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June 24, 2010
In May, employers took 1,412 mass layoff actions involving 135,789 workers. The
number of events decreased by 444 over the month, and associated initial claims
decreased by 65,081. Layoffs in the manufacturing sector declined to their lowest
levels in program history.
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June 22, 2010
In 2009, employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on
the days that they worked; they worked longer on weekdays
(7.9 hours) than on weekend days (5.0 hours). Eighty-five
percent of women and 67 percent of men spent some time doing
household activities such as housework, cooking, lawn care,
or financial and other household management on a given day.
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June 28, 2010
Nevada reported the highest unemployment rate among the states, 14.0 percent in May. This is the first month in which Nevada recorded the highest rate among the states and the first time since April of 2006 that a state other than Michigan has posted the highest rate. The rate in Nevada also set a new series high.
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By the end of 2009, the proportion of the unemployed who had been jobless for 27 weeks or longer was the highest on record, with data back to 1948. Read more »
 Compensation costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector were about 3 percent of labor costs in the U.S. manufacturing sector.
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In honor of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, this Spotlight presents information about the employment situation of veterans.
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This issue of a new publication series examines the extent of computer ownership by American households. (HTML) (PDF)
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