Canadian Unemployment Rate At 6.4%

Statistics Canada reported that employment fell by 42,000 (+0.2%) in August and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4%.

Canadian Unemployment Rate At 6.4%

US Unemployment At 4.1%

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs.

US Unemployment At 4.1%

Australia - Unemployment Statistics

Unemployment remained at 3.8% and the number of people in employment 26,000 to 14,232,300 people in February.

Australian Employment Statistics

Your Quick Guide to Handling Unemployment Anxiety

If you've been out of work for some time, you're feeling the pressure. You can't help but feel anxious, scared, and overwhelmed.

Your Quick Guide to Handling Unemployment Anxiety

UK Employment Statistics

The unemployment rate stands at 4.2%, up by 0.3% on the previous quarter - the increase being mainly among people who had been unemployed for more than six months.

UK Employment Statistics

UK Unemployment

The unemployment rate stands at 3.8%, 0.2% lower than the previous quarter and 0.1% lower than the pre-pandemic level.

UK Employment Statistics

UK - Unemployment At 3.8%

The unemployment rate stands at 3.8%, 0.2% less than a year ago and 0.1% less than the previous quarter. 32.93 million people were in work in the October to December 2019 quarter according to the labour force survey (LFS).

UK Employment Statistics

A Comprehensive Look at Unemployment in the U.S.

The unemployment rate in the U.S. rose to 7.9 percent for the month of January despite 157,000 new jobs being created, according to the Department of Labor. This number, however, isn't necessarily the best indicator of economic conditions in America. The unemployment rate is actually somewhere between 11 and 41 percent, depending on how the number is derived. The following is a guide that breaks down how the government calculates unemployment and what it means for you.

A Comprehensive Look at Unemployment in the U.S.

NZ - Strong Growth in New Zealand Employment

An analysis of 42,000 jobs listed in the last quarter on Trade Me Jobs shows that the New Zealand job market remains positive, with listings up by 8.2 per cent on the same period in 2011.

Strong Growth in New Zealand Employment

UK - Unemployment Blackspots

An analysis of UK local authority areas by claimant to vacancies ratio in January 2012 shows that a number of Scottish areas have passed the inner London boroughs to become the UK's worst employment blackspots.


Scotland overtakes London as worst region in the UK for unemployment

USA - Discrimination and Job Loss

It has been known for some time that there is bias against the unemployed in the job market. Research at UCLA and the State University of New York-Stony Brook now shows that jobless Americans face discrimination unrelated to their skills or to ways in which they lost their previous jobs.

Discrimination and Job Loss

UK - Youth Unemployment Overstated

The notion of a 'lost generation' of young jobless people is simplistic, according to the latest Work Audit report on official labour market statistics "Getting the measure of youth unemployment" from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Youth Unemployment Overstated

Australia - Bad Jobs Harm Mental Health

A bad job can be as harmful to mental health as being unemployed, according to
results from a longitudinal Australian household panel survey.

Bad Jobs Harm Mental Health

UK - Unemployment Will Peak At 3 Million

CIPD forecasts unemployment will peak at close to 3 million by 2012 as a result of the coalition government's deficit reduction measures.

Gloomy Prognosis For Employment

USA - Unemployment And Health

Loss of employment can have significant long-term health consequences.

Unemployment And Health

1.7 Million Australians Looked For Work Last Year

Just over 1,700,000 people (10% of Australians aged 15 years or more) were unemployed and looking for work at some time in the twelve months up to February 2009, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

1.7 Million Australians Looked For Work Last Year

UK - Migrants Have No Effect On Unemployment

A study concludes that migration from Eastern Europe has not had any statistically significant impact on claimant unemployment, the young, the unskilled, wages.

Migrants Have No Effect On Unemployment

UK - Gloomy Prognosis For 2008

The CIPD's outlook for UK employment pronounces 2008 to be the 'worst year for jobs in a decade'. CIPD forecasts a reduction in public sector jobs.

Gloomy Prognosis For 2008

UK - After Office

What Happens To Unemployed Politicians?

After Office

Australia - Unemployment

Unemployment at 4.3%

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment also rose by 31,900 to 10,513,300 in August.