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Michel Cournoyer
US / Welfare currently pays more $15 per hour in 13 states finds CATO
Welfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, even after accounting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, and in 13 states it pays more than $15 per hour Continue reading
US Recovery and Real Income Growth / The top 1%: 31% – the bottom 99%: less than 1%
New data reveal that the top 1% enjoyed real income growth of 31% between 2009 and 2012, compared with growth of less than 1% for the bottom 99% Continue reading
US Gender Jobs Gap / Women have regained all jobs lost during the Great Recession
U.S. women have recovered all the jobs they lost to the Great Recession. The same can’t be said for men, who remain 2.1 million jobs short Continue reading
New York State / $45B investment to Marcy nano site would bring 5,000 jobs
New York state and an array of private partners are poised to make a $10 billion to $15 billion investment in the chip fabrication site in Marcy Continue reading
‘Spain’s recovery is a scandal’ says Austrian MEP
“Do you know how many jobs were created in the last month (in Spain)? Thirty-one,” Continue reading
Greece / Unemployment hits new record at 27.9 pc with with 58.8 pc for youth
The unemployment rate rose to 27.9 percent of the workforce in June, with 58.8 percent of young people jobless Continue reading
Canada / Immigrant Selection Policies impose an annual fiscal burden of $20 billion says the Fraser Institute
This paper reviews the history of Canadian immigration policies and documents that the present policies impose on Canadians a fiscal burden of $20 billion annually Continue reading
Ireland / Coalition told to act on jobs by OECD
The Government is facing renewed international pressure to do more to tackle the jobs crisis and boost economic growth Continue reading
Canada / Top 1 per cent earn 7 times Canadian median finds the National Household Survey
Canadians in the top 1 per cent are paid more than $191,000 a year, according to the National Household Survey, which takes a closer look at how governments take from the rich and give to the poor Continue reading
UK / Seasonal migrant workers scheme closes to help British into work | UK news | theguardian.com
Experts warn closure of agricultural scheme, which brought 21,250 Romanians and Bulgarians to Britain every year, will lead to sharp rise in fruit and vegetable prices Continue reading
Germany / Immigrants struggle in job market – Arab immigrants most affected
Foreigners have worse chances on the German job market than Germans, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research has found. Worst affected are immigrants from Arabic countries Continue reading
US / Jobless Claims fall, really?
The number of new U.S. jobless claims fell sharply last week but much of the decline appeared due to technical problems in claims processing, clouding the last major reading of labor market health before the Federal Reserve meets Continue reading
Australia / Unemployment rises to a four-year high at 5.8%
The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high in August as jobs fell by 10,800 Continue reading
Australia’s Truckers / Twelve percent of the workforce is aged 60 years or older
With nearly half of the transport and logistics workforce aged 45 years or older, strategies are needed to transfer their knowledge and attract new entrants, the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) says Continue reading
1000s of Teaching jobs available in Korea for recent canadian and american grads
American and Canadian college graduates, facing a lackluster jobmarket at home, are capitalizing on this trend by taking English-teaching positions in countries like South Korea Continue reading
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