labor shortage has grown critical in many areas.

People looking for work moved quickly to those areas in the West where labor shortages existed.

But so far, that has not eased the labor shortage.

This was in part due to the labor shortages caused by the war.

Check Robot said the system was a way to deal with labor shortages.

Unfortunately, it comes at a time of increasing labor shortages.

Now, labor shortages and related problems in the South are making this area more attractive for business.

Some warned that it would create serious economic problems, especially labor shortages.

However, labor shortages remained a problem, and little work was accomplished.

In fact labour shortages proved to be more of a problem.

Government policy is playing a role in creating the coastal labor shortages.

Even today, some industries are experiencing labor shortages, they say.

There are labor shortages and demands for large pay increases.

Labour shortage could also have been relieved by longer hours of work.

Now we have to switch gears and deal with a labor shortage.

This labor shortage presents us with an opportunity we must not miss.

Otherwise, a labor shortage would have had a real effect on our economy."