The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines labour force as: For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed, as defined Source: ABS cat no 6203 0, Labour Force, Australia,August 1999, p 70 labour force participation rate the proportion of a defined group of people who are in the labour force
The part of the population which is employed or available for work (i e excluding children, students, the handicapped and the aged)
This is the part of working age population either working or actively seeking work
The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company. labor force all the people who work for a company or in a country
that part of the working-age population participating in work or actively job searching Retired people, students, people not actively seeking work or unavailable for work for other reasons are not part of the labour force