Question

What is the labour status (employed; unemployed; or not in the labour force) of these people?

a)         25 year old male working part-time for money in family business while looking for full-time position

b)         25 year old male not working part-time looking for full-time position

c)         University student working 2 hours per week

d)         High School student aged 14 searching for part-time job

e)         Mother caring for baby working 5 hours per week

f)         Worker on long term unpaid sick leave at home

g)         Daughter as a full-time carer for mother, wanting to work

h)         Long term unemployed, given up looking for work

Answer 1

Ans. Let's first define all the 3 terms

Employed- All the person who are working in Job or self employed. Part time workers are also included in this.

Unemployed - All the persons who are willing and able to work but are not able to find jobs. They must be atleast of minimum legal age of employment.

Not in Labour force- all those who are not in either of the above 2 cases are considered not in Labour Force.

a) Employed

b) Unemployed

c) Employed

d) Unemployed

e) Employed

f) employed

g) unemployed

H) not in Labour Force