Jobless Claims Fell to New Recent Low Per Labor Department

Newly filed unemployment claims last week dropped to the lowest level in three years, the Labor Department said, a reassuring ...
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Department of Labor division recovers $1 billion in back wages

Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division has recovered over $1 billion in back wages and damages since 2021. The Department of Labor announced the news as part of a wider release centered on the ...

Labor Department won't release full October jobs report, a casualty of the 43-day federal shutdown

The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and so ...
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Perdue Farms, Labor Department ink $4 million deal in child labor investigation

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia, the U.S ...

Labor Department unveils ‘Project Firewall’ to reprimand employers who ‘abuse’ H-1B visas

The United States Department of Labor unveiled the Project Firewall plan on Tuesday to reprimand employers accused of abusing the H1-B worker visa and incentivize them to prioritize qualified American ...