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US labor market softening as more people remain on unemployment rolls
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but work opportunities are becoming ...
Recurring US Jobless Claims Jump to Highest Since November 2021
Recurring applications for US unemployment benefits rose to the highest since November 2021, extending a sharp increase over ...
Labor Nominees for Wage, Safety Agencies Advance From Committee
The Senate’s labor committee cleared several nominees for top US Department of Labor positions, teeing them up for ...
Federal judge orders US Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a ...
Trump Labor Department Kicks Off Wage and Hour Regulatory Work
The US Labor Department is advancing a handful of new proposals updating federal wage and hour rules, some of the first major ...
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Anaria Cabrera, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor
After the Trump administration announced the suspension of the Job Corps program and that all 99 of its centers would close, ...
US economy shrank 0.5% between January and March, worse than 2 earlier estimates had revealed
The January-March drop in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — reversed a 2.4% increase in ...
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Kansas Department of Labor concerned about possible rise in unemployment fraud after federal fraud-prevention program is discontinued
The Unemployment Insurance Integrity and Fraud Prevention Program was established after the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent and identify fraud in unemployment applications.
US labor market softening; single-family building permits slump
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, but stayed at levels consistent ...