Unemployment due to brain disease, spine cancer associated with increased pain, and depression: A study

According to one study, those who are out of work due to brain or spine cancer may have more acute pain, discomfort, concern, and sadness than people with the same conditions who are working. "The financial consequences of receiving a cancer diagnosis can be significant, affecting a person&#...

August saw a 315K job increase, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.7%.

The Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 315,000 jobs in August, which was in line with predictions but a significant decrease from July.

This figure is compared to the revised 526,000 jobs that were added in July, which was more than double the anticipated amount. P...

The Pandemic Drives Long-term Unemployment in Thailand

On Tuesday, the National Statistical Office of Thailand announced that the number of unemployed people for more than a year has risen sharply since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020.

The director of NSOT, Piyanuch Wutthisorn, said that the long-term group of unemployed ...

US ECONOMY ADDED 559,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF MAY

Highlights

• As the rise is number of jobs added is almost double, the unemployment rate went down from 6.1 percent to 5.8%.

• the Thursday's Labor Department report said that number of people filing for unemployment claims went down to 385,000

Accordin...

JAPAN’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO 2.8 PERCENT IN APRIL

Highlights –

• Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 2.8 percent in April.
• The jobless rate in March climbed from 2.6 percent mark.
• Accommodation and restaurant services lost 200,000 workers.
• The gender gap in the jobless r...

AUSTRALIA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECREASED BY 5.6 PERCENT

Highlights:

• The unemployment rate in Australia has been dropped by 5.6 percent as the recovery is strengthening
• According to the latest data, the unemployment rate has been dropped to 5.6 percent in March 2021

The unemployment rate i...

S. KOREA REPORTS INCREASE IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PEOPLE IN MARCH

Highlights –

• S. Korea reports increase in number of employed people in March.
• The country saw numbers of employed people reach 26.9 million.
• The unemployment rate also rose 0.1% point on-year to 4.3 percent last month.
• Temp...

916,000 JOBS WERE ADDED IN U.S. IN MARCH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PLUNGES BY 6%

Highlights

• This surge in jobs is a result of increased vaccinations and lesser curbs on businesses

• The Labor Department report said nonfarm payrolls went up by 916,000 in March and February unemployment was revised up to a 468,000 gain

• As per the...

US WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL TO A ONE-YEAR LOW

Highlights

• This fall indicates that the economy is improving and one of the major reason behind this is vaccinations

• The Labor Department report showcased that 18.953 million people were still receiving unemployment checks in early March

According to a ...

US UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS GO UP TO 770,000 AS LAYOFFS REMAIN HIGH

Highlights

• According to the report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, the jobless claims went up to 770,000 from 725,000 the week before

• The average of four weeks claims plunged to 746,000, which is the lowest since late November

• The L...

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN AUSTRALIA DROPPED BY 5.8%

Highlights:

• The unemployment rate in Australia has been dropped by 5.8 percent as the recovery rate strengthens
• The employment in the country has been increased by 88,700 in the month of February 2021

In the month of February 2021, t...

US UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS GO UP TO 861,000

Highlights

• The Labor Department on Thursday said that applications from laid-off workers jumped 13,000 from the previous week, which was revised sharply higher 

• Before the first case of the virus was reported in the month of March last year in the United Sta...

US ECONOMY LOST 140,000 JOBS IN DECEMBER, WOMEN ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF THEM

Highlights

• While all the jobs lost in last month were held by women, men on the other hand gained 16,000 jobs in the same period

• According to the data, Latina and Black women disproportionately work in sectors that were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic

FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY AS U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS SLUMP LAST WEEK

Highlights

• According to the Labor Department report, new jobless claims came in at 803,000 for the week ended on December 19

• It is being said that despite high hopes from COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the economy will remain impacted as the country is once again repo...

AMID THE FOURTH WAVE, HONGKONGERS JOBLESSNESS FEAR RISE WITHIN LABOR MARKET DESPITE DECREASED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong's joblessness rate declined in November, to 6.3 percent, yet the public authority has cautioned that the city's progressing fourth rush of Covid-19 contaminations are yet putting a strain on employer stability

There...

U.S. WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS JUMP TO 742,000

Highlights

• According to the data released by the US Labor Department, first-time jobless claims went up by seasonally adjusted 31,000 to 742,000 in a week ended on November 14

• The government said another 320,237 people have applied for benefits via temporary fede...

U.S. ECONOMY GAINED 661,000 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SLUMPS TO 7.9%

Highlights

• The impact of this sluggish rise in employment and the US President Donald Trump testing COVID positive was immediately visible on the stock markets

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, private-sector hiring was slightly better with addition of...

TOTAL 837,000 US CITIZENS FILED FOR NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN LAST WEEK

Highlights

• According to the report released on Thursday, 837,000 filed or unemployment claims in the last week as compared to 873,000 in the prior week and this number is less than 850,000, which was predicted by the market analysts

• For the fifth consecutive week...

U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS RISE UP TO 870,000

Highlights

• According to the Labor Department report, total 870,000 people  have filed for jobless claims in the last week, which is more than 866,000 reported a week earlier

• The report also states that the number of workers returning back to their previous j...

SINGAPORE AIRLINES RETRENCHMENT EXERCISE BEGINS, STARTS WITH LAYING-OFF 4300 PEOPLE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group declared jobs cut as an outcome of COVID-19 hampering the aviation industry.  

It will cut around 4,300 jobs over its three aircraft, in any case, the affected number might narrow down to 2,40...