SHAH ALAM, May 15 — The Selangor government is aiming to lower its unemployment rate to 2 per cent by the end of the year, from 2.2 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this year.

PUTRAJAYA, March 11 — The number of those unemployed in January decreased to 533,800, with an unemployment rate of 3.1 per cent, according to the Labour Force Statistics, January 2025, released today.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — The labour force in April grew by 0.1 per cent, registering 17.12 million people from the 17.1 million in March, with the participation rate at 70.3 per cent, according to the Labour Force Statistics released today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 24 — The labour force grew by 1.9 per cent to a record 16.96 million people in the first quarter (1Q) of 2024, according to the Labour Market Review 1Q 2024 released by the Statistics Department today.

KAIRANA/CHENNAI, April 19 — Indians began voting on Friday in the world's largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare, Hindu nationalism and personal popularity.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said Malaysia’s economy is robust with positive fundamentals and economic prospects, supported by various economic data in the first quarter of this year.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The number of unemployed persons in December dipped to 567,800 individuals (November 569,000 unemployed) with an unemployment rate of 3.3 per cent, according to the latest Labour Force statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The unemployment rate in November 2023 has returned to pre-pandemic levels at 3.3 per cent, with 569,000 unemployed individuals, compared with 3.4 per cent recorded in October, according to the latest Labour Force statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

BEIRUT, Dec 21 — At least 66 per cent of jobs have been lost in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct 7, according to data from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The unemployment rate is targeted to drop to three per cent next year, compared to the 3.4 per cent recorded this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Focusing on Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been described as a game changer in the country's development to become a developed nation, as well as being able to improve the economy by providing various jobs for the younger generation.

By Fitri Hazim Hazam SHAH ALAM, Nov 24 — Youth unemployment rate in the state has improved markedly last year, with 67,200 recorded as being unemployed compared to 94,800 the preceding year, representing a 1.3 percentage point drop. State executive councillor for youth Najwan Halimi said the...

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Sept 8 — The latest Statistics Department (DOSM) data showed unemployment in the country is on the decline. The number of unemployed individuals stood at 579,200 in July, which brings the joblessness rate to 3.4 per cent. For comparison, 581,700...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 27 — Public universities (UA) and institutions of higher learning have an important role in dealing with the issue of high unemployment in Sabah by providing various programmes that meet the job market upon students' graduation.

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 21 —  About 588,700 people are unemployed nationwide as unemployment rate in the country hit 3.5 per cent, said Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 —Malaysia’s labour market is expected to strengthen further in 2023 and 2024, backed by the positive impetuses in the domestic economy, MIDF Research said.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 10 — Malaysia's unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 3.4 per cent in June 2023 from 3.5 per cent recorded in the previous month, according to the Statistics of the Labour Force, June and second quarter 2023 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Malaysia’s youth unemployment rate dropped to 10.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared to 11.1 per cent for the same period last year.

JAKARTA, Jan 6 — Almost 1 million people in Indonesia lost their jobs due to layoff in the first 11 months of 2022, the republic’s Employers’ Association (APINDO) said, citing data from the unemployment claims filed to the workers' social security agency, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Unemployment in the country has dropped to its lowest since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with only 602,000 individuals in October, compared to 605,000 in September, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.