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The article reports on the rising trend of female employment in Japan that is seeing success in the country's womenomics policies. It attributes the labor force growth to increased immigration and recovery of the labor force from the pandemic. Factors that played a role in freeing up women for work in Japan include increase in child care center capacity and the changing attitudes toward family.

The article offers information on Israel's economy, expected to shrink by 2 percent this quarter due to the war with Hamas.

The article discusses how salary transparency laws are benefiting workers entering the job market in the U.S. According to new graduate Yun Yati Naing, the laws' disclosure requirements allowed her to choose the job she wants. Also cited are the states enacting said laws like Washington State, California, and Colorado.

Presents statistics illustrating labor market trends in the United States for January 2005. Unemployment rates; Demographics of the employed workforce.

Presents graphs about New York's regional employment figures as of November 2004. Unemployment rates; New unemployment claims; Employment rates per industry.

Reports on the state-by-state data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that job creation slowed to a crawl in some swing states. Decline in Ohio's employment rate; Consistency of the data which the broader slowdown in economic growth.

Reports on the thousands of people that participated in the protests against labor market reforms in Magdeburg, Germany on August 9, 2004.

Reports on the performance of the U.S. labor market in July 2004.

Reports on the status of the labor market in the United States in June. Employment and unemployment by demographic and type of work; Hidden unemployment; Share of population.

The article reports on lower growth in the number of people working which will mean slower growth in economic output in the U.S. Topics discussed include the effect of the baby boom generation hitting retirement age, many younger workers moving to urban centers on the coasts and proportion of U.S. counties that experienced a decline in the number of residents ages 25 to 54 between 2007 and 2017.

The article discusses the role of artificial intelligence as solution for shortage of workers in Eastern Europe. Robots help create new types of jobs as Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland show agility and competition in businesses after becoming low-cost manufacturing hubs for Europe. Factories in Eastern Europe are already well automated and some prefer brisk business as companies around the region accelerate an automation drive.

The article discusses the labor shortage in Japan. Topics discussed include some factors attributed to the labor shortage are declining birthrate and the reluctance of Japan to hire immigrants, the construction industry and Japanese government's campaign to boost the number of women in construction and structural issues that hinder female participation in the work force.

Looks at the impact of visa shortages on the operations of resorts and hotels in the U.S. as of June 10, 2005. Dependence of many seasonal resorts in the U.S. on the labor of foreign workers; Details of a visa program for foreign workers, known as H-2B; Claim that an increase in foreign workers used up the available visas; Impact of the visa shortage on summer tourism in New England; Difficulty of finding workers among residents of resort areas; Report that the number of youth and student workers in the U.S. has declined in recent years; Methods of hotel and resort owners for coping without the help of regular foreign staff.

Reports on the concern over the increasing number of aging workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Impact of the trend on opportunities for economic progress; Average age of engineers employed at Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Possibility of the region to face a shortage of workers.

Reports that the thorough preparation for careers after college is becoming a defining characteristic of the graduating class of 2004 in the U.S. Participation of students in career seminars and job fairs; Research done by graduating students on prospective employers; Details of the students' strategic and pragmatic approach to entering the work force.

Reports on the increase of unemployment in March 2004 in Germany. Comparison of the unemployment rate in March with the rate in February; Comments from Holger Fahrinkrug, an economist at Frankfurt-based UBS AG, concerning the issue; Speculation concerning the provision by the weakness in the labor market of an upturn in the euro zone economy.

Assesses job market. Signs of improvement in the labor market; Creativeness of people in terms of networking and skill development; Consideration of volunteering among job experts and career coaches.

