All posts tagged "labor force participation"

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  Puerto Rico Labor Secretary: Employment Still at Best Level in 5 Years

  Unemployment Rose 0.2% in November, Stands at 7.9%

  • Posted December 20, 2019
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  Puerto Rico fiscal board holds hearing on ease-of-doing-business reforms

  Says incentives are not enough

  • Posted September 26, 2019
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  Labor Participation Rate Rises 1.1% for July, Estimated at 40.5%

  SAN JUAN – The Puerto Rico Labor Department said Friday that the labor-force participation rate for July stood at 40.5%, reflecting a 1.1% increase when compared with July 2015. Secretary Vance Thomas said the survey showed that...

  • Posted August 19, 2016
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  April Unemployment Rate Pegged at 11.7%

  SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico Labor Secretary Vance Thomas announced Friday that the unemployment rate for April stood as 11.7%. “Data from the recent employment and unemployment survey show that the adjusted unemployment rate for April 2016...

  • Posted May 20, 2016
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  February Unemployment Rate Pegged at 11.7%

  Some 10,000 More People Employed than in February 2015

  • Posted March 25, 2016