Posts Tagged ‘unemployed’’

10-Year-Old Wishes Unemployed Father Couldn’t Make It To Just One Of His Little League Games

MODESTO, CA—Speaking with reporters before a game Monday, local Little Leaguer Nathan Garrett expressed his heartfelt wish that, just once, his unemployed father could not make it out to see him play. “Every time I come up to bat, I hope deep … The Onion Tweet This Post

6 Ways to Get the Long-Term Unemployed Back to Work

It’s one of the most puzzling modern economic problems: how do you get those who have been long-term jobless back to work? Their share of the unemployed doubled in recent years and their numbers have remained stubbornly high. And, at a Wednesday hearing, lawmakers sought to explore what could be done about it. Politics News [...]

Jobs Market Is Improving, But the Long-Term Unemployed Still Can’t Catch a Break

The good news? Employers in February added jobs at a faster-than-expected pace, a further sign that the labor market is gaining vigor after years of weakness in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The bad news? Those who have been out of work the longest are still struggling.  Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet [...]

Newly Unemployed Woman Enjoys Equal Pay For First Time In Career

BOSTON—In a historic development for gender parity in the American workplace, recently laid-off consultant Paula Saunders, 32, is at last earning an income identical to that of her unemployed male counterparts. Tweet This Post

Florida’s unemployed face tough times ahead

MIAMI (Reuters) – Times look set to get tougher for the unemployed in Florida and the grim outlook has nothing to do with Friday’s bleak U.S. jobs report. It’s because Florida is doubling down on revised procedures, introduced last year under Republican Governor Rick Scott, that workers’ rights groups say have made it more difficult [...]