To the Editor: Michelle Dammon Loyalka is correct in observing that China's labor costs are rising (''Chinese Labor, Cheap No More,'' The New York Times on the Web, Op-Ed, Feb. 18). But this development will not put America ''back in the manufacturing game sooner than expected'' -- even vis-a-vis China alone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE American economy added 36,000 jobs last month. That is what the government said Friday. Of course, it also said the unemployment rate plunged to 9.0 percent. It is hard to put those two observations together and think they refer to the same economy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The United States labor market is still having trouble achieving liftoff. Payrolls expanded by 36,000 jobs in January, a sharp decline from the gains of recent months and well below the level economists had forecast. The reluctance of employers to add jobs at a time of robust corporate profits, strengthening consumer spending and other economic improvement renewed concerns that this near-jobless recovery could continue for an extended period. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BELLEVILLE, N.J. THE line to punch a time card at the State Scare Factory here on a recent Friday night snaked through a strip mall parking lot, with hundreds of people waiting to join a ''work force'' full of half-faced demons and bloody-eyed ghouls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- New claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, government data showed Thursday, pointing to some improvement in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 452,000, the Labor Department said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stocks were mixed on Wednesday after a private sector jobs report renewed concerns about the pace of the economic recovery, particularly in the labor market. There was little sign of the enthusiasm that drove the market in recent days, when speculation about widespread quantitative easing measures by central banks suggested there would be fresh liquidity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the departure of thousands of temporary Census workers and thousands more let go by state and local governments, businesses could not rescue the American labor market in July. Over all, the nation lost 131,000 jobs last month, according to the Department of Labor, which also said that June was far weaker than previously indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HONG KONG -- Next to a children's amusement park and upstairs from two huge nightclubs in Shenzhen, the creative minds of Tecatech are at work designing remote controls, headphones and the packaging for your next set of sunglasses. Founded in Britain in 1998, the company was the country's first product design firm to set up permanent offices in China. After setting up an office in Hong Kong in 2004 and working there for about a year, Andy James Lee, Tecatech's founder and design director, realized he was going to mainland China almost daily to meet with manufacturers and other business contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Private-sector employment rose less than expected in June, underscoring concerns about a weak labor market, while business activity in the Midwest grew slightly more than expected. Private employers added a paltry 13,000 jobs in June, compared with a revised gain of 57,000 in May, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists had forecast a rise of 60,000 jobs, according to a Reuters survey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the job market worsens, many students figure they can't indulge in an English or a history major. They have to study something that will lead directly to a job. So it is almost inevitable that over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will continue their long slide. There already has been a nearly 50 percent drop in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation, and that trend is bound to accelerate. Once the stars of university life, humanities now play bit roles when prospective students take their college tours. The labs are more glamorous than the libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The number of people filing first-time unemployment claims retreated from a three-month high last week, the government said Thursday, reviving hopes that the labor market was on the track to recovery. But the housing market had another setback as pending home sales fell more than expected in January, rekindling worries that the market could stumble. Sales fell 7.6 percent in January, the National Association of Realtors said, compared with a forecast of a 1 percent increase. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Businesses are slowly regaining the confidence to invest in equipment and machinery, according to a government report released on Thursday. At the same time, a separate report showed only moderate progress in the number of people filing for unemployment insurance, fanning concerns that the labor market may recover at a stubbornly slow pace. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Wall Street investors sold off on Thursday as light trading amplified concerns about foreign debt and a weaker-than-expected report on the labor market. As traders turned away from the risks of the stock market, the dollar strengthened, hitting a three-month high against the euro. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Nearly one in six American workers is foreign-born, the highest proportion since the 1920s, according to a census analysis released Monday. Because of government barriers to immigration, the share of foreign-born workers dipped from a 20th-century high of 21 percent in 1910 to barely 5 percent in 1970, but has been rising since then, to the current 16 percent. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years, it suddenly seemed possible that the nation might yet confront the worst joblessness since the Great Depression. In the six decades since the government began compiling such data, the highest level of unemployment came at the end of 1982, when it hit 10.8 percent. Despite the widespread assumption that the recession has already ended, and even as the economy has resumed growing, the government's latest snapshot of the labor market released Friday testified to the uncomfortable truth that expansion had yet to translate into jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Whether the nation faces a doctor shortage is a matter of debate. But a new study suggests there are already fewer doctors practicing than had been estimated, because of a lag in reporting retirements. The new study, published in the Oct. 21 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, estimates that the United States has 788,000 active doctors -- 65,000 fewer than calculations have suggested. The doctor work force is also younger than previously estimated, with a greater proportion of doctors in their 20s and 30s and fewer who are 65 and older. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Stocks posted modest losses Friday after a disappointing monthly jobs report renewed concerns that a recovery in the troubled labor market might be a long way off. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for a fourth day, losing 22 points a day after tumbling 203 points on Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Unemployment rates rose in 26 states in July, a sign that the labor market will take time to improve and that budget crises in states across the nation may deepen. California, Nevada, Rhode Island and Georgia all reached their highest level of joblessness since record-keeping began in 1976, with California's rising to 11.9 percent, from 11.6 percent the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday. The number of states with at least 10 percent unemployment held at 16. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

