Friday, March 9, 2012

Full Time Workers Fully Under Pressure: February 2012

Today’s employment situation report showed that in February the full time unemployment rate went flat at 8.8% of the civilian workforce but remains near the highest rate seen in 41 years.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics considers full time workers to be those “who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs”.

Full time jobless workers currently account for roughly 88.5% of all unemployed workers.