Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
Cyclical - workers gain and lose jobs according to the boom and bust cycles of the economy For example, the oil workers have lots of work when the price of oil is up; when prices fall, workers are out of work Frictional - usually for a short duration, people who are between jobs by choice because the last job was unfulfilling, didn't pay enough, they wanted to change jobs or for other reasons Seasonal - people not working due to regular fluctuations in demand, e g ,crop harvesters are only in demand for part of the year, and demand for construction work diminishes greatly in winter climates Structural - job vacancies that require different skills than the workers have, either due to a lack of training or to geography For example, a hockey player who can no longer play the game and has no skills to match employer needs or, the need for tool-and-die makers is great in Calgary but the unemployed tool-and-die makers are in Windsor
The circumstances that exists when people who are willing to work at the prevailing wage cannot get jobs
Unemployment is a key indicator It has a lowly rating because there are previews to it that paint most of the picture before the actual figures are released Most important of the previews are the initial claims figures, which report the numbers looking for unemployment benefit All the same, unemployment can still contradict expectations and cause upsets The number is released at 08: 30 EDT
The non-utilization of labour resources; the condition in which members of the labour force are without jobs Sometimes used more broadly to refer to the waste of resources when the economy is operating at less than its full potential
{i} state of not being employed; rate of unemployment (in a region, population, etc.)
The number of people who, during the survey week, had no employment but were available for work and: a) had engaged in any specific job-seeking activity within the past four weeks; b) were waiting to be called back from a job from which they had been laid off; or c) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job within 30 days This includes persons receiving unemployment insurance benefits, those who have delayed filing for benefits but were eligible to receive them, those who have applied for benefits but were not eligible to receive them, unemployed workers who exhausted benefits in the current benefit year, unemployed workers from employers not covered by unemployment insurance, and unemployed persons newly entering or reentering the labor force Reports: Local Area Unemployment Statistics NHetwork: Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment
the situation in which there are not enough jobs available for the people looking for them
the state of being without work; a form of instability in an economy occurring when aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand or resulting from a variety of social, locational, technological, and specific market factors
The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce
When a previously employed worker is laid off or involuntarily not in gainful employment, he or she is considered unemployed and possibly eligible for certain state and federal compensation and benefits
the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
This term denotes the labor market status of persons 16 years and older who did not work at all during a reference week but were available for and actively seeking work; also includes those who were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off or waiting to report to a new job scheduled to start within the next 30 days
You must be conscientiously seeking, but unable to find, full-time employment If you are receiving unemploment benefits that will automatically qualify you for the unemployment deferment No form is required but you need to call your lender