According to the Labor Department's latest jobs report, employers eliminated 247,000 jobs last month. And that's the good news. Job loss in July was at its lowest level since last August, and it would have been much worse if not for recent federal stimulus spending. Still, the job market is in serious decline. No one knows when it will hit bottom, but when it does the American work force will find itself in a very deep hole. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Unemployment topped 10 percent in 15 states and the District of Columbia last month, according to federal data released Friday. The rate in Michigan surpassed 15 percent, the first time any state hit that mark since 1984. The Federal Reserve this week projected that the national unemployment rate, currently at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, would pass 10 percent by the end of the year. Most Fed policy makers said it could take ''five or six years'' for the economy and the labor market to get back on a path of long-term health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The number of new jobless claims and the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits both dropped more than expected last week, though they remained elevated and were unlikely to fall substantially in the coming months. Few economists expect a turnaround in the battered labor market anytime soon, with companies laying off thousands of workers weekly. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There was no inherent reason that this northern Japanese town, population 19,743, had never had a lawyer until now. It had its share of people with debts, disputes over property, wrangling over inheritances -- enough disharmony, certainly, to keep at least one lawyer busy. But Japan, in contrast to the United States, has long suffered from a shortage of lawyers, especially in the countryside. If it was not unusual for towns with five times Yakumo's population to have no lawyer, how could Yakumo hope to secure one just for itself? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches. They had piled into jobs in growing numbers since the 1960s. But that stopped happening this decade, and as the nearly seven-year-old recovery gives way to hard times, the retreat is likely to accelerate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Time is running out for IndyMac Bancorp, one of the faded darlings of the subprime era. On Tuesday, IndyMac, one of the nation's largest independent mortgage lenders, faced what amounted to a run on the bank. As depositors rushed to withdraw money, IndyMac's share price, already in a free fall, spiraled even lower. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In a sign that the global economy is catching up with Germany, one of the country's largest exporters, Siemens, said on Tuesday that it would eliminate 16,750 jobs across its far-flung operations as it struggles to bolster profits in a weakening business climate. The job reductions -- parceled out among Germany, the United States and other countries -- represent about 4 percent of the Siemens work force and constitute a significant retrenchment for the company, which is also laboring to put an extensive corruption scandal behind it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the job market in the U.S. According to a recent survey, unemployment in the country is low and the job market is strong with intense competition for information technology and health care workers. Brent Rasmussen, chief operating officer at CareerBuilder.com, said that 2007 will see a steady growth of employment and would be much of an employee market. The U.S. Labor Department said the fastest-growing occupations in the coming years will be in health and technology.

The article reports on the decrease in the claims for unemployment benefits during the end of 2006 in the U.S. The Labor Department reported that the application for jobless benefits dropped by 26,000. The decrease showed that the economic slow down has not affected the labor market. However, analyst claimed that jobless claims are difficult to interpret during holidays.

This article presents information on the falling number of Americans seeking first-time unemployment benefits. The U.S. has witnessed the lowest number of such Americans in more than two months. The fall points towards a resilient labor market of the U.S. According to Tim Rogers of a Boston forecasting firm, employers are not interested in laying off workers.

The article focuses on a labor market study released on September 21, 2006 in the U.S. The study depicts that 56 percent of the increase in employed workers in the United States in the five years after 2000 is through new illegal immigrants. It depicts that a sharp decline in employment of teenage and young adult Americans is the result of competition from these immigrants. For young African American men without high school diplomas the employment rates have decreased.

The article reports on the fall of the labor market in the U.S.

Focuses on the shortages of labor in factories with the decision of migrant workers to leave the low pay and miserable conditions of some factories in China.

Offers the last labor market report from the U.S. government. Expansion for the month of January 2005 which was modest suggesting that employers are still cautious about hiring; Addition of 146,000 new jobs; Decline in the unemployment rate to 5.2%; Figures on the labor participation rate and the number of discouraged workers; Economists who were surprised by the weak growth; Manufacturing sector which was hit the hardest.

Argues that the value of a college degree in the workforce is beginning to level off. Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which say that people with four years of college earn 45% more money than those with only a high school diploma; Belief that although the spread is high, it has been stuck in the same place since the 1990's; Income inequality which continues to grow in the United States.