Question

If a person is waiting to be called back to a job from which she has been laid off, how is she classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Answer 1

The Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies her as unemployed.

What does unemployment mean?

A person is regarded as unemployed if he is willing and able to work and does not have a job. The people classified as unemployed includes those who are frictionally unemployed.

Frictional unemployment is when the unemployment period between when labour leaves current employment and gets another one.