unemployment Archive
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Minimum Wage Figures for Younger Workers to Remain Steady
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe economic crisis continues to be particularly hard on young workers. The government is considering different measures to fix the growing rate of unemployment among citizens in the 16-20 year... -
Concerns Over Economic Growth for Young Adults
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe youngest members of the workforce are struggling the hardest in the new economy. The youth unemployment rate is the highest among all age groups in most countries around the... -
Nation Contends With Fact that Women Face Greater Unemployment Levels
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe unemployment rate for women is the highest it has been in 25 years. The number of women who are considered unemployed is still less than half that of their... -
Graduates Without Work Experience Have Difficulty Finding Employment
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsThere was a time when people believed a college degree was the ticket to success. That has changed significantly in the past couple of years, according to a report by... -
Employees in the UK Work More than All But Two EU Countries
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to the Office for National Statistics, UK employees work an average workweek of 42.7 hours. This is a longer workweek than any country in the EU except Austria and... -
Dying for the financial crisis to end?
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsReasearch conducted in the the UK and the US found a significant rise in suicides among people of working age between 2007 and 2009. Health experts are blaming the financial... -
IMF says Spain’s economy still facing major risks
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems that the Euro is in the news a lot just lately. A few months ago I wrote about Spain, Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Italy all heading for financial... -
Land Rover to create 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsAt long last some good news on the job front from prestigious British brands. Jaguar and Land Rover are showing the way forward with employment and export’s. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-12983188 These companies... -
Northern Rock to axe 680 jobs to cut costs
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsStrange headline this is, only 10 days ago the bank bosses at Northern Rock paid themselves 13 million pounds in bonus, strange when you think about it, as the bank... -
Enterprise zone locations unveiled?
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsSo laurel and Hardy are off on the road together to announce the new enterprise zones, why if you have planned this cant you just tell the public where they...
