Employers nationwide added 235,000 jobs last month, while forecasters expected 750,000. TYLER, Texas – New employment data from the US Department of Labor shows new hire rates are well below expectations – more than three times lower. Help-seeking signs are scattered throughout East Texas. Denise Sanders, owner of Topp’s Pizza,Read More →
Employment rates in Dorset are approaching pre-pandemic levels, the latest figures show. However, the number of vacancies across the UK is at an all time high as employers fear staff shortages will dampen future growth after the lockdown restrictions are lifted. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows thatRead More →
Figures provided by both Statistics Finland and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment show a marked improvement in the employment situation in Finland. Image: Tiina Juutila / Yle The employment rate trend in Finland reached 72.7% in July, the highest level since February 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemicRead More →
There were 2.6 million people in employment in Finland during the month of July, an increase of 86,000 compared to the same period last year. Figures provided by both Statistics Finland and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment show a marked improvement in the employment situation in Finland. Image:Read More →
EMPLOYMENT in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan surpassed pre-pandemic levels last month as thousands of workers joined the company’s payroll, figures show. But with the number of job vacancies in the UK hitting an all-time high, employers fear staff shortages will dampen future growth after the lockdown restrictions areRead More →
Israel’s employment rate saw a sharp increase in the first half of November, apparently reverting to the rate before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the average monthly salary of employees has fallen slightly in recent months. The average monthly salary of Israelis has fallen to 11,667 ($ 3,710) in recent months,Read More →
According to a government analysis, the participation of women in the labor market in India fell to 16.1% in the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among major countries, showing the impact of the epidemic and a growing jobs crisis. According to the study released on Monday by the Statistics Ministry,Read More →
August 4, 2021 – The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has threatened jobs like never before, countries that rely heavily on tourism are suffering unimaginable uncertainty. Croatia is one of them. However, things are slowly recovering and Zagreb County’s employment rate has increased. The economic problems in Croatia were not “born” whenRead More →
Dive brief: Construction employment in June in 39 states remained below the pre-pandemic peak of February 2020, according to an analysis of federal government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Although not back to pre-pandemic levels, construction employment has improved over the past year, according to a reportRead More →
FINLAND has withstood the economic and social crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic better than expected on several fronts, including employment. Statistics Finland Tuesday revealed that the ranks of those employed increased by 121,000 year-on-year to reach 2,677,000 in June, which, after adjusting for random and seasonal variations, translates intoRead More →
It is especially women who have experienced the greatest increase in employment contracts. Image: Silja Viitala / Yle The number of people with a job in June this year increased by around 121,000 compared to June 2020, Statistics Finland’s latest labor force survey revealed. The report also found that thereRead More →
The latest Labor Force Survey also found that there were 76,000 more women employed in June of this year compared to the same month last year. It is especially women who have experienced the greatest increase in employment contracts. Image: Silja Viitala / Yle The number of people with aRead More →
According to the European Labor Force Survey, in the first quarter of 2021, underemployment in the labor market in the European Union reached more than 14% of the enlarged labor force aged 20 to 64. The Czech Republic has the lowest underemployment rate (4%) and the second highest employment rateRead More →
With an unemployment rate of 5.9%, Nevada County ranked 12th out of 58 counties in the state in terms of employment rate last month, according to the latest data released by the Department of Development of state employment. The data shows a slight increase in the county’s unemployment rate fromRead More →
CLEVELAND – There is an upheaval in the job market. For the first time since 2008, a third of American teens are employed during the summer. Many of them are like Grace Kelley, who works at Honey Hut Ice Cream. “I have been working here since I was 15,†sheRead More →
South Korea’s labor market recovery gained momentum as more than 600,000 jobs were added to the economy in May, surpassing that mark for the second consecutive month, government data showed on Wednesday. Statistics Korea revealed that the number of people employed reached 27.6 million last month, 619,000 more than aRead More →
May 18, 2021 The number of temporary employees in the UK increased by 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of around 1.53 million for the three-month period January 2021 to March 2021 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the bureau. for national statistics.Read More →
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) – The employment rate of North Korean defectors in South Korea fell 3.8 percentage points last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the coronavirus pandemic said on Tuesday. Ministry of Unification. The ministry released the latest data from a new master plan on settlement assistance for NorthRead More →
Ministry of Unification (Yonhap) The employment rate of North Korean defectors in South Korea fell 3.8 percent last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry released the latest data of a new master plan on supporting the settlement of North Korean defectors for 2021-2023Read More →
