Shadow Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Julian Robinson, has warned that the country’s record low unemployment rate of 3.5 per cent masks the fact that the majority of Jamaicans are in low ...
The labor market picked up 151,000 jobs in February, a solid pace, despite a massive layoff among federal workers that began ...
how many are discouraged from seeking employment and how many are struggling to land a job. The latest data available shows that state unemployment rates ranged from a low of 2% to a high of 5.7%.
Wage gains at private companies grew at the slowest rate since summer of 2024, and optimism about the job markets continues to dim.