The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) categorizes individuals in the United States into three broad groups based on their employment status. Categorize each individual as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force according to BLS standards. Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force A) Brian is a 31-year-old who would like a job, is available to work, and most recently sought work six weeks ago.
B) Sarah is a 72-ycar-old retiree who has no intention of returning to work.
C) Bruce is a 57-year-old who has been without a job for two years, is available for work, and most recently sought work last week
D) James is a 35-year-old who most recently sought work two years ago.
E) Chung is a 29-year-old single parent working only 10 hours a week, but seeking more hours.

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Explanation: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is an agency that provides monthly  data by survey on  60,000 households for employed, unemployed and not in the labor force individuals using data provided by the  Current Population Survey -CPS.

TheY make classifications on

1.  individuals employed if they are being paid by employers, have their own business , farm, or without pay for at least 15 hours if they work in  a family business, also, even if individuals here are  periodically absent from work due to circumstances known and unknown they are regarded as employed.

2. individuals unemployed if  not employed during the reference week , usually 4 weeks but are  open to work and seek for employment within the reference week.

3. individuals not in the labor force eg elderly who have retired and cannot go back to work, children and those who cannot work due to medical insufficiency. It also applies for individuals who are not actively seeking for employment especially within 4weeks

A. Brian is a 31-year-old who would like a job, is available to work, and most recently sought work six weeks ago. --- Not in the labor force as he has not  sought for work in the past 4weeks even though he would like a job

B) Sarah is a 72-year-old retiree who has no intention of returning to work.-- Not in the labour force as she has retired

C) Bruce is a 57-year-old who has been without a job for two years, is available for work, and most recently sought work last weekUnemployed. since he is actively looking for work in the past week and is available to work.

D) James is a 35-year-old who most recently sought work two years ago.-- Not in the labor force as its been 2 years he sought for work.

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E) Chung is a 29-year-old single parent working only 10 hours a week, but seeking more hour--- Employed, he is a paid employee.