Tag: employment

• Tuesday, February 24th 2026 - 03:17 UTC

  Brazil’s VP Alckmin backs workweek cuts as a global trend

  

  Brazil’s Vice President and Industry and Trade Minister Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that shorter working hours are a “global trend” and that Brazil should debate the issue in depth, as business leaders push to delay discussion of ending the widely used 6x1 work schedule.

• Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Sharp fall in unemployment reported in Brazil

  

  A report released Tuesday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed a significant drop in the unemployment rate in the quarter ending in July, which stood at 5.6%, the lowest since records began in 2012. In the previous rolling quarter, the rate was 5.8%.

• Tuesday, July 15th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Will Uruguay cut down the work week?

  

  Uruguay is currently debating a potential reduction in its maximum legal work week from 48 to 40 hours, a significant discussion for a country that pioneered the eight-hour workday over a century ago. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) is facilitating dialogues between unions, businesses, and economic experts to explore this possibility.

• Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Formal employment up in Brazil last month

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recorded a positive balance of 431,995 formal jobs in February 2025, marking the highest monthly figure in the Labor Ministry's New General Register of Employed and Unemployed (New Caged) series since it began in 2020.

• Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 12:46 UTC

  Falklands: temporary suspension to permanent residence permit applications

  

  The Falkland Islands Customs & Immigration Service informed that, due to large numbers of applications for permanent residence permits this month, acceptance of further applications will temporarily be suspended until Tuesday 2 January 2024.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazil's industry reported to be growing steadily

  

  Brazil's industrial activity has been reported to have increased in August and has a bright future ahead, according to a survey from the National Industry Confederation (CNI).

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Employment grows in Uruguay after pandemic lull

  

  Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) has published its latest measurement according to which the employment rate stood at 56.8% in July of 2022, one-tenth higher than the previous month.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Uruguay: IMF recommends addressing skill-mismatch between the labour force and new jobs

  

  Last week we published an IMF preliminary statement on the situation of the Uruguayan economy in which it praised the government's handling of the pandemic underlining Uruguay's solid institutions, well-functioning democracy and a high degree of social cohesion.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Record unemployment in Brazil, 14,4% and underemployment, 30,3%

  

  The number of registered Brazilians out of work and the national unemployment rate rose to the highest on record, official figures showed on Friday, as the easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures encouraged people to look for work again.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Latam lost US$ 890 million in the second quarter and has laid off 30% of its pre-pandemic workforce

  

  LATAM Airlines, South America's largest carrier, on Tuesday said it had laid off 12,600 employees since March - or almost 30% of its pre-coronavirus workforce - due to the pandemic that has upended the global travel industry. The company also reported a net loss of US$ 890 million for the second quarter.