It isn't just layoffs. Businesses are cutting hours and pay.

In one part of Newfoundland and Labrador, one in four persons in the work force were receiving employment insurance benefits in February, more than 10 times the national average.

With thousands of people being laid off as the job market falls into disarray, people who have been looking for work are finding it especially challenging.

After a layoff, it's normal to react based on emotion, but experts warn against it.

HR specialist Sherri Rabinovitch joined Global's Laura Casella to break down what both the employer and employee can do when facing mass layoffs.

UBC Okanagan hosted a symposium on Friday to take a closer look at the future job market as more and more careers are replaced by machines and robots.

CFIB says schools are focusing more on higher education than practical skills, leaving a gap when teens start the hunt for their first jobs.

Indeed economist Daniel Culbertson predicts the labour market's brightest spots will be health care and tech.

The London-St. Thomas jobless rate inched up slightly last month as thousands of people continued to leave the labour force.

London's unemployment rate fell to 5.4 per cent in August, according to Stats Canada.