Unemployment rate rises to 7.8%
Employment data revised
Job numbers encouraging but threats to global economic recovery remain: Harper
Few jobs added last month
Source: The Canadian PressSeptember’s average weekly earnings among non-farm payroll employees were up 4.3% from a year earlier, to $864.13.Statistics Canada reports it was the second straight month with year-over-year growth over 4%.The agency attributed some of the growth to a 0.9% increase in the number of hours worked per week.It says the remainder of […]
Biggest increases in Ontario, B.C., Quebec and Alberta
U.S. finally coming out of the doldrums
Trend likely not sustainable as growth in construction and public sector jobs dries up
Regulatory reform may ease hiring uncertainty