Employment: Job creation must be a top priority in months ahead, says OECD’s Gurria

OECD countries need to create 17 million jobs to get employment levels back to where they were before the crisis, according to the OECD’s Employment Outlook 2010 a new OECD report.

Unemployment may have peaked in the OECD area, having reached 8.6% in May 2010, it says. Read more.

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