The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

The jobs report revealed stronger-than-expected payrolls growth and a drop in the unemployment rate.

After travelling across the Mumbai-Karnataka region for a week, we are shifting base to bring you stories from another north Karnataka belt – the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. And, to top it, our train journey from Hubli to Bellary coincided with the release of BJP and Congress election manifestos. 

The U.S. job market may be getting a second wind. Employers added 253,000 jobs in April, a modest uptick from the month before. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%.

Real wages are expected to start growing slightly earlier and grow more strongly than previously forecast, according to the latest Treasury estimates.

Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that unemployment levels in April dropped to 3.9 per cent

Month after month, the nation’s job market has stood its ground against howling headwinds — rising interest rates, chronic inflation, major bank failures and economic uncertainties across the world

California businesses are paying higher taxes this year to help pay off the state's unemployment debt

Under consideration is a lift in welfare payments for the over-55s but critics say too many younger people would miss out

South Africa has one of the world’s most expansive social grant system: 47% of the population relies on a monthly grant. Of these, 18 million are permanent beneficiaries and about 10 million receive a temporary Social Relief of Distress Grant. This was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic for working age…

Young Australians and social services advocates are dismayed the federal budget looks set to include a modest boost to the JobSeeker payment, but only for those over 55.

Wisconsin lawmakers on April 25 passed several bills related to unemployment insurance, including one that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. Assembly Bill 153 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 14 during times when the unemployment rate is at or…