Unemployment

For better or for worse, labor-saving tech can actually lead to more work.

Potential jobs candidates are met by a 7-foot robot of embossed steel, aluminum and plastic upon entering industrial automation and light assembly firm Morrell Group. A soldier, of sorts, reminiscent of the red-armored Master Chief from the popular Xbox video game Halo. But instead of battling for…

Despite new U.S. jobless claims reaching the lowest point since the pandemic began more than a year ago, claims in Michigan rose last week. For the week ending April 17 in Michigan, 21,861 filed new unemployment claims, up from 16,470 the week prior. Nationally, 547,000 filed new claims last…

Health concerns, expanded jobless benefits and still being needed at home are among the reasons would-be workers might be staying away.

If you're out and about and noticing "Now hiring!" signs at every turn, there's a reason: Small businesses are having issues staffing up in the COVID-19 pandemic era.A combination of extended unemployment benefits, fears about contracting the coronavirus in the workplace and a lack of stability in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations...

Detroit's unemployment rate won't get back to pre-pandemic levels again until 2025. That's the latest finding from the City of Detroit-University Economic Analysis Partnership that produces job and wage data with support from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State…

Black and Hispanic women and those without bachelor’s degrees are at risk of being left further behind as the economy slowly begins to recover.

Recent studies find that women dropped out of the labour market to school their children

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as the labor market continued to tread water, but a drop in new COVID-19 cases has raised cautious optimism that momentum could pick up by the spring.

Another 275,000 women left the labor force in January.

Many economists would agree that the official U.S. unemployment rate is an inadequate measure of actual labor market conditions. Although this is one of the most cited pieces of data on the economy as a whole, not many people understand how this indicator is calculated and who is and – more importantly – who isn’t included in it. The latest data, which found that joblessness fell from 6.7% in December to 6.3% in January, shows why.

The struggles that afflicted the job market since the viral pandemic tore through the economy nearly a year ago are keeping a tight lid on hiring

The U.S. labor market lost jobs in December for the first time in eight months, while women and workers of color continue to bear the brunt of job losses as the coronavirus pandemic rages across the U.S.Unemployment for women and Hispanic workers rose in December for the first time in eight months,…

Traditionally, employers question big gaps in work history.

Weekly tallies of jobless claims were not meant to be treated as an economic indicator. The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of doing so.

As state legislators contemplate the future of unemployment benefits, the health of Michigan's economy hangs in the balance. Michigan's quick recovery, largely thanks to the automotive sector working double time after two months of lost production, has stalled out. Jobs posts remain well…