The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

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 · Mar 14, 2023

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 · Mar 14, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

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 · Mar 13, 2023

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 · Mar 12, 2023

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

Tens of thousands saw them off at the Pier Head

Liverpool Echo · Mar 11, 2023

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.

Fortune · Mar 10, 2023

5 key takeaways from the February US jobs report

The American job market has once again confounded expectations

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

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.

WEKU · Mar 10, 2023

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

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

Axios · Mar 10, 2023