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From AFP: In the face of a possible major defeat at the polls, Spanish ruling party’s candidate for prime minister in the country’s November elections, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, has pledged to cut record unemployment and shield education and health care from spending cuts. Rubalcaba, who was interior minister and deputy prime minister, is the Socialists’ candidate […]
Continue reading …Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister is seeking the “Saudization” of the kingdom’s private sector amid rising unemployment and unease following uprisings in other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate was 10.8% in July. The country will begin to pay unemployment benefits for the first time from November, Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakieh, told Bloomberg News. In 2012 the […]
Continue reading …From The Guardian (UK) — Jobseekers will have to do more to prove they are seeking work or face losing benefits in measures likely to be announced at the Conservative party conference. At present jobseekers have to satisfy two criteria: putting together a CV and seeking information about a job, which ministers believe are not […]
Continue reading …First a little bit of good news on health insurance in the United States. There are fewer uninsured people thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act, which allows children as old as 26 to remain on their parents’ health care insurance plans appears have an immediate effect on the number of Americans […]
Continue reading …New research reports what you probably already know: recession job-related hardship. We all know it’s rough out there on the job, but the experts at the respected Pew Research Center have delivered new numbers on what they’re calling the Great Recession – great not because we love it so much, but because it’s been longer […]
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