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Slovenia / Social Partners Want Better Active Employment Policy
Trade unions and employers voiced the demand for a more streamlined active employment policy as the Economic and Social Council held a session Friday dedicated to what is one of the state’s key policies targeting unemployment. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor via STA: Social Partners Want Better Active Employment Policy.
Zambia / Only 47 per cent of births are attended to by a skilled health worker
ONLY 47 per cent of births are attended to by a skilled health worker at health institutions, says community development, mother and child health minister Dr Joseph Katema. During the launch of the Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGS) Radio Distance Learning (RDL) programme in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Katema said home delivery was as high as … Continue reading
Canada / The Controversy over Chinese miners is not over
One resident of an unnamed British Columbia community claimed to personally know 40 unemployed miners who would be more than happy to work at a proposed coal mine in the province’s northeast that was instead slated to employ temporary Chinese workers. Another lamented the mine’s hiring plan as just the latest example of Canadian resources … Continue reading
Reshoring in the US / 11 Companies That Brought Jobs Back Home
over 50,000 jobs have been “reshored,” as it’s called, in the past three years, according to Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to showing some U.S. companies the benefits of doing business at home. He says altruism has little to do with why most companies end up returning manufacturing to the … Continue reading
UK / Apprenticeships attract 11 applications per vacancy which are at a record level
A record 11 applications are being made for each apprenticeship vacancy in the UK, the latest official data suggests. Almost 370,000 applications were submitted between February and April, while 32,600 vacancies were advertised in the same period. But competition was as high as 17 per place in the arts, media and ICT. The National Apprenticeship … Continue reading
US / The New College Grads Job Market In 3 Graphs
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, bachelor’s degree holders between the ages of 20 and 24 saw average unemployment more than double from 2007 through 2011. But by 2012, it was falling quickly, back to within about a point of where it was at the turn of the century, when times weren’t exactly … Continue reading
Europe / Record Unemployment rate as Youth Unemployment rose by 188 000 in the euro area
The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.2% in April 2013, up from 12.1% in March. The EU271 unemployment rate was 11.0%, unchanged compared with the previous month4. In both zones, rates have risen markedly compared with April 2012, when they were 11.2% and 10.3% respectively. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical … Continue reading
OECD / Endorsement of the Action Plan for Youth
OECD governments have committed to stepping up their efforts to tackle high youth unemployment and strengthen their education systems to better prepare young people for the world of work. Endorsing the OECD’s Action Plan for Youth at the Organisation’s annual Ministerial Meeting in Paris, ministers underlined the need to focus attention on the most disadvantaged … Continue reading
Panasonic / To cut 5,000 jobs
In a drive to improve profits, Panasonic has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs over the next three years. The cutbacks will hit its automotive and industrial unit, which accounts for about a third of the company’s workforce, the Nikkei reported Thursday, citing a Panasonic executive. “A reduction in labor costs will be a big … Continue reading
Ireland / The numbers unemployed has gone below 300,000 for the first time since 2010
Employment increased by 20,500 in the year to the first quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office. This is a rise in employment of 1.1%. Employment increased by 7,700 in the first quarter of this year, following on from an increase of 12,100 in the final quarter of 2012. The numbers … Continue reading
The Gender Wage Gap / Be or not to be ?
“Unequal pay for equal work? Not really” writes Katie Bardaro, Lead Economist, PayScale. “Women earn less than men on average because they often fill jobs with a large societal benefit, but small monetary benefit. Instead of focusing the debate on the misbegotten gender wage gap, we should instead examine why women are absent from high-paying … Continue reading
Women / The chances of dying for those without a high school education 66 percent higher
Life expectancy among less-educated white women is decreasing while their better-educated peers are gaining longevity, a new study finds. According to the researchers, joblessness is one key factor in the the trend. The other is smoking. “Mortality is declining for high-educated women, but is increasing for low-educated women,” said study co-author Jennifer Karas Montez, a … Continue reading
3-D printing / Filling the Skills Gap
Siemens Chief Operating Officer Eric Spiegel said Thursday the $440 million grant his company donated to Youngstown State University will help shore up the training gap for students to work in the 3-D printing field. Siemens, the electronics and electrical engineering company, on Wednesday donated $440 million to Youngstown State University students working with the … Continue reading
Indonesia / Near 70 percent of workforce has not completed junior high school
An influential business lobby has called for better management of Indonesia’s human resources to help the country prepare for entry into a regional economic community in 2015. James Riady, the deputy for health and education affairs at the Indonesian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), said at a meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday that it … Continue reading
US / Jobless Claims rise but data could be distorted
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 354,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 344,000. The 4-week moving average was 347,250, an increase of 6,750 from the previous week’s revised average of 340,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment … Continue reading
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