unemployment issues

I know that private companies aren't allowed to pick and choose their customers based on, say, sexual orientation, race or religion, but landlords in the UK often advertise property with "no DSS" (department of social security (ie. those on income support)) in the text. Is it correct that an...

So despite the mess in Congress (brinksmanship, inability to compromise, the failed Super Committee, etc.), U.S. unemployment is at 8.6%, the lowest it's been since March of '09. If it doesn't go back up significantly in the next year, is Obama a shoo-in for re-election? What if it continues...

Little nugget of wisdom from Herman Cain: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/10/05/2011-10-05_herman_cain_to_occupy_wall_street_protesters_if_youre_not_rich_blame_yourself.html I find it simply incredible that someone can make a comment like this in an economy like our current...

Another manufacturing firm in the UK starts to cull its workforce. It'll be a real blow in Yorkshire and Lancashire, not only for those directly affected but for the suppliers and support industries as well as retailers in the area. My reason for the post, however, is this little tidbit from...

Unemployment this quarter when from 9.8% to 9.4%..wonderful huh? Not really, since a drop in unemployment may have NOTHING to do with those people getting jobs...let alone full-time jobs. WTF do they include such stupid stats as part of the unemployment rate?

Persistent unemployment is currently a staggering problem in the United States. The NY Times ran a piece today ran a piece today covering how long term unemployment increases the difficulty of finding employment. Unemployment benefits are starting to expire. I was wondering if anyone had any...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101118/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs Hmm..it appears that the GOP is willing to increase the deficit, by insisting on tax cuts for the rich, but refuses to increase the deficit by extending unemployment benefits for millions of lower and middle-class Americans...

It appears that GOP will make gains, both in Federal and State elections. So, you'll have lot of states making dramatic spending cuts and sending a million public workers to the unemployment rolls, while the Federal government will be unwilling to do anything to counter that. I see a very large...

Was reading about a suggestion from Duncan Smith regarding doing something about "unemployment blackspots" (see: Duncan Smith's "incentive for the unemployed to move" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/7856349/Coalition-to-tell-unemployed-to-get-on-your-bike.html )...

An AP story via FoxNews reports management at a French Caterpillar plant was "detained" by angry employees because of reports the machinery giant would be laying off 20,000 employees worldwide due to the economic slowdown. The article states a similar event had previously occurred at a Sony...