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Initial US jobless claims remain stable

Initial US jobless claims remain stable
The number of unemployment insurance claims in the US remained stable last week, as a recovery in the country's labor market continued.According to figures released by the labor department, initial jobless claims were recorded at a ten-month low of ...
Posted: 21 November 2009 15:00:00
Filed under: North America
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German employment falls in Q3

German employment falls in Q3
German employment declined for the first time in four years in the third quarter of 2009.According to the federal statistics office, the number of labor market members in work fell to 40.4 million year-on-year in the three months to September 30th, ...
Posted: 21 November 2009 13:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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OECD: German economy faces slow recovery

OECD: German economy faces slow recovery
The German economy faces a relatively slow recovery next year, despite recent improvements in performance.According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Germany's gross domestic product will recover from a contraction ...
Posted: 21 November 2009 11:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Rising eurozone unemployment poses recovery risk

Rising eurozone unemployment poses recovery risk
Rising unemployment in the eurozone is posing serious risks to economic rebound in the currency union.That is according to the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia, who identified the combination of weak labor and ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 15:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Swedish unemployment declines in October

Swedish unemployment declines in October
The Swedish unemployment rate declined by 0.2 per cent in October, according to the Scandinavian country's statistics agency.Statistiska Centralbyran revealed that the national jobless rate fell to 8.1 per cent last month, which is equivalent to an ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 13:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Hong Kong unemployment falls

Hong Kong unemployment falls
Hong Kong's jobless rate for the three months to October declined slightly, the city state's government has revealed.The Census and Statistics Department for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region disclosed that the period recorded an ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 11:00:00
Filed under: Asia & Middle East
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French labor market 'better than expected'

French labor market 'better than expected'
The French employment market will perform better than expected in 2009, according to the government.Employment minister Laurent Wauquiez has suggested that fewer than 400,000 positions will be lost in the French economy before the end of the year, ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 09:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Canadian banking stability 'could create 40,000 jobs in Toronto'

Canadian banking stability 'could create 40,000 jobs in Toronto'
As many as 40,000 new jobs could be created in Toronto should the city champion itself as one of world's top financial centers. At present, the Canadian city is ranked as the 13th most important financial center in the world by the Toronto Financial ...
Posted: 19 November 2009 15:00:00
Filed under: North America
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Democrats pledge job creation bill

Democrats pledge job creation bill
The ruling US Democratic Party has pledged to stimulate the country's economy with a jobs-producing bill.Identifying that the government must do more to assist people back into work, Steny Hoyer, majority leader of the House of Representatives, ...
Posted: 19 November 2009 13:00:00
Filed under: North America
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Australia set for skilled worker shortage, report warns

Australia set for skilled worker shortage, report warns
Australia could face a serious shortage of skilled workers within the next 15 years if steps are not taken to address the issue, a new report has warned.According to the Workplace Futures Report, which was written by the Victorian Employers' Chamber ...
Posted: 19 November 2009 11:00:00
Filed under: Labor market legislation, Rest of the world
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Banking and government jobs up in Washington, figures show

Banking and government jobs up in Washington, figures show
The number of government and banking jobs being made available in Washington State, US, has gone up, newly-released figures show.Over the course of October, around 900 government jobs were created, alongside 700 and 600 in the information and ...
Posted: 19 November 2009 09:00:00
Filed under: North America
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Older workforce 'will sell' Singapore to investors

Older workforce 'will sell' Singapore to investors
Getting older professionals back into work will pay dividends in the long-run as global investors are attracted to Singapore's breadth of talent, the state's manpower minister has said. Speaking soon after plans for an Employment Assistance Payment ...
Posted: 18 November 2009 14:09:14
Filed under: Asia & Middle East, Labor market legislation
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Graduate job-seekers urged to sit tight in 2010

Graduate job-seekers urged to sit tight in 2010
Graduate job-seekers in the United States will have to be patient for some time yet as recruitment rates remain stunted across the country, a new report has concluded.After polling more than 2,500 graduate employers across the 50 states, Michigan ...
Posted: 18 November 2009 12:32:36
Filed under: North America
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CEOs: Labor market inhibiting recovery

CEOs: Labor market inhibiting recovery
The continuing high rates of unemployment witnessed globally are the biggest challenge to a sustained international economic recovery.That is according to attendees of yesterday's (November 16th) Wall Street Journal CEO Council, who identified a ...
Posted: 18 November 2009 09:00:00
Filed under: Global Employment
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Obama pledges December jobs forum

Obama pledges December jobs forum
US president Barack Obama has pledged to hold a jobs forum with the country's business leaders next month.The 44th US president - who is currently travelling in Asia - announced that a conference will be held on December 3rd with the aim of lowering ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 15:00:00
Filed under: North America
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Bernanke: US economy 'back from brink'

Bernanke: US economy 'back from brink'
The US economy is "back from the brink" but "strong headwinds still remain", the chair of the Federal Reserve has suggested.Ben Bernanke has explained that a weak labor market and constrained bank lending is likely to prevent the ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 13:00:00
Filed under: North America
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Malaysia achieves 'full employment' in Q2

Malaysia achieves 'full employment' in Q2
Malaysia achieved full employment in the second quarter of 2009, according to the Asian country's government.Deputy human resources minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan revealed that Malaysia's unemployment rate declined by 0.4 per cent to 3.6 per cent in ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 11:34:47
Filed under: Asia & Middle East
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Spain accepts temporary worker extensions

Spain accepts temporary worker extensions
The Spanish government has accepted proposals to extend the areas in which temporary employees can work.Prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's sub-committee on labor market affairs has backed plans to allow the employment of temporary workers ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 11:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Weise: German unemployment will peak in 2010

Weise: German unemployment will peak in 2010
Germany's unemployment rate will peak at the end of 2010, according to a senior government official.Frank-Juergen Weise, head of the country's labor office, has predicted that the European Union member state will witness the worst effects of the ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 09:00:00
Filed under: EU Employment, Europe
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Turkish unemployment increases in Q3

Turkish unemployment increases in Q3
The Turkish unemployment rate increased to 13.4 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009, according to the country's data agency.The Turkish Statistics Institute (TSI) revealed that that the Eurasian country's jobless rate rose by 0.6 per cent in ...
Posted: 16 November 2009 15:00:00
Filed under: Europe
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