This article is from the May 2013 issue.
The U.S. Department of Labor has published unemployment insurance data for April 2013.
In the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 323,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 327,000. The 4-week moving average was 336,750, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 343,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending April 27, unchanged from the prior week’s unrevised rate. The … Read the rest
This article is from the May 2013 issue.
According to results of a new survey released by Gallup, 36 percent of “managers, executives and officials” consider themselves “engaged” by their jobs – which the survey defines as “deeply involved in and enthusiastic about their work and actively contributing to their organization.” This self-reporting of professional engagement places managers at the top of 12 different occupation types.
Ranked immediately below ”managers, executives and officials” are “professional workers” (31%) “clerical or office workers” (30%) and “construction or mining workers” (30%).
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This article is from the April 2013 issue.
The U.S. Department of Labor has published unemployment insurance data for March 2013.
Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade.
Household Survey Data
Both the number of unemployed persons, at 11.7 million, and the unemployment rate, at 7.6 percent, were little changed in March.… Read the rest
This article is from the April 2013 issue.
A recent survey conducted by HR compliance and training solution provider BLR sheds light on the perks that employers most commonly offer employees. According to BLR’s survey of 1,493 HR professionals, 91 percent of employers represented offer paid holidays, and 85 percent offer life insurance plans. The survey lists other commonly offered perks:
- Paid vacation (72 percent)
- Dental insurance (82 percent)
- Vision insurance (69 percent)
- Tuition reimbursement (64 percent)
- Accident insurance (57 percent)
- Flextime (53 percent)
- Dress-down days (51 percent)
- Telecommuting
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This article is from the March 2013 issue.
If you’ve ever wanted to better understand how to interpret and use the vast set of data produced by the Department of Labor, now you can. The Employment and Training Administration has just issued six new Quick-Lesson Podcasts to help individuals find and use workforce statistics on unemployment, worker dislocation, projections, industries, the economy and states and localities. The podcasts presume no previous subject matter or statistical knowledge, making it accessible for a broad variety of audiences and purposes. … Read the rest
This article is from the March 2013 issue.
The U.S. Department of Labor has published unemployment insurance data for February 2013.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending March 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 340,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 347,000. The 4-week moving average was 348,750, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 355,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent for the week ending February 23, unchanged from the prior week’s … Read the rest
This article is from the February 2013 issue.
The U.S. Department of Labor has published unemployment insurance data for January 2013.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending February 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 366,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 371,000. The 4-week moving average was 350,500, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 352,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending January 26, unchanged from the prior week’s … Read the rest
This article is from the January 2013 issue.
A study published in the Journal of Applied Economics finds that heart attack fatalities among those aged 25-54 fall by 17% when states go from having no bans to total workplace smoking prohibitions. States that enact the most stringent workplace smoking prohibitions will, on average, have 70 fewer heart attack fatalities than states with no bans.
The Journal of Applied Economics publishes original contributions on applied issues in micro and macroeconomics. Learn more here.
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This article is from the January 2013 issue.
The U.S. Department of Labor has published unemployment insurance data for the final weeks of 2012.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending December 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 362,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week’s revised average of 359,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending … Read the rest
This article is from the December 2012 issue.
According to (Work in Progress), the official blog of the U.S. Department of Labor, November 2012 saw 146,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs. Furthermore, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since December 2008 (7.7 percent). Read more. … Read the rest
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