Photo file MANILA – The reopening of the economy and increased spending on infrastructure are expected to further boost the country’s employment figures, which performed better from March 2021. The Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday that the unemployment rate fell from 8.8% last February to 7.1% last March,Read More →
File photo MANILA – The reopening of the economy and increased infrastructure spending are expected to further boost employment figures in the country, which recorded better results in March 2021. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday that the unemployment rate fell from 8.8% last February to 7.1% lastRead More →
Despite an unemployment rate of 7.9% in the Central Visayas at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 7 said it was now seeing signs of weak growth in the job this year. But officials at PSA 7 have warned that the unemployment rateRead More →
ANKARA The EU saw an annual decline of 0.7 percentage point in employment between the ages of 20 and 64 in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday. Eurostat said the figure for men in this age group fell to 78.1% last year, from 79% in 2019. In 2020,Read More →
Scotland’s employment rate rose slightly in the last quarter, according to the latest figures – indicating a “broadly stable” labor market after last spring’s “major shock”. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the employment rate from December 2020 to February 2021 for people aged 16 to 64 was 74.6%,Read More →
Covid-19 impact: Monster employment index fell to 266 in March 2021 Hiring activity or vacancy – which affects the employment rate in various industries, fell 2% in March 2021, compared to February this year, even as the fourth and final quarter of the 2020-21 financial year saw a 4% increaseRead More →
HURRICANE, Utah (ABC4) – In southern Utah, several service sector business owners told ABC4 they were struggling to keep up with spring break crows and they were experiencing a shortage of staff. Yet officials from the state’s Department of Workforce Services say there has been an increase in this sectorRead More →
68% worrying employment rate, according to the deputy SDLP. The MP for Foyle said young adults in the city in particular were severely affected by what she described as a growing unemployment crisis. According to the latest labor market statistics, the employment rate (the percentage of working-age adults with aRead More →
Recent statistics show that more South Korean women leave the workforce in their 30s than their counterparts in other OECD countries. The female employment rate in Seoul has an “M†shape as opposed to a U shape commonly found in major advanced countries. According to the Korea Economic Research InstituteRead More →
Arkansas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment data fell three-tenths of a percentage point from 4.9% in December 2020 to 4.6% in January 2021, according to a report released March 15 by the Services Division. of the Arkansas workforce. The unemployment rate for December 2020 has been revised upwards from 4.2% to 4.9%.Read More →
Singapore’s Minister of Manpower also pointed out that a welcome change in the workplace would be to have more representation of women on company boards. The female employment rate in Singapore remained fairly stable at around 73% in 2020, said Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo. The dismissal rates among menRead More →
According to a report by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy is showing signs of recovery with 379,000 more jobs and an unemployment rate that has fallen to 6.2%. The report also states that black women are among the minority groups who have done much worse thanRead More →
File photo of TE’s offices in Pasila, Helsinki. Image: Markku Ulander / Lehtikuva The number of people with jobs in January this year fell by 61,000 compared to January 2020, according to preliminary figures released by Statistics Finland. Finland’s employment rate now stands at 69.9%, two percentage points lower thanRead More →
Rishi Sunak cannot afford to wait any longer to extend his leave beyond April, the Labor Party warned after the release of new figures showing unemployment in the UK has reached 1.74 million. Scotland’s unemployment rate fell slightly between October and December to 4.5%, down 0.1% from the previous quarter,Read More →
The year 2021 started on a positive note for India as it saw a significant drop in the unemployment rate and an equally impressive increase in the employment rate in January, according to private think tank CMIE. Employment in India, however, remained below what it was before pre-COVID levels, butRead More →
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — State officials say Minnesota’s unemployment rate fell slightly last month as more Minnesotans left the labor force and the state cut nearly 50,000 jobs during the lockdown. a week of enhanced restrictions against COVID-19. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) reported Thursday that theRead More →
Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the need for an employment policy at national level. In India, inflation and unemployment are related economic problems. A theoretical construction, the Phillips curve, indicates that the two are inversely related in the short run. In India, we have legislatedRead More →
Citizens look at a bulletin board at a job fair in Seoul on October 22, in this photo provided by Seongdong-gu’s Seoul office. (Yonhap) SEJONG – South Korea saw its employment rate drop to 60.3% in September, its lowest level in four months since reaching 60.2% in May. People inRead More →
October 16, 2020 The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) employment rate fell 4.0% year-on-year to 64.6% in the second quarter of 2020, its lowest level since the fourth quarter 2010. Compared to the previous quarter, the OECD employment rate also fell by 4.0%. In the OECD area, 560Read More →
October 16, 2020 The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) zone employment rate fell 4.0%, year-on-year, to 64.6%, in the second quarter of 2020, its lowest level since the fourth quarter 2010. Compared to the previous quarter, the OECD employment rate also fell by 4.0%. In the OECD area,Read More →
The unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in the week ended September 20. This is the lowest weekly unemployment rate observed in a long time. But that’s hardly a cause for celebration. Other weekly labor market measures for September so far point to deteriorating conditions relative to the situationRead More →
