EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN AUGUST; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 5.9 PERCENT
September 17, 2008
September 17, 2008
TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 17 -- The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the following news release:
National economic conditions continued to take a toll on New Jersey's job market in August as employers pared payrolls and the state's unemployment rate moved higher.
Increasing numbers of New Jerseyans entered an already tight labor market in August, driving the state's unemployment rate up by 0.5 percentage point to a five-year high of 5.9 pe . . .
National economic conditions continued to take a toll on New Jersey's job market in August as employers pared payrolls and the state's unemployment rate moved higher.
Increasing numbers of New Jerseyans entered an already tight labor market in August, driving the state's unemployment rate up by 0.5 percentage point to a five-year high of 5.9 pe . . .