5:48am: Unlike many other nations, the U.S. does not require companies to offer paid time off to workers. Americans who are offered vacation often don't take it. More
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Unemployment rate falls as workers drop out of the labor force.
The labor market has been on a roller coaster this year, with job growth starting off strong in the first couple of months of 2012. Then a disappointing slowdown in March led many to wonder whether the recovery was taking a turn for the worse. April's weak growth compounded those fears.
Walker County Georgia has unemployment under 8%, while in next door Dalton, unemployment is still over 12%.
365,000 people filed for their first week of jobless benefits last week, a significant drop from the week before.
It's true that the unemployment rate is falling. But that doesn't include the millions of nonworking Americans who aren't even looking for a job.
Private companies added fewer jobs last month compared to the month before, according to payroll-processing company ADP.
The middle class may be starting to heal from a decades long decline, President Obama's chief economic adviser Alan Krueger said Thursday.
Although millions are unemployed, some small business owners are having a hard time finding employees with specialized skills.
Women were spared the brunt of the Great Recession, but they haven't recovered as well as men. The loss of state and local jobs are the primary culprit.
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