The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

A post by Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause), which he kindly allowed me to pass along: Yesterday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals decided four separate appeals from decisions of Unemployment Law Judges who denied unemployment benefits because an applicant refused on religious grounds to comply with an employer's Covid vaccine…

on the grounds that the firing was for "misconduct" (such as violation of a social media policy)?

Stronger than expected job and pay data makes interest rate rise more likely, driving up two-year bond yields

85,000 people aged 16 and over in Scotland were unemployed between February and April

UK interest rates expected to hit 5.5% by December after regular pay grows by a record, sending two-year bond yields soaring

Unemployment in the North East is lower than the national average for the first time since the figures began

A return to growth for the UK economy in April was today offset by caution in the recruitment sector after staffing firm Robert Walters warned on profits.

In October 1936, 200 men marched from South Tyneside to London to protest against the poverty and unemployment in their town, Jarrow.

Research reveals the extent to which our earnings and values are determined by where we are born

The figures reflect a pre-pandemic historic low in the county

Alleviate supermarket blues by performing a funky dance in the canned veg section