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JOLTS Labor Supply And Labor Demand: Comparing The 2019 And 2020 Labor Market
By Kenneth Robertson – The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) provides data on job openings, hires, and separations at the national and regional level. Job openings data, or measures of labor demand, are defined as all positions that are open (not filled) on the last business day of the month.1 The labor market […]
Study Finds Substantial Skills Mismatch In Europe
14/11/2014 Comments Off on Study Finds Substantial Skills Mismatch In Europe
GENEVA (ILO News) – Between 25% and 45% of workers in Europe are either over – or under-qualified for their job, leading to a substantial skills mismatch between supply and demand in the labor market, a new International Labour Organization study says. Covering 24 European countries, the study shows mismatches between workers’ competences and what […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Crisis In Europe, Ten Million More Jobless Than In 2008
08/04/2013 Comments Off on Unemployment Crisis In Europe, Ten Million More Jobless Than In 2008
ILO News– There are more than 10 million more jobless people in Europe now than at the start of the financial crisis, according to a snapshot of the European labor market released by the International Labour Organization (ILO). “While fiscal and competitiveness goals are important, it is crucial not to tackle them through austerity measures […]
Continue reading …ILO Calls For Shift To Job-Centered Crisis Response In Europe
07/04/2013 Comments Off on ILO Calls For Shift To Job-Centered Crisis Response In Europe
ILO News– The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an urgent shift to a job-centred strategy to tackle the deepening unemployment crisis that has left more than 26 million Europeans without a job. While fiscal and competitiveness goals are important, it is crucial not to tackle them through austerity measures and structural reforms that […]
Continue reading …Unprecedented Immigration Reform Joint Statement From Business And Labor
22/02/2013 Comments Off on Unprecedented Immigration Reform Joint Statement From Business And Labor
On Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, one of the nation’s largest business organizations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and largest labor union, the AFL-CIO, have issued an unprecedented joint statement of principles on immigration. The statement called for progress on immigration reform that both supports business and protects American workers. The shared principles call for a […]
Continue reading …Global Unemployment Rising Again But With Big Regional Differences
22/01/2013 Comments Off on Global Unemployment Rising Again But With Big Regional Differences
ILO News– Global unemployment rose in 2012 after falling for two straight years and could further increase in 2013, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned in a new report A quarter of the increase in global unemployment in 2012 has been in the advanced economies, while three quarters has been through spillovers into other […]
Continue reading …Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
11/01/2013 Comments Off on Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
By HEIDI SHIERHOLZ, Economic Policy Institute— The November Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Jan. 10, 2013 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows job openings were essentially flat in November, at 3.7 million (up by 11,000). The number of job openings, which had been improving fairly steadily since reaching its low of 2.2 million in […]
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- 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