unemployment

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H-2A employers and employees are exempt from key payroll taxes, including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Sponsoring OPCs is a new, cheap way to tackle high youth unemployment in China -- where one in six people between the ages of 16 and 24 are jobless.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

This wave of unemployment across different sectors comes at a time when the official inflation rate passed 50% in March 2026, and many experts believe that it is likely to increase in the coming months.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The U.K.’s unemployment rate fell in the three months through February, a show of surprising resilience as the conflict in the Middle East raises the pressure on firms to reduce hiring or cut jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

“Well, there’s almost no unemployment among geeks,” I told him casually.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz