unemployment

Women walk past a “Now Hiring” sign outside a store on August 16, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. — AFPBased on government data released on Friday, job growth in the United States slowed down in October, partly due to a strike by…

Canada's economy added 17,500 new jobs last month, slightly lower than what economists were expecting, and not enough to stop the jobless rate from inching up to 5.7 per cent, because more people joined the work force.Statistics Canada…

When James Lynn lost his job early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur.It hasn't been easy."You know, entrepreneurship is like being in a maze, where you know where you want to go but you're…

Freelance job scams are on the rise in Canada amid increasing unemployment and a growing threat of cybercrimes targeting Canadians. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre issued an alert on Aug. 25, warning people of an increase in job…

China suspended the publication of data on youth employment figures of data on Tuesday (August 15), claiming that it needed to review the methodology behind the closely watched benchmark. This is seen as the latest move by Beijing to…

In China, a new trend called "full-time children" is making the headlines. What it means is that full-grown individuals get paid a salary by their parents to be their children "full-time". They hang out with their parents, take them out…

The government has extended the unemployment scheme, the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation for a period of two years up to June 30, 2024.“It has been decided to extend the Atal Beemit Vyakti…

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LONDON: UK unemployment rose back to four percent in the three months to the end of May, official data showed Tuesday (Jul 11), as the economy struggles with stubbornly-high inflation. The unemployment rate increased from 3.8 per cent in…

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent in June — the highest it's been in over a year.That's up from 5.2 per cent in May and the highest it's been in over a year. It also marked the second month in a row the…