It does mean that they are unemployed. Merriam-Webster defines unemployment as "the state of not having a job". Its very binary: you either have a job or you do

It does mean that they are unemployed. Merriam-Webster defines unemployment as "the state of not having a job". Its very binary: you either have a job or you don't. You have mistaken bureaucratic doublespeak for English. I think it clear we are speaking in standard international English here. Letting the US government redefine words such as "unemployment" to mean something other than "the state of not having a job" is something straight out of a dystopian novel.