Question

If you are out of school but working part-time, are you considered employed or unemployed in U.S. labor statistics? If you are a full-time student and working 12 hours a week at the college cafeteria are you considered employed or not in the labor force? If you are a senior citizen who is collecting social security and a pension and working as a greeter at Wal-Mart are you considered employed or not in the labor force?

Short answer

In different situations, there is a different type of unemployment or employment.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Definition

Unemployed is a person who is constantly looking for a job or work and he/she is also capable of doing work but don’t able to get a job then they are unemployed.

Step 2. Part-time worker

If a person is out of school and doing a part-time job, then he is considered employed because he is doing a job whether part-time or full time and also gets paid for giving the service.

Step 3. Student working part time

In the second situation if a person is doing a full-time job and working 12 hours a week in his/her college canteen, then he/she is regarded as employed because he is working and getting paid for it. he is also included in the workforce because he is doing a job and is of the workforce age group.

Step 4. Senior citizen working 

In the third situation, a senior citizen who is taking a pension and also doing a job as a greeter at Walmart is considered as employed because he is willing to work and also got paid for the work.