Unemployment
No jobs, still paid? Economic logic behind Elon Musk’s AI vision - opinion
The MOSAIC Model for sharing AI's productivity gains, before the battle between labor and capital ruins the party for everyone.
The divide in Iran's protests: Why ethnic minorities are not taking to the streets - opinion
Israel's youth labor force participation rate declines as gender gap narrows
Gaza war, AI use trigger rising unemployment in Israel's tech sector, Taub Center study finds
Israel Innovation Authority grants NIS 139 m. to hi-tech training
"The programs will increase the number of new hi-tech employees by tens of thousands and bolster Israel's digital transformation, as well as provide a rapid response to unemployment."
Finance Ministry reports moderate recovery in job market
Before the second lockdown, 17% of those on unpaid leave reported in August that they are expecting to return to their jobs. In October, that number dropped to 13%.
Thousands of Israelis pushed into poverty amid COVID-19 pandemic - report
Compared to the year before, some 268,000 new households - around 3% of the population - were pushed into poverty.
Knesset approves employer reporting to collect real-time unemployment data
Roughly a million Israelis are currently out of work due to the COVID-19 lockdown policy, with reports about domestic violence and spreading poverty growing at alarming rates.
Coronavirus severely impacts employees with disabilities, survey suggests
The unemployment rate among employees with disabilities was 41% in February before the corona outbreak, and has since increased to 62% in October, according to the survey.
World Bank warns of $760m. Palestinian Authority funding deficit in 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the PA could be forced to cut basic services, including medical ones, unless it found a way to make up the shortfall.
Unemployment in Israel at 22.7% with 938,000 people jobless
Unemployment during lockdown in October was nearly double what it was in September.
The chief justice, employees, employers and coronavirus
A ‘Magazine’ exclusive on Varda Wirth Livne, the woman attempting to hold the workplace world together
Gas and Oil companies shed workers to survive effect of coronavirus
More than 400,000 oil and gas sector jobs have been cut this year with about half of those in the US.
Almost 1m. Israelis unemployed, half below the age of 34
The report revealed that during the month of September, both women and young people were more likely to file for unemployment, and at rates higher than even during the first wave.
