Employment – Granite Grok

New Employment Numbers Say Recession Is Here

According to the most recent report from the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 114,000 jobs (according to the establishment survey) during July. This was a lackluster number that came in below expectations, and it wasn’t enough to prevent a surge in the unemployment rate up to 4.3 percent. Moreover, the “underemployment” … Read more

Let’s Take a Look at NH’s Record Low™ July 2023 Unemployment

by Steve MacDonald

The dirty secret of politicizing employment numbers is that you can get to zero unemployment. If the labor force participation rate is zero, so is unemployment. Everyone who wants a job (no one) has it. Ta-da! Record Low™

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Parody Flashback: Obama/DNC Announce New Jobs Program

by Steve MacDonald

To Help Americans better understand President Obama’s Jobs Program VII – The Return of The Laser-Like Focus, the Democrat National Committee has released this image for the DNC/Obama “Ladder to Success” Jobs program.

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Covid Jab still Required to Work

by NITZAKHON

Even though the Covid Jab is still experimental, and despite the Nuremberg Code AND the grim results from the Jab, companies are still requiring it to be able to work. A friend sent me this:

New Hampshire Labor Force Exceeds Dec 2019 (Pre-Pandemic) Figures

by Steve MacDonald

If you were wondering whether New Hampshire was doing something right, this might help you find an answer. The State’s May Jobs data was just released, and unemployment is at a record low. But is it?

Upper Valley Update: Business As Unusual?

by Aaron Warner

It’s difficult to know where to begin when talking about what’s happened in the Upper Valley since COVID hit back in 2020. However, the most obvious place to start is with businesses and the lack of help.

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How Can a Student Combine Study and Work?

by Guest Contributor

There are many reasons why students start thinking about working while studying. Among them is the opportunity to earn extra money, form a financial safety cushion, or realize their ambitions.

Working Students: A Unique Breed of Juggler

by Guest Contributor

As the adage has it, you can’t be serving both gentlemen simultaneously. But what if you have to? For example, what does a working student do when he or she is balancing work and study. Is it possible that efficiency can be achieved in both aspects if you put yourself into work and study at the same time?

The Media and Politicians Need to Be More Honest About What TCI “Does”

by Steve MacDonald

The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is just another money-laundering scheme to funnel your cash into state coffers while freeing local politicians from having to take the blame for its very real impact on your day-to-day life.

OSHA (Like the CDC) No Longer Wants to Know About Adverse Reactions to The Jab™

by Steve MacDonald

Two weeks ago, our national Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said your boss was liable if they made The Jab™ a condition of employment and you had an adverse reaction. That just changed.

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Josiah Bartlett: “Does Anyone in New Hampshire Make the $7.25 an Hour Minimum Wage?”

by Op-Ed

Officially, New Hampshire’s minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Finding someone who actually earns that, though, could be harder than finding a vegan in a Brazilian steakhouse on Flank Steak Friday. “You wont’ find it,” Mike Somers, president of the New Hampshire Restaurant and Lodging Association, said.

Democratizing Work: How a City Can Help More People Be Gainfully Employed

by Guest Contributor

What do you see when you encounter a person on the street begging for money? Do you see a homeless person, a con artist, a grifter, a nuisance, a danger, an untouchable to be ignored? Adjust your focus a little and what you will see is an unemployed person who has fallen through the rather … Read more

New Hampshire – Low Unemployment And Soon to Be The Only Right to Work State in New England?

by Steve MacDonald

Everyone around here is excited about our 2.8% unemployment rate. It might be the lowest in the country. It’s not all good news. Part of that great number has to do with people staying out of the workforce. If no one wanted to work, unemployment would be zero.

TreeHugger Letting the Mask Drop – Are You a Subject or a Citizen? Part 2

by Skip

Equality or Equity? This really is THE defining moment and point of the day. Normal Americans believe in the real history of how this Country was birthed and the Principles upon which we stand.

Josiah Bartlett: Low Labor Force Participation Holds Back NH Economy

by Op-Ed

As a few lawmakers engaged in a publicity stunt last Saturday to press for a state-imposed $15 minimum wage, New Hampshire employers were raising wages and offering cash incentives in desperate efforts to attract workers.

Data Point – NH Unemployment

by Skip

New Hampshire’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2021 was 3.3%, New Hampshire Employment Security reported Tuesday. It represented a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from the January rate, which remained at 3.6% after revision.

Unity! – Dem Proposes Banning Trump Supporters From All Gov. Jobs

by Steve MacDonald

In the name of getting along, a Democrat member of the US House has proposed a way to ensure the swamp stays swampy. She wants to permanently ban any Trump supporter from working for the Federal government, including serving in the military or elected office.

NH Economy Continues to Improve in September as Unemployment Drops 0.6%

by Steve MacDonald

The Federal unemployment rate improved half a percent to 7.9%. Here in New Hampshire, the seasonally adjusted rate dropped 0.6%. State unemployment sits at 6% as the outlook continues to improve.

Another Massachusetts Cross-Border tax scam?

by Steve MacDonald

A bunch of lawyers on the Supreme Court said states could tax online sales as if the buyer was in the state making the purchase. No one in New Hampshire, even the Democrats, liked that much. And they seem to agree on a similar issue. Massachusetts is taxing employees in NH, working remotely on jobs in the Bay State.

NH Makes Top 12 through June for Most Improved Unemployment Picture (Month to Month)

by Steve MacDonald

According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics New Hampshire has lowered its unemployment rate by 3.6 points through June. The 38,000 people who have returned to work drove the unemployment rate down from 15.4% to 11.8%.