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The paper “General chracteristic of unemployment in the Province of Lodz in 1990-1993” aims to show trends in the Lodz’s labour market. It helps to broaden the knowledge about unemployment in the region and the threat that it causess. The paper is based on the materials from Employment Office of the Province (Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy) and includes data on: - structure o f unemployment by age, - structure o f unemployment by educational level, - uncmloyment among handicaps, - structure o f unemployment among young people, - unemployment in a particular sector of the economy, - number o f unemployed in relation to the period of being unemployed, - unemployment in relation to the causes o f being unemployment. The data shows that unemployment in the Province of Lodz increased more than two times in 90-93, it concerns to a higher degree women and also affects old people with poor education and few qualifications.