News of jobs

The end of the iPod: How Apple's now discontinued music player transformed an industry

11-05-2022 13:18 Apple on Tuesday put out word it is no longer making iPods, the trend-setting MP3 players that transformed how people get music and gave rise to the iPhone.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021

24-03-2022 15:54 National statistics bureau reports lowest joblessness rate since 2016 and highest employment rate in five years.

WORK & CULTURE

Latin America's IT brain drain a regional challenge

23-03-2022 14:45 In Latin America, like elsewhere, demand for software engineers, developers and programmers has exploded. But companies face an "enormous" deficit in skilled IT professionals, according to experts.

BLOOMBERG

Latin American unicorns are helping drive a regional hiring boom

10-02-2022 15:41 The number of tech, remote firms hiring more than tripled; Argentina, Brazil and Mexico attract the most new hires.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

21-12-2021 18:43 Year-on-year unemployment in Argentina fell by 3.5 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021 to 8.2 percent, according to official data.

FORMAL EMPLOYMENT

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

29-09-2021 15:20 State to pay 50% of newly registered domestic worker wages for six months under new government scheme designed to tackle informal labour.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

24-09-2021 02:27 Among men, unemployment affected nine percent of the economically active population in the second quarter, with the figure rising to 10.4 percent for women.

BLOOMBERG

Debt load threatens Latin America jobs recovery, World Bank says

14-09-2021 12:06 Latin America’s heavily-indebted corporations are likely to delay rehiring workers during the recovery from last year’s slump, according to the World Bank.

Bloomberg

Pandemic slashes pay for workers in Latin America’s black economy

31-07-2021 00:28 Latin America's job market is going deeper into the dark, with a surge of off-the-books employment trapping millions in an abyss of worse pay, unstable work and dependence on government aid.

LATIN AMERICA

Trans workers breaking barriers in Brazil

22-07-2021 09:58 A growing number of training programmes aimed specifically at transgender people are helping workers break through barriers in Brazil.

LGBT+ RIGHTS

Argentina’s Senate approves transgender job quota law

28-06-2021 16:11 Senate backs sweeping legislation that reserves one percent of all public sector jobs for members of the trans community.

JOBS & LABOUR

Digital jobs precarious and unstable, Cepal and ILO warn in report

19-06-2021 09:34 In Argentina between four and five out of every six delivery platform workers are immigrants, says new study.

EMPLOYMENT

Government extends ban on lay-offs until May 31

22-04-2021 23:35 Alberto Fernández administration extends its ban on job dismissals until May 31, except in the construction industry.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF: Latin America rebound imperiled by virus resurgence

15-04-2021 16:52 The economic rebound forecast for Latin American this year faces risks from the recent resurgence of Covid-19 and slow vaccine roll-outs, the International Monetary Fund said.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rose to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2020

25-03-2021 18:24 Argentina's unemployment rate rose to 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, rising 2.1 percentage points from a year earlier.

POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC

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.

JOBLESSNESS

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.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Consumers predict inflation will hit 45% this year

30-01-2021 08:00 New survey reveals consumers expect prices to soar over next year; International Monetary Fund cuts Argentina’s growth forecast for 2021, predicting 4.5% rise in GDP this year.

Trans rights

Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals

24-11-2020 09:10 Argentina's Army has been included on a list of official bodies that must comply with new legislation guaranteeing the incorporation of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people into the workplace, according to press reports.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

Ban on lay-offs and dismissals extended until end of January

17-11-2020 16:33 Government publishes decree in Official Gazette extending ban on dismissals and lay-offs until January 29

US ELECTION 2020

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.

Global pandemic

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.

BLOOMBERG

Government mulling incentives for job growth, says Labour minister

27-10-2020 13:16 Argentina is considering fiscal incentives to encourage companies to hire workers after unemployment spiked to the highest in at least 16 years amid the pandemic, says Labour Minister Claudio Moroni.

