Men facing the brunt of the pressure from low oil prices int the Norwegian labor pool, government data show. File photo by A.J. Sisco/UPI OSLO, Norway, April 28 (UPI) — The Norwegian government said Thursday the rate of unemployment for men nationwide increased more than a full percentage point as lower oil prices take a toll. Data released from Statistics Norway show the rate of unemployment among male workers increased 1.2 percent from the previous quarter to 5.7 percent, whole women showed a 0.1 percent gain. “From the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016 the number of underemployed men increased by 9,000, from 22,000 to 31,000,” Thursday’s report read. “In the first quarter of 2016, 14.6 percent of all part-time employed men were underemployed, compared to 10.4 per cent of the women.” Data gathered by Statistics Norway, the government’s record-keeping agency, found total investments in […]