Unemployment
Wix cuts 20% of its employees citing shekel-dollar exchange rate, AI implementation
According to the CEO, the fact that the company has shekel-dominated costs and dollar-denominated revenue made it impossible to keep its current operations running without cutting back.
Behind the layoff headlines lies a more complex reality - opinion
Major change in Kuwaiti citizenship laws sees thousands lose nationality
Israel registered 37% less unpaid leave applications than in previous Iran war, report reveals
Can there be harmony at work? After COVID-19 millions want nothing less
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Millions of people worldwide have left their jobs over COVID-19 in what has been called the ‘Great Resignation.’
Taliban government offers Afghans wheat for work as money dwindles
Officials on Sunday announced a public works program under which 66,000 tons of wheat will be distributed to laborers, bypassing a financial system that is close to collapse.
Unemployment in Israel: August data gives mixed picture
The broad unemployment rate in Israel reached 7.8 percent in the second half of August — An improvement for the first half of August, but a decline from July.
More workers quit their jobs during coronavirus - report
The percentage of job seekers who had quit their jobs was 22.3% in 2020, and currently stands at 22.6%, compared to 16.1% a year earlier and just 12.3% in 2014.
Number of Israeli job seekers drops 35% in July
The number of job seekers in Israel dropped by more than 35 percent in July to 291,000, Israel Employment Services (IES) said Monday.
Israel's unemployment rate continues to drop, after brief sputter
Israel's broad unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the second half of July, the lowest rate since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
IES: Retraining, incentives needed to solve unemployment crisis
The Israel Employment Services said in a new report that Israel must provide occupational training programs in order to bring hundreds of thousands of unemployed people back into the workforce
Youth killed in Iran water crisis protests
Iran is facing its worst drought in 50 years, with protests breaking out in several cities and towns in the oil-rich Khuzestan province over the water crisis.
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto shopping mall, premier David Makhura said.
Average salary drops as unemployment continues to fall
The average monthly salary fell 7%, while the broad employment rate fell from 9.9% to 9.5%.