COVID BEYOND THE CAPITAL

Esquel and Trevelin: rare Covid-19 success stories in Argentina

24-10-2020 08:57 Not everywhere in Argentina is struggling without luck to halt the spread of Covid-19: Esquel and Trevelin are arguably the New Zealand of Patagonia, thanks to the approach of local authorities.

by Jeremy Wood

56th IDEA colloquium

Fernández rules out devaluation, bank-deposit freeze at IDEA

17-10-2020 10:13 Peronist leader sticks to his guns over government policies, telling business leaders that his government is “convinced that this is the path.”

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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.

Global 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.

GUERNICA, PBA

Poverty-stricken defy courts and coronavirus to occupy land

05-09-2020 09:06 On the southern fringes of Buenos Aires, at the worst moment of the coronavirus pandemic, some 2,500 families are defying both the courts and Covid-19.

TRANS RIGHTS

Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs

04-09-2020 16:40 One percent of state jobs must be reserved for transgender people, according to a decree published yesterday in the Official Gazette.

PERIODISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Matías Kulfas: 'We believe in an active state, which complements the market'

29-08-2020 08:36 Argentina’s Productive Development Minister on post-pandemic Argentina, the state’s role in the economy and balancing public accounts.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

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.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Pandemic wrecks global class of 2020's hopes for first job

11-08-2020 14:38 Around the world, young people armed with new degrees, diplomas and professional qualifications are struggling to enter the workforce as the pandemic pushes the global economy into recession.

COPING WITH THE PANDEMIC

Pandemic exacerbates challenges facing Argentina’s disabled community

08-08-2020 08:54 For those living with disabilities, the virus crisis has posed a unique threat to their ability to access basic healthcare, education and to their own individual autonomy.

by Jennifer Heiman

News of jobs

The end of the iPod: How Apple's now discontinued music player transformed an industry

INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021

Latin America's IT brain drain a regional challenge

Latin American unicorns are helping drive a regional hiring boom

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

Debt load threatens Latin America jobs recovery, World Bank says

Pandemic slashes pay for workers in Latin America’s black economy

Trans workers breaking barriers in Brazil

Argentina’s Senate approves transgender job quota law

Digital jobs precarious and unstable, Cepal and ILO warn in report

Government extends ban on lay-offs until May 31

IMF: Latin America rebound imperiled by virus resurgence

Unemployment rose to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2020

Thousands march through Buenos Aires to demand food aid, jobs

220,000 registered jobs lost in 2020, concludes study

Consumers predict inflation will hit 45% this year

Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals

Ban on lay-offs and dismissals extended until end of January

Poverty stalks United States' middle class amid pandemic

Pandemic drives Brazil jobless rate to record 14.4%

Government mulling incentives for job growth, says Labour minister

Esquel and Trevelin: rare Covid-19 success stories in Argentina

Fernández rules out devaluation, bank-deposit freeze at IDEA

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

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

Poverty-stricken defy courts and coronavirus to occupy land

Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs

Matías Kulfas: 'We believe in an active state, which complements the market'

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

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

Pandemic wrecks global class of 2020's hopes for first job

Pandemic exacerbates challenges facing Argentina’s disabled community

Argentina pledges end of money printing to battle 60% inflation

Guatemala president warns millions could die as visits Ukraine

“Desabastecimiente, pobreze y desemplee” [shortages, poverty and unemployment]: Jair Bolsonaro mocks Argentina using inclusive language

Argentina’s new economy czar sworn in

Argentina surpasses 120,000 deaths from coronavirus

El Papa Francisco se reunió con el juez que sobreseyó a Cristina Kirchner en la causa Hotesur y Los Sauces

Para callar los rumores, Campolongo habló tras la renuncia de Canosa

Cristina Kirchner denunció que juez y fiscal "juegan en el mismo equipo": "El Poder Judicial apesta"

Daniel Vila dice que no hubo censura en ‘Viviana con vos’

La Voz Argentina 2022: Los Knockouts trajeron una novedad que emocionó a los coaches