Unemployment in Scotland fell by 12,000 to 219,000 in the three months to February 2012, according to official figures.

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Scots unemployment down by 12,000

Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s administration has fired 61 city employees for collecting unemployment benefits while working for the District government, city officials said Tuesday. The city’s Department of Employment Services, which oversees the jobless-compensation program, said in February that dozens of current and former city workers had received the fraudulent payments . Read full article > >

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District fires workers in unemployment benefits probe

With the latest unemployment figures due to be released in the next few days, Anna Adams reports from Newcastle where the economic climate is being particularly felt hard by the city’s jobless.

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VIDEO: Life for unemployed in Newcastle

The wreckage left by the housing collapse is well known: The unemployment rate in the construction industry is more than17 percent. About 1.4 million workers in the field are unemployed. So: Are unemployed construction workers worse off than the rest of the jobless? Read full article > >

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Fed economists disagree over construction jobs’ lesson on economy

The recent improvement in the nation’s job market slowed substantially in March as employers expanded payrolls by 120,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. The number of new jobs fell far below economists’ estimates and marked the first time since November that employers added fewer than 200,000 jobs. Despite the disappointing numbers, the nation’s unemployment rate ticked down to 8.2 percent. Read full article > >

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U.S. hiring slowed sharply in March; unemployment fell to 8.2%

Spanish unions are holding a general strike to protest against changes in labour law which the new government hopes will help cut unemployment

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VIDEO: Spanish strikers vent fury at ‘reforms’

A general strike is under way in Spain to protest against labour reforms which the government hopes will help cut unemployment.

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General strike under way in Spain

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to the lowest level since April 2008, the Labor Department said.

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Jobless Claims Reach New Four-Year Low

The White House’s personnel chief is calling on senior federal executives to ensure that Guard and Reserve troops returning to their civilian federal jobs are not penalized for their military service. “This Administration has zero tolerance for violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act,” John Berry, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, said in a memo Tuesday to the President’s Management Council and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Read full article > >

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Berry calls for “zero tolerance” for federal USERRA violations

Unemployment levels dropped in the District, Maryland and Virginia in January, the Labor Department reported Tuesday , bolstering a range of positive economic data suggesting that a stronger recovery is taking hold across the nation. Read full article > >

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Area’s Jan. job gains boost signs of strengthening economy

Mitt Romney has spent the past year hammering President Obama for the nation’s high unemployment rate , and often brings up Obama’s prognosis that if the economy doesn’t recover, his would be a one-term presidency. Then Romney dead-pans: “I’m here to collect.” Read full article > >

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In improving economy, GOP sharpens its attack against Obama

BRUSSELS — European leaders said Friday that they are on the way to bringing the continent’s debt crisis under control and pledged to increasingly refocus their efforts on reviving the economy and fighting unemployment. Read full article > >

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European leaders vow to focus on economic growth

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned lawmakers Wednesday that, despite bright spots in recent economic reports, unemployment probably would stay high and the nation’s recovery would remain slow for the next several years. Read full article > >

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Bernanke: Economy, job creation likely to stay sluggish for several years

Voters appear to be occupied with concerns about the economy and unemployment, and Republican presidential candidates are shying from an issue that could alienate Latino voters.

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Arizona Cools Off on Immigration, at Least for Now

“Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent.” — Mitt Romney, Feb. 4, 2012 Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama said stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent