Finland's proposed labour reforms risk doing more harm than good ~finance economics Article 1061 words 8 votes
US Fed’s Jerome Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation ~finance Article 77 words 7 votes
'I stopped believing in myself': Game developers share the human impact of over a year of mass layoffs ~games Article 2740 words 42 votes
Personal data of 1.4 million Washington state unemployment claimants exposed in hack of state auditor ~tech Article 805 words 7 votes
Voices from the pandemic: A Walt Disney World waitress struggles to hold on to her middle-class life amid a pandemic and catastrophic layoff ~health Article 3981 words 10 votes
"Feels like they are just waiting for us to die" - On /r/unemployment, a community of desperate people has stepped in where the government failed ~health Article 1553 words 13 votes
How the pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people’s lives ~life housing Article 3000 words 6 votes
Hawaii grapples with Great Depression-level unemployment as tourism plummets ~finance Article 3423 words 21 votes
Amid wide unemployment during Covid-19, basic income schemes have gained fresh relevance. A successful Canadian scheme that's over four decades old could provide a road map for others ~finance economics Article 2289 words 6 votes
US Labor Department employment report shows unexpected improvement, but recovery could still take years ~finance Article 757 words 7 votes
How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US ~finance economics Article 2924 words 12 votes
For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income? ~finance Article 892 words 8 votes
The Peruvian finance minister María Antonieta's coronavirus fight makes her a hero ~finance Article 70 words, published May 4 2020 4 votes
Ohio has stopped kicking workers off unemployment after a hacker targeted its website ~life work Article 314 words 12 votes
A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic ~tech Article 339 words, published May 8 2020 23 votes
The second phase of unemployment will be harsher: For American workers displaced by recession, widespread public sympathy soon gives way to moralizing anger ~life work Article 634 words 11 votes
US unemployment checks are being held up by a coding language almost nobody knows ~tech Article 1760 words, published Apr 14 2020 21 votes
For jobless Americans, Obamacare is still a potential lifeline ~health healthcare Article 1292 words 3 votes
It's been surreal to watch friends, family and the broader public thrust so suddenly into a world I have inhabited for years: figuring out how to navigate Centrelink ~life Article 1278 words 6 votes
Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump ~news usa.fl politics Article 929 words 19 votes
3.3 million Americans file for unemployment claims, shattering records ~finance Article 597 words 26 votes
Being laid off from a job is never a pleasant experience, but Sweden's 'transition system' promises to do far more than just get you back on your feet ~life work Article 1514 words 10 votes
When I went on Newstart I knew it would be hard but I wasn’t prepared for the mental load ~life Article 1088 words 16 votes
Aino-Kaisa Pekonen – No-strings-attached basic income model would not be a part of the government's social welfare overhaul ~news finland politics Article 201 words 7 votes
Shadow banks are back with another big bad credit bubble ~finance banking Article 2555 words 11 votes
Dyer: Rising unemployment fueling anti-migrant sentiment in rich countries ~life Article 866 words 6 votes
US Appeals Court rules key anti-age discrimination protections don’t apply to job seekers, only employees ~life work Article 1020 words 10 votes
Finland's basic income trial boosts happiness but not employment ~life work Article 810 words 26 votes
Americans want to believe jobs are the solution to poverty. They’re not. ~life work Article 5655 words 12 votes