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Category: Unemployment
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In an Uncertain Job Market, How Can Companies Retain Workers?
Although some employees might decide to stick with their jobs when the market appears uncertain, work force reductions can, conversely, spur more quitting.
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When Having a Baby and Losing Your Job Collide
At tech companies that spent recent years expanding paid parental leave, parents have felt the whiplash of mass layoffs in an especially visceral way.
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U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.
The hefty hiring figures defied expectations and underscored the challenges facing the Federal Reserve, which is trying to cool the labor market in its effort to tame rapid inflation.
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U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.
The hefty hiring figures defied expectations and underscored the challenges facing the Federal Reserve, which is trying to cool the labor market in its effort to tame rapid inflation.
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Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds
An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.
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As France Moves to Delay Retirement, Older Workers Are in a Quandary
A measure to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 is expected to expose more people to age discrimination: “Companies in France won’t hire them.”
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US Employers Added 223,000 jobs in December
The Federal Reserve’s moves to cool the economy with higher interest rates seem to be taking gentle hold. Wage growth lost momentum.
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U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in December.
Forecasters estimate that employers added 200,000 jobs in December, a robust number though a bit below the average in recent months.
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A slowing job market poses risks for those who’ve been out of work for a while.
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has been rising, even as new claims remain low.
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Even a Soft Landing for the Economy May Be Uneven
Small businesses and lower-income families could feel pinched in the months ahead whether or not a recession is avoided this year.