New York sees largest drop in unemployment claims in the nation last week
U.S. unemployment claims 217,000 last week on a seasonally adjusted basis. Kentucky saw the largest percentage increase in ...
Inflation Sped Up in December, a Fresh Challenge for the Fed
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging.
Biden Administration Adds 37 Chinese Companies to Forced Labor List
The administration announced it would penalize its largest-ever batch of companies linked to Xinjiang, including major ...
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million after children worked hazardous jobs, Labor Department says
The U.S. Labor Department says Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations in Virginia.
H-1B visas power the tech industry. But experts say that's not necessarily because of a talent gap.
Elon Musk claims the U.S. needs a pipeline of foreign employees working on H-1B visas because the country lacks skilled ...
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US Labor Department enters deal with JBS to assist those affected by child labor
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement ... of poultry catching operations across the United States. These investigations discovered that JBS ...
Child labor, charter school transparency, public transit among bills signed by Whitmer
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills into law that impact Michigan's child labor, transit and education laws.