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11-December-2012

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Australia’s unique approach to helping the unemployed has delivered good results but challenges remain, says OECD

Australia’s labour market reforms over the past 15 years have boosted employment and cut welfare benefit dependency.

11-December-2012

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Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2012

The OECD unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 8.0% in October 2012 compared to the previous month.

10-December-2012

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Women in work: The Norwegian experience

An interview with Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister of Finance, Norway. High female participation in the workforce has a decisive effect on a country’s performance, as Norway shows.

22-November-2012

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Human Resources Management: Country Profiles

These country notes profile public sector human resource practices and policies, covering issues including legal frameworks; age and gender composition of workers; public sector restructuring; management practices; industrial relations and reforms.

13-November-2012

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Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2012

The OECD unemployment rate was 7.9% in September 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.

16-October-2012

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Employment situation, second quarter 2012, OECD

The OECD area employment rate was 65.0% in the second quarter of 2012. This figure is 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage point higher than one year ago.

9-October-2012

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Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2012

The OECD unemployment rate was at 7.9% in August 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.

20-September-2012

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System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: September 2012

Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012, driven by continued increases in labour compensation per unit of labour input.

11-September-2012

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Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2012

The OECD unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.0% in July 2012 compared with 7.9% in the previous month.

6-September-2012

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Jobs for Europe: The Employment Policy Conference

OECD Secretary-General assesses the employment challenges facing Europe and the policy responses urgently needed to put the continent back on a path of jobs-rich growth, at the Employment Policy Conference in Brussels.

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