Unemployed Population
Unemployed Population : This consists of those persons in the adult population, who: (a) Are available for employment and whose contract of employment had been terminated or temporarily suspended and who were without a job and were seeking work for pay or profit during the three-month period immediately preceding the date of enumeration; (b) Were, except for minor illnesses, available for work during the reference week and who were seeking work for pay or profit during the three-month period preceding the date of enumeration; (c) Were never previously employed or whose most recent status was other than that of employee; (d) Are without a job and currently available for work provided that they had made arrangements to start a new job at a date subsequent to the date of enumeration; and (e) Are on temporary or indefinite lay- off without pay. The Unemployment Rate is the number of persons unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The various dimensions of unemployment are cyclical, structural, frictional, and disguised
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