The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose for a third week to the highest since November as more companies announce job cuts, suggesting some softening in the labor market.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level in more than eight months, a sign the labor market may be showing some weakness

Homebuyers’ threats to stop payments on unfinished projects could deepen an ongoing real estate crisis.

The hope for productivity driving wages growth will only occur if the labour market truly becomes fair

A new investigation by Algeria’s National Health Institute revealed that one in ten women are experiencing violence at least six times per year. The results of the investigation showed that 69 percent of the attackers are educated males with an average age of 37 years, suggesting that “education is not…

Rhode Island Auditor General Dennis Hoyle released a report on July 12, 2022, estimating the state paid $550 million of fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. The figure was up over the previous fiscal year in which the state estimated $171 million of fraudulent…

Pay in real terms is dropping faster than at any time since records began in 2001, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today.

New figures show real wages are falling nationally at the highest rate since records began in 2001

The number of people in employment remains below pre-pandemic levels

Unemployment has hit a near 50-year low but companies are struggling to find workers

With almost full employment, nearly everyone willing and able to work is in a position already. So which industries are feeling the squeeze, and why?