Career News and Articles: Weekly digest 24

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Rise of 20,500 in Republic of Ireland employment figures The number of people employed in the Republic of Ireland has risen by 20,500 (1.1%) to the first quarter of 2013, according the figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The figures also show that unemployment rate now stands at 13.7%. It is the first time is has fallen .... Read Full Text. Read online.

1 Million Work into Retirement in UK, Numbers Rise by 100,000 Thought by many to be due to the financial squeeze on the nation's over-65s, almost one million pension-aged Britons are still working into their retirement. Over just the past two years, the figure has increased by almost 100,000. The numbers come from the Office for National Statistics' Labour Market Survey. It stated that between January and March of this ... Read online.

Unemployment in Scotland falls by 7000 to 199,000, figures reveal The number of jobless in Scotland has fallen by 7000 to stand at 199,000 between January and March. The figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that headline employment rose by 54,000 in the three month period to March 2013, which is the largest quarterly rise in employment in Scotland since the start of the series in ... Read online.

UK Employment Minister Mark Hoban responds to the latest Labour Market Statistics DWP Employment Minister Mark Hoban responds to the latest Labour Market Statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics May 2013. Learn more about the statistics at http://www.mydailycareernews.com/2013/05/uk-employment-minister-mark-hoban.html Read online.

Key Senate panel passes immigration reform bill, offers path to US citizenship for 260k Indians The landmark immigration bill, which offers a path to citizenship for more than 11 million - including over 260,000 Indians - undocumented immigrants and increasing H-1B visas today passed its first legislative test. The Senate Judiciary Committee on the fifth day of its deliberations that included 300 amendments to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, ... Read online.

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The 2nd International Conference on Life Science and Biological Engineering (LSBE2013) 7th to 9th November 2013 Osaka, Japan The 2nd International Conference on Life Science and Biological Engineering (LS and BE 2013) will be held in Osaka, Japan during November 7-9, 2013. The aim objective of LS and BE 2013 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to ... Read more.