Job Openings Fall to Lowest Level in Nearly Two Years
American businesses posted 6.8 million job openings in November, a sharp decline from the month before and the lowest number since February 2018.
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Unemployment
School Employee Benefits
The California Supreme Court ruled that a group of substitute teachers and other school employees are eligible for unemployment benefits during the summer sessions that “resemble other academic terms of the school year in terms of enrollment, staffing, budget, instructional program or other objective criteria.”
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Economy Adds 145,000 Jobs as Unemployment Stays at 3.5%
American employers ended the last decade by adding 145,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at a 50-year low.
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US Job Openings Ticked Up 3% in October
American employers advertised slightly more open jobs in October, suggesting a positive outlook on the part of businesses in the face of economic worries.
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Economy Surges With 266,000 New Jobs in November
American employers added 266,000 new jobs last month while the already low unemployment rate sank even further.
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New Rule Will Cut Food Stamps for Nearly 700,000
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are set to lose their food stamp benefits under tighter state requirements unveiled by the Trump administration Wednesday.
Read moreGerman Court Slaps Down Harshest Sanctions Against Jobseekers
Germany’s top court ruled Tuesday that sanctioning jobseekers deemed uncooperative in the search for work was illegal in some cases, in a blow to the controversial unemployment reforms rammed through by Gerhard Schroeder’s government in 2005.
Read moreEconomy Added 128,000 Jobs in October Amid GM Strike
American employers added 128,000 jobs last month even as the market was dragged down by the General Motors strike, while the unemployment rate stayed near a 50-year low.
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Rust Belt Revival Stuck in Low Gear
Candidate Donald Trump promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived economy in the industrial Midwest. But that promised renaissance has not materialized and both sectors are faltering in ways that are painfully familiar and politically significant.
Read moreUS Job Openings Dropped Off 1.7% in August
American employers advertised slightly fewer job openings in August, an indication that the labor market may be cooling amid economic worries.
Read moreOpel Slashes Hours Amid German Carmaker Gloom
German carmaker Opel said Tuesday it would slash hours for workers at its main factory, highlighting a car industry hit by falling demand and a challenging technological transformation.
Read moreEU Jobless Rate Takes Surprise Dip to 20-Year Low
The unemployment rate across the European Union ticked down a tenth of a point to 6.2% in August, the lowest since the EU statistics office started generating monthly reports in January 2000.
Read moreUS Economy Added Fewer Jobs Than Expected in August
The American economy added a somewhat disappointing 130,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at a healthy 3.7% for the third month in a row.
Read moreUS Has 501,000 Fewer Jobs Than First Reported
The U.S. job market isn’t quite as strong as originally believed — with revised figures showing that the economy had 501,000 fewer total jobs this March than initially reported.
Read moreUS Job Openings Hold Steady at 7.3 Million
American employers advertised 7.3 million open jobs for the second straight month in June, reflecting a strong job market that continues to contribute to the longest economic expansion in U.S. history despite fears of a downturn.
Read moreDeutsche Bank Cuts Mark End to Failed Bid for Global Scale
The radical and painful restructuring of Germany’s Deutsche Bank, which is cutting 18,000 jobs, is the end of a long, failed attempt to compete with the global investment banking giants that left it overextended.
Read moreDeutsche Bank to Slash 18,000 Jobs in Sweeping Restructuring
Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank said Sunday it would cut 18,000 jobs by 2022, downsizing its volatile investment banking division in a restructuring aimed at restoring consistent profitability and better returns to shareholders.
Read moreEconomy Bounces Back With 224,000 New Jobs in June
With the economy marking 10 consecutive years of growth, hiring rebounded strongly last month as employers added 224,000 new jobs.
Read moreEurope’s Unemployment Lowest in More Than a Decade
The unemployment rate in the 19 European Union countries that use the euro fell to its lowest in more than a decade in May as domestic demand and low interest rates help keep the recovery going.
Read moreHiring by US Employers Hit Record High in April
On the heels of a dismal report on newly created jobs, the Labor Department said Monday that American employers hired a record number of people in April as job openings dropped slightly.
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