News of jobs

Thousands march through Buenos Aires to demand food aid, jobs

19-03-2021 00:57 Thousands of people marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand food aid as the economy has battled the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

220,000 registered jobs lost in 2020, concludes study

15-03-2021 15:52 A study by the Ecolatina consultancy firm has found that approximately 220,000 officially registered jobs were lost in Argentina last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing economic crisis.

Poverty stalks United States' middle class amid pandemic

01-11-2020 09:27 Eight million more people have been driven into poverty as the United States struggles with the world's biggest coronavirus outbreak – triggering tens of millions of layoffs and a sharp contraction in growth.

Pandemic drives Brazil jobless rate to record 14.4%

30-10-2020 14:15 Brazil's economy lost 4.3 million jobs between July and August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 13.8 million people, the government said.

Unemployment in Argentina rises to 16-year high of 13.1%

23-09-2020 19:37 Joblessness rose to 13.1% in the second quarter of the year, INDEC reveals, revealed Wednesday, pushed higher by economic turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic.

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.

Precarious workers struggle to get by on delivery jobs, state aid

21-08-2020 02:05 Many informal workers, who found themselves unemployed overnight when the pandemic hit, are scraping by on state support packages or low-paid delivery jobs.

Trump's pick for IDB top job slams Argentina's 'obstruction'

15-08-2020 10:14 Claver-Carone portrays himself as a breath of fresh air for an organisation that has had just four chiefs in six decades, but his eventual presidency would also mean breaking a non-written tradition where a Latin American heads this bank.

Jobless and desperate: post-lockdown reality kicks across globe

23-07-2020 11:26 Many workers' lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries, hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector.

The great Anglo-Saxon meltdown

13-06-2020 10:30 It is hardly surprising that the prolonged lockdowns are changing people’s behaviour. Perhaps this is why the US, and to a slightly lesser extent, the UK, are now experiencing bouts of collective madness.

by James Neilson

O brave new world

02-05-2020 11:45 If social distancing goes on for as long as the more hawkish epidemiologists recommend, it will be just as discriminatory as the virus.

by James Neilson

Government issues decree banning unjustified lay-offs for 60 days

01-04-2020 22:13 Short decree issued by government, signed by all Cabinet members, bans dismissals and layoffs "due to force majeure or the lack or diminishment of work” for the next 60 days. 

Trump rejoices at the surge in job creation, adding 225,000 posts

07-02-2020 20:32 The US economy saw an explosion of new hiring in January. President Donald Trump, who has emerged intact from his impeachment trial, can now trumpet his economic record as he battles to win re-election in November.

Unemployment reached 9.7% in third quarter of 2019

19-12-2019 15:04 Racked by economic crisis, Argentina's joblessness rate has actually shown slight improvement.

Starting again in Argentina: How Venezuelans leave their past behind

21-09-2019 11:51 From her offices in Tigre, Yrina Morgado specialises in re-training her compatriots – many of whom left senior executive positions or successful professions in their homeland – and teaching them how to start again from scratch.

by Silvina Marquez

INDEC: Unemployment rose to 10.6% in second quarter

19-09-2019 19:05 Around 2.5 million people now out of work. INDEC also reveals economic activity recorded a slight recovery of 0.6% in the second quarter.