For now the only bright spots in the labour market are small businesses and high-tech startups.

目前劳务市场上仅有的一些亮点是小企业和新创办的高科技公司。

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Despite the need for more people in the market, most companies want to keep down labour costs.

尽管市场上需要更多的人手，大部分公司还是希望保持较低的劳动力成本。

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As the value of brute force falls opportunities in the Labour market for women grow.

随着蛮力价值的下降，劳动力市场为女性提供了更多的机会。

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One further factor is that women with children seem to reduce their involvement in the market for labour.

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The zest for reforming pensions, for liberalising the labour market, for speeding up privatisation, for deregulating, has appeared to be fizzling.

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