The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

She was supportive when he first lost his job but it's been months now. Not only is he not contributing financially, or helping out around the house, but he's also turned down three job offers because they weren't quite to his liking. Meanwhile, she's footing the bill for his voluntary…

Former health secretary Alan Milburn’s review is exploring reasons for rising inactivity among young people

Australia's volatile unemployment rate is expected to tick back down to 4.4 per cent, which would add little urgency for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

Almost one in five school-leavers in West Midlands town are not in education, employment or training and chancellor is under pressure to deliver promised ‘youth guarantee’

The unemployment rate is low and the economy is still growing, but those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

Olympia residents apparently learned from Seattle’s experience that minimum wage hikes do not improve the welfare of the worst off in society.

A “blesser” is typically an older, relatively wealthier man who provides a younger woman with money, gifts, school fees or lifestyle access in exchange for a relationship that includes sex. Similar arrangements exist around the world, often called “sugar-daddy” relationships, but the South African version is closely tied to extreme…

The risks are less dire than for food assistance.

It's hoped a soaring 5.3 per cent unemployment figure in New Zealand will be the peak of the pain felt by job-hunting Kiwis.

Borrowers face the possibility of interest rates going up rather than down again after the Reserve Bank held steady following a spike in inflation.