Top 20 companies hiring remote workers and best remote roles

Career site FlexJobs analyzed its database of over 54,000 companies and identified the ones hiring the most amount of remote workers. Here are the best employers, industries and roles for a work-from-home job in the new year.
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Jobs report: U.S. economy adds 145,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate holds at 3.5%

The U.S. labor market capped off 2019 with fewer job gains than expected and decelerating wage growth. The joblessness rate, however, held at a 50-year low.
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Canadian economy added 35,200 jobs in December, unemployment rate falls

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy added 35,200 jobs in December, fuelled by a gain in full-time jobs, to post the first monthly increase in jobs since September.Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 per cent for the final month of the year, compared with a rate of 5.9 per cent in
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National employment numbers for December from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at December employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets):Unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.9)Employment rate: 61.8 per cent (61.7)Participation rate: 65.5 per cent (65.6)Number unemployed: 1,142,800 (1,194,300)Number working: 19,127,400 (19,092,200)Youth (15-24 years
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Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for December, by province

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.8 per cent (11.2)— Prince Edward Island 7.9 (8.0)— Nova Scotia 7.9 (7.8)— New Brunswick 7.5 (8.0
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Taco Bell will try paying some managers $100,000 a year — but In-N-Out Burger already pays managers $160,000 – MarketWatch

Pay disparities in the fast-food industry are among the widest of any sector, some research suggests.
— Read on www.marketwatch.com/story/taco-bell-will-run-pilot-program-paying-select-managers-100000-a-year-but-in-n-out-burger-already-pays-managers-160000-2020-01-09