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BLS Report: Steady Spring Job Market Or Unemployment Disaster?
03/05/2013 Comments Off on BLS Report: Steady Spring Job Market Or Unemployment Disaster?
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, May 3, 2013. Employment increased in professional and business services, food services and drinking places, retail trade, and health care. The unemployment rate, at 7.5%, was changed little in […]
Continue reading …European Economic Highlights: Will Unemployment Reach Another New High?
29/04/2013 Comments Off on European Economic Highlights: Will Unemployment Reach Another New High?
From The Conference Board– Will the Euro Area unemployment rate rise to another record high? One of the more important factors that are hindering the recovery in the Euro Area is the lack of available of capital for lending. Labor markets would benefit from higher investment levels, as unemployment is still at record highs in Europe […]
Continue reading …Ooops! Did A Spreadsheet Error Cost You Your Job?
21/04/2013 Comments Off on Ooops! Did A Spreadsheet Error Cost You Your Job?
By DEAN BAKER— Did an Excel error cost you your job? This is what people around the world should be asking after researchers at the University of Massachusetts uncovered a serious calculation mistake. The mistake was in an enormously influential paper by Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff, two prominent economists, which purports to show that high levels […]
Continue reading …Disabled Americans More Likely To Be Unemployed, Paid Less If Working
13/04/2013 Comments Off on Disabled Americans More Likely To Be Unemployed, Paid Less If Working
Disabled Americans are less likely to be employed than individuals without disabilities. Disabled Americans who are employed typically have jobs with low pay and also earned less than their colleagues with no disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. More than half of disabled American workers, 52%, earned less than $25,000 in […]
Continue reading …Oslo Declaration: Confidence In European Jobs And Growth Can Be Restored, ILO Says
12/04/2013 Comments Off on Oslo Declaration: Confidence In European Jobs And Growth Can Be Restored, ILO Says
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General OSLO – In a move to restore confidence in jobs and growth in Europe, the 9th European Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Oslo Declaration. The Declaration which strengthens the role of the ILO in Europe and Central Asia is set to help countries affected by the crisis to overcome […]
Continue reading …Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts About Unemployment, Jobs, Pay
11/04/2013 Comments Off on Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts About Unemployment, Jobs, Pay
Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts And Figures On Unemployment, Jobs, Pay The number of unemployed workers worldwide rose by 4.2 million in 2012 to more than 197 million, a 5.9% unemployment rate. Some 39 million workers worldwide have dropped out of the employment market. The number of people seeking employment is expected to rise to […]
Continue reading …ILO Meeting: Employment Crisis Tests Europe’s Social Model
09/04/2013 Comments Off on ILO Meeting: Employment Crisis Tests Europe’s Social Model
ILO News, OSLO – The 9th European Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) opened in Oslo with an urgent call for effective employment and social policies that can achieve growth and competitiveness with good jobs. “The crisis in Europe is dramatic. A financial crisis has turned into a jobs crisis,” said. “In some countries there […]
Continue reading …The Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly in March
08/04/2013 Comments Off on The Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly in March
Employment Trends Index Still Signaling Moderate Job Growth The Conference Board Employment Trends Index declined in March. The index now stands at 111.20, down from 111.43 (an upward revision) in February. The March figure is 3.7% higher than a year ago. “Despite the decline in March, the Employment Trends index is still signaling moderate job growth […]
Continue reading …Labor Demand Weak, Online Help Wanted Ads Down 158,000 In March
05/04/2013 Comments Off on Labor Demand Weak, Online Help Wanted Ads Down 158,000 In MarchOnline Labor Demand drops 158,000 in March Labor demand down 77,000 in Q1 of 2013 Q1’13 decline follows three years of strong Q1 growth since the end of the recession March is mixed with drops in Healthcare, Sales, and Office workers outstripping increases in Management, Business, and Computer workers Download the National Historical Table. Online […]
Continue reading …Disappointingly Slow Labor Demand Before Sequester Kicks In
05/04/2013 Comments Off on Disappointingly Slow Labor Demand Before Sequester Kicks In
Disappointingly Slow Labor Demand Even Before Sequester Really Kicks In The labor market had some reasonable momentum during the past several months, but with just 88,000 job gains in March, once again we see a disappointing seasonal slowdown unfold as we head into spring. What is even more troubling about the most recent slowdown is […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill