Unemployment

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, US April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Global Economy

Great Depression-like US job losses, unemployment rate expected in April

The economic crisis spells trouble for President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House in November’s election. After the Trump administration was criticized for its initial...

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, US April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
World+Biz

'The government is failing us': Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

People visit the Liberty State Park after many New Jersey Parks set to re-open during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Global Economy

Over 33 million in the US filed unemployment claims in past seven weeks

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/Handout via Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

How the coronavirus job cuts played out by sector and demographics

COVID-19 may terminate around 25 million jobs worldwide: ILO
Coronavirus chronicle

COVID-19 may terminate around 25 million jobs worldwide: ILO

Job seekers wait to speak with staff at a National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) office in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
World+Biz

France's fourth-quarter jobless total falls 1.7 percent from third quarter

Caught between earning a living and social stigma
Panorama

Caught between earning a living and social stigma

Foreigners draw salaries worth $6 bn a year from Bangladesh: Experts
Economy

Foreigners draw salaries worth $6 bn a year from Bangladesh: Experts

People enter a government-run job center in Madrid, Spain, April 27, 2016/ Reuters
World+Biz

Euro zone unemployment in surprise fall to lowest rate in more than a decade

Photo: ADB
Bangladesh

Unemployment among women shoots up