Jobless Growth

What does it take to get a decent raise in the US job market? The answer's straightforward - quit your job

Despite one of the best job markets in decades, workers across the U.S. economy are struggling with a common frustration: What does it take to finally get a decent raise?

US companies hired 204,000 new workers in April, says fresh data from payroll processor ADP

American businesses added 204,000 new workers last month, another sign of strength in the U.S. labor market and economy. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that hiring was strong across numerous industries, led by professional and business services, health and education and restaurants and hotels.

Economy growing but layoffs still aplenty in India; Information Technology sector worst-hit, says report

Even as the economy grows, job layoffs continue to remain a "commonplace" with IT industry employees experiencing more pain than the others

P Chidambaram hits out at Centre for deflecting debate on employment, says BJP is master of deception

P Chidambaram on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for "distorting and deflecting the debate on employment"

EPFO-data based study raises questions; reminds its time India overhauled its payroll reporting method

If enough jobs are being created over the last year, why doesn’t it correlate with the private consumption trends, demand–revival and investments?

Ensure employment creation with special focus on rural unemployed, says Pranab Mukherjee

Mukherjee said recent figures suggest a "marked improvement" in the reduction of unemployment ratio in urban areas but the rural areas continue to face troubles

IT layoffs: NITI Aayog's Arvind Panagariya dismisses fears, says world in grip of ‘robophobia’

Anomalies in employment data should get addressed with the just-launched NSSO survey, Panagariya said

Arun Jaitley just tripped over his own feet by admitting economy wasn’t healthy when govt launched note ban

Jaitley is absolutely right in saying a 7-8 percent growth is good enough for India in an environment where rest of the world is facing an economic slowdown

With unemployment at 5-year high, even a 7.6% GDP growth means little to India's poor

Till the time higher growth doesn't translate into higher number of jobs and better income for the aspiring middle class, China-beating economic growth or India being the centre-stage of the world are merely feel-good ideas

Flipkart, Infosys, AskMe: Why recent spate of job cuts should worry us

Jobless growth is a reality staring India in the face. The government and industry must work together to solve this crisis