First-time claims for weekly unemployment benefits increased to 225,000 for the week ended December 24, according to Labor Department data rel…
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The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 211,000 for the week ended December 10, according to data released Thursday …
The US economy added 263,000 jobs in November, defying aggressive action from the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring down decades-h…
The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped considerably last week, underscoring how employers are holding on tightly to…
WASHINGTON (AP) � The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the U.S. job market has been rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession.
The Federal Register will publish within days the Labor Department's rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to vaccinate…
WASHINGTON (AP) � The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a pandemic low last week as the job market continues to recover from last year’s coronavirus recession.
WASHINGTON (AP) � The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat. The initiative comes after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. Under a plan to be announced Monday, the Labor Department and other
WASHINGTON (AP) � The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it sets and enforces standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders. Now the tiny Labor Department agency has been tossed into the raging national debate over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. President Joe Biden directed OSHA to write
WASHINGTON (AP) � The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Jobless claims, which generally track the pace of layoffs,