Q.Explain seasonal unemployment. Give two examples of occupations affected by it.

Seasonal unemployment occurs when workers in certain occupations are without work for part of the year because the work itself is tied to a particular season. …

Seasonal unemployment occurs when people engaged in certain occupations are without work during specific months of the year because the nature of that occupation is inherently tied to a season, rather than to any general downturn in the economy.

Example 1 — agricultural labour: In much of India, including large parts of Gujarat's agricultural belt, farm labourers are needed intensively during the sowing and harvesting periods but have little or no work in the months between these operations, since the crop requires comparatively little labour once it is growing. This leaves agricultural workers seasonally unemployed for a predictable stretch of the year.

Example 2 — sugar-mill and other processing workers: Workers employed in sugar mills are needed mainly during the cane-crushing season; once the season ends, the mill has little work for them until the next season's crop is ready. Similar seasonal patterns affect workers in ice factories (busier in summer), and in tourism/resort-dependent occupations tied to a particular travel season. …

Mixing up seasonal unemployment (predictable, annual, calendar-driven) with cyclical unemployment (irregular, tied to the multi-year business cycle) — the giveaw …