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Unemployment rate in Scotland falls to record low as businesses face recruitment challenge

SNP minister Richard Lochhead admitted certain industries were continuing to struggle to recruit staff.

Daily Record

Scotland’s unemployment rate at record low as employment minister calls for rethink of immigration policy

Figures 'reflect a period of increased economic activity'

Insider UK

The big debate of the 2024 campaigns: Who’s most incompetent?

This year’s partisan sniping in Congress has a broader purpose: To establish the idea in voters’ minds that the rival political party is inept.

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Unemployment rate in Scotland drops to record low

SCOTLAND has documented record low unemployment rates, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The National (Scotland)

Unemployment rate in North East hits record low, new figures show

The North East's unemployment rate is still above the national average, but has seen the largest fall in the UK over the last year

Chronicle Live

California court says Uber, Lyft can treat state drivers as independent contractors

The ruling mostly upholds a voter-approved law that said drivers for ride-share companies are independent contractors and are not entitled to benefits like paid sick leave and unemployment insurance.

WEKU

Unemployment rate remains at 3.7% but job vacancies fall for eighth month in a row

Record number of people outside the job market due to long-term sickness

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UK jobs market sees signs of cooling as wages remain under pressure

The ONS said the rate of unemployment stood at 3.7% in the three months to January, unchanged from the previous three months.

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 Live: Meta cuts 10,000 jobs, US inflation at 6%, FTSE rebounds

Pressure on banks and other blue-chip stocks continued today following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

Evening Standard

Unemployed in Chhattisgarh to receive Rs 2,500 per month as part of Congress government's election pledge

RAIPUR: Fulfilling its poll promise in the election year, the Congress government in Chhattisgarh has issued a notification to provide a monthly allowance of Rs 2,500 to the educated unemployed from April one this year.

The Times of India

A 3-step guide to filing for unemployment benefits if you’re laid off

The process can drag on for weeks, so getting started early is key.

Fortune

Egypt Confirms Drop in Unemployment

Egypt announced that unemployment rates dropped to the lowest in nearly 19 years, citing several international institutions that projected further job growth in the coming years. The Cabinet Media Center published a report noting a positive change in the international view of the country's unemployment and employment levels. The World…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Employing young people could ease worker shortages, but employers need to make it happen

With businesses crying out for more workers as Australia experiences near-record job vacancies, could an army of unemployed young people be the answer?

ABC News

'Our future was unemployment, so we marched': month hundreds left Liverpool for London

Tens of thousands saw them off at the Pier Head

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Women in the workforce have rebounded

Women's labor force participation rate continues to climb, but they're also seeing an uptick in unemployment—especially for Black women and Latinas.

The Independent UK

5 key takeaways from the February US jobs report

The American job market has once again confounded expectations

WEKU

The job market slowed last month, but it's still too hot to ease inflation fears

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

Axios

U.S. economy adds 311,000 jobs in February

The unemployment rate edged up to 3.6% from 3.4% — still historically low.

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The Independent UK

Applications for US jobless aid rise by most in 5 months

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes

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Arizona State Senate passes unemployment insurance indexing bill

The Arizona State Senate on March 2 passed a bill 16-14 that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. During times when the unemployment rate is at or below 5%, unemployed workers could collect a maximum of 12 weeks of benefits under the bill.…

Los Angeles Times

Woman serving life in prison for murder admits role in $2 million unemployment scam

LOS ANGELES — A woman serving life in prison for murder admitted Wednesday that she played a leading role in a scam by inmates and others to use stolen identities to secure state unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s nominee for Labor secretary can expect tough questions from Republicans

WASHINGTON — California’s Julie Su faces a fierce, and likely ugly, battle to win confirmation for U.S. Secretary of Labor.

ABC News

RBA governor Philip Lowe says interest rate 'pause closer' with 'open mind' based on data

The Reserve Bank governor says the board is considering a pause after 10 consecutive interest rate rises, possibly as early as April, but the timing will depend on incoming economic data.

The Conversation

Amazon still seems hell bent on turning workers into robots – here's a better way forward

The strikes by hundreds of Amazon workers at the company’s Coventry warehouse in the English Midlands have brought into relief some of the problems of work in today’s high-tech society.

The Independent UK

What to do if you're concerned you might be laid off

The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology and media companies and predictions of a recession later this year have raised concerns about job security

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