MONTHLY RETURNS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Minister’s Comment On New Method
The new method of setting out the official monthly returns of unemployment registrations was the subject of brief comment in an interview last evening by the Minister of Labour, Hon. H. T. Armstrong. This method was used in the return published yesterday, giving the figures for the fourweekly period ended October 23. “The system follows the lines which I have followed in giving unemployment figures in several speeches recently,” said Mr. Armstrong, “and is also in keeping with comments which I made in a full statement on the unemployment position, published some weeks ago. I have maintained all along that recipients of sustenance who are not fit for work should not be classed as unemployed, and the new table has the effect of taking them out of the actual unemployment registrations, although still showing the number receiving relief from the Employment Promotion Fund. In my opinion this is a desirable change, as it gives a much better idea of the true position with regard to unabsorbed labour.”
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 41, 12 November 1937, Page 13
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