New employment report from the National Association for Law Placement says law school graduates in 2019 had some of the best times while nodding to fears that 2020 graduates are going through the worst of times . Posted on Wednesday, the report, “Job for the class of 2019 – SelectedRead More →
August 11, 2020 The number of temporary employees in the UK increased by 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of around 1.48 million for the three-month period from April 2020 to June 2020 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Bureau. for nationalRead More →
The Offices for Employment and Economic Development registered a total of 417,000 job seekers at the end of June 2020. Image: Anni Reenpää / Lehtikuva Unemployment rose in the spring, according to the number of job seekers registered by the government and the monthly report based on a survey byRead More →
Daniel Wright’s work is online these days, but it was like that even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Otherwise, it would have a 1,400 mile journey through eight states. Wright is a clerk for a judge in northwestern Minnesota while living in Raleigh, North Carolina. “The job was posted specifically asRead More →
If the employment rate of women in the OECD were to match that of Sweden, the OECD’s GDP could grow by more than $ 6 trillion, according to PwC’s latest Women in Work Index, which analyzes women’s economic empowerment in 33 OECD countries. Between 2017 and 2018, the OECD continuedRead More →
The employment rate of Singaporean citizens has increased in 10 years, as has the share of Professionals, Managers, Managers and Technicians (PMETs) among working Singaporeans. Their median real income, which takes inflation into account, has also grown faster than that of the overall resident labor force, which includes permanent residentsRead More →
SINGAPORE: Aided by efforts to increase the employability of older workers, the employment rate of Singapore citizens increased from 60% in June 2009 to 63.6% in June 2019. Singaporeans also saw income growth over the same period, while more worked as professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs), according to anRead More →
SINGAPORE – The employment rate of Singaporean citizens has increased over the past decade, as has the share of Professionals, Managers, Managers and Technicians (PMETs) among working Singaporeans. Their median real income has also grown faster relative to the total resident workforce – which includes permanent residents – while citizenRead More →
The number of workers has again hit a new high and the unemployment rate remains at its lowest level since the mid-1970s as the UK labor market continues to boom, according to new figures released yesterday (Tuesday 21 January 2020) . All regions of the UK have benefited from aRead More →
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. (File photo) MANILA – The Ministry of Labor and Employment (DOLE) welcomed the results of the October 2019 labor force survey on Thursday, particularly in terms of increasing employment. “We are inspired by increasing employment and achieving beyond the overall goal for the year ofRead More →
The employment rate of the population aged 20-64 in Cyprus returned above the EU average in 2018 for the first time since 2012, a study entitled ‘Trends in human resources indicators 2012-201 Shows, noting however that the participation rate in education and training of the population aged 25 to 64Read More →
Two weeks ago, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country’s employment rate in July 2019 was estimated at 94.6% or an unemployment rate of 5.4%. Three years earlier in 2016, when the current administration began, the employment and unemployment rates were placed at the same rates in JulyRead More →
There’s always a lot of excitement around unemployment statistics these days. With near-historic lows and the talk of “full employment,” there’s plenty to celebrate and trade in nonfarm payrolls statistics and Department of Labor press releases. But the problem with all the hype around these numbers is that they tooRead More →
The percentage of “prime-age†workers employed in the Republic is now higher than at any time, reflecting the current strength of the labor market. The share of workers aged 25 to 54 classified as employed – a measure known as the employment-to-population ratio (Epop) – rose to almost 80% inRead More →
CANDIDATES BY THOUSANDS. Thousands of job seekers join the Labor Day Career Fair at Robinsons Place-Jaro, hosted by the Western Visayas Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) (Wednesday May 1, 2019). According to the Philippines Statistics Authority’s January 2019 Labor Force Survey, the region was at 96.1%, an increase ofRead More →
As the number of jobs increased in June, the unemployment rate rose to 4%, according to the latest report on the situation of employment published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the report, the number of unemployed rose by 499,000 to 6.6 million. This is down fromRead More →
The unemployment rate is now 4.2% – down 0.4% from last year – and the number of people out of work has fallen by 115,000. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (NSO) come in the form of Black, Asian and minority ethnic jobs (BAME) is at an all-timeRead More →
Britain’s long jobs boom appears to have come to an end after official figures showed the number of people in work fell by 56,000 in the three months to October. The Office for National Statistics said a recovery that started in 2012 and persisted for a year after the voteRead More →
Not all recent university graduates put their degrees to work. More than one-third of recent college graduates with jobs are in jobs that don’t require a degree. Economists call that figure the “misemployment” rate, and it currently tops 36% for college-educated workers under 25, according to figures calculated by AndrewRead More →
WASHINGTON, DC — Twenty-seven percent of adults worldwide worked full-time for an employer in 2011, according to Gallup’s new “Payroll to Population” metric. This new measure estimates the percentage of the entire population 15 and older — not just those currently in the labor force — who are employed full-timeRead More →