Unemployment
Oracle employees received 6 AM email: 'Today is your last day at work'
The tech giant has launched a new wave of lay-offs in the US. The scale of the cuts remains unknown, but it comes after Oracle’s global workforce was already reduced by 21,000 within a year.
Israel ranks third worldwide in AI commercialization as economy grows 3.2% ahead of Rosh Hashanah
World Food Programme halves food assistance to West Bank due to funding shortages
From Haredi cities to the Sharon: Where was the sharpest spike in job seekers recorded?
More workers quit their jobs during coronavirus - report
The percentage of job seekers who had quit their jobs was 22.3% in 2020, and currently stands at 22.6%, compared to 16.1% a year earlier and just 12.3% in 2014.
Number of Israeli job seekers drops 35% in July
The number of job seekers in Israel dropped by more than 35 percent in July to 291,000, Israel Employment Services (IES) said Monday.
Israel's unemployment rate continues to drop, after brief sputter
Israel's broad unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the second half of July, the lowest rate since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
IES: Retraining, incentives needed to solve unemployment crisis
The Israel Employment Services said in a new report that Israel must provide occupational training programs in order to bring hundreds of thousands of unemployed people back into the workforce
Youth killed in Iran water crisis protests
Iran is facing its worst drought in 50 years, with protests breaking out in several cities and towns in the oil-rich Khuzestan province over the water crisis.
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto shopping mall, premier David Makhura said.
Average salary drops as unemployment continues to fall
The average monthly salary fell 7%, while the broad employment rate fell from 9.9% to 9.5%.
Coronavirus in Israel: Unemployment payments to end at end of June
The announcement was expected. The economic safety net that supported hundreds of thousands of unemployed Israelis throughout the pandemic was scheduled to end June 30.
Post-COVID-19 economic challenges facing Israel's next government
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Here’s a look at some of the most pressing challenges facing incoming prime minister Naftali Bennett and incoming finance minister Avigdor Liberman.
Liberman: No unemployment payments for people under 45
Liberman said he will take a hardline approach to encourage more people to return to the workforce, according to N12.