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Judge Rules Against SeaWorld Over Whale Trainer's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Killer Whales, Seaworld Whales Lawsuit, Labor Department, Seaworld Whales, Seaworld, Dawn Brancheau, Seaworld Death, Workplace Safety, Osha, Killer Whale, Seaworld Osha, Green News

"Are the emotions inspired by the grandeur of humans interacting with killer whales worth the dangers created by the interactions?" That was the qu...

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GOP Lawmakers Writing Labor Bill, Called 'Ridiculous' By Opponent

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Mike Slattery Kansas, Kansas Department of Labor, Kansas Politics, Karin Brownlee, Sam Brownback, Labor Department, Unemployment Insurance, State and Local Government, Sam Brownback Kansas, Labor Unions, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

Kansas lawmakers are in the process of drafting a sweeping overhaul of the state's labor laws that opponents fear could hurt all non-white collar work...

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Revenge Of The Geeks

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Overtime Pay, Unpaid Interns, Walmart, Geek Squad, Video, Diana Wang, Wages, Fiscal Times, Taco Bell, Novartis, Labor Department, Worker Productivity, Class Action Lawsuit, Hearst Corporation, Best Buy, Business News

If some workers get their way we may witness the real life version of Revenge of the Nerds -- or in this case, geeks. Geek Squad workers have file...

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That's A Lot Of Job Openings

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Government Sector, Job Openings, Video, Unemployment, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, T. Rowe Price, Labor Department, Jobs, Hiring, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. companies in March posted the highest number of job openings in nearly four years, a sign that hiring could strengthen in the comin...

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The Surprising Reason Productivity Is Falling

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Unemployment, Worker Output, Inflation, Economy, Labor Department, Jobseekers, Employment, Capital Economics, Hiring, U.S. Worker Productivity, Recession, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. worker productivity fell from January through March by the most in a year. Stronger hiring at the start of the year was partly...

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White House Caves On Controversial Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: White House, Farming, Labor, Video, Child Labor, Agriculture, Labor Department, Farmers, Farm Bureau, Denny Rehberg, Sarah Palin, Deregulation, Regulation, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Facing political pressure from Republicans and farming groups, the White House has decided to scrap rules proposed last year that would ...

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Sarah Palin Accuses Obama Of 'Nonsensical Intrusion'

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Child Farm Labor, Video, Sarah Palin, Labor Department, Obama, Sarah Palin Facebook, Farm Laws, Obama Farm Work, Child Labor Laws, Sarah Palin Obama, Politics News

Sarah Palin lashed out at the Obama Administration in a Facebook post on Wednesday, attacking regulations she says would ban children from working on ...

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Workers Fear Plan To Speed Up Chicken Processing Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Chicken, Labor, Video, Usda Poultry Inspections, Workers, Labor Department, Tyson Foods, Poultry, Food Safety, Ufcw, Usda, Worker Safety, Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When he was working on a poultry processing line in northern Alabama last year, Jorge Polanco-Mercado watched new workers come and go al...

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Why The Jobs Recovery May Not Be A Slam Dunk

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Job Market, Labor Market, Video, Unemployment, Employers, Labor Department, Economists, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Jobless Claims, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits suggests hiring is slowing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly...

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Instagram Isn't The Only Company Making Big Bucks With Few Workers

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Average Business Size, Instagram, Facebook Instagram, Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business, Facebook, Instagram Economy, Video, Business Size, Establishment Size, Size of Business, Economy Instagram, Business Size Average, Size of Establishment, Business News

Call it the Instagram economy. Businesses are raking in big bucks without hiring very many employees. Facebook announced on Monday that it was spe...

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Federal Funds To Train Jobless Are Drying Up

New York Times | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Workforce Investment Act, Jobs, Unemployed, Unemployment, Jobless Funds, Labor Department, Business News

With the economy slowly reviving, an executive from Atlas Van Lines recently visited Louisville, Ky., with good news: the company wanted to hire more ...

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Recovery No Help For Many Laid-Off Government Employees

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Workforce, State Government, Housing Market, Recovery, Unemployment, Private Sector, Great Recession, Labor Department, Reuters, Jobs, Government Employees, Moody's, Business News

By Lisa Lambert April 8 (Reuters) - Since 2009, the city of Chesapeake, tucked up against the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia,...

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FedEx To Pay $3 Million Over Hiring Discrimination Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Fedex, U.S. Labor Department, Hilda Solis, Hiring Discrimination, Memphis, Labor Department, Federal Contracts, FedEx Corp, Jobs, Discrimination, Lawsuit, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Shipping giant FedEx has agreed to pay $3 million to settle federal charges that the company had a widespread pattern of discriminating ...

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What You'll Be Paying More For This Weekend

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Commodities, Food Prices, Cost of Food, Consumer Prices, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, Labor Department, Money News

WASHINGTON -- A sharp jump in gas prices drove a measure of U.S. consumer costs up in February. But outside higher pump prices, inflation stayed mild....

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New York Not The Most Unequal County In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Manhattan, Income Gap, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Salary, Labor Department, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, Income, Inequality, Business News

In the United States, even even the inequality is unequal. Yes, the level of income inequality among American households rose 18 percent between 1...

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WATCH: HuffPost Unemployment Reporter Arthur Delaney Discusses Jobs Report

Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Unemployed, U.S. Labor Department, Video, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, February Jobs Report, Economy, Employment, Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobs, Jobs Report, Economic Recovery, New Jobs Report, Hplive, Feb Jobs Report, Politics News

On Friday, the U.S. Labor Department announced the economy added 277,000 workers in February and that the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent...

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Why Super-Sensitive Information Might Be Getting Leaked

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Dow Jones Industrial Average, President Barack Obama, Cnbc, Sandia National Laboratories, Labor Department, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Lock-Ups, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department is worried that people could leak its market-moving monthly jobs report to traders before its public release and is...

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'Time Fixes All Wounds'

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Housing Market, Video, Unemployment Rate, President Barack Obama, Great Recession, National Association of Manufacturers, Labor Department, Associated Press, Financial Crisis, Auto Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy is improving faster than economists had expected. They now foresee slightly stronger growth and hiring than they did tw...

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Small Business Hiring Edges Up In February

Reuters | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Small Business Jobs, Small Business, Nfib, Small Business Hiring, Labor Department, Jobs, Small Business News and Trends, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Small Business News

(Reuters) - Hiring at small U.S. businesses edged higher in February as the number of firms laying off workers fell to its lowest since 2007, although...

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Economy Scores Passing Grade, Today Anyway

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Job Market, Retail Sales, Economics, Economy, Ism, Labor Department, Factories, Economic Data, Jobless Claims, Auto Sales, Personal Income, Consumer Spending, Personal Spending, Business News

President Obama has bet a second term on selling an economic comeback. A big truckload of economic data released today suggests he's not losing that b...

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The Latest Front In The Battle Over Minimum Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, Minimum Wage, Home Care, Home Health Care Minimum Wage, Health Care Costs, Home-Health-Care-Workers-Wages, Labor Department, Jobs, Obama Administration, Home Health Care Wages, Minimum Wage Laws, Home Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Business News

In the latest fight against minimum wage laws, home health care companies are lobbying to make sure new measures doesn't raise the wages of its workfo...

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Number Of Job Openings Hits Highest Level In Years

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Retailers, Job Openings, Job Market, Video, Labor Market, Job Postings, Great Recession, Labor Department, Accountants, Jobs, Hiring, Manufacturing, Architects, Engineers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a b...

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Latinos Rack Up 60 Percent Of New Jobs In 2011, Report

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Latinos, Latino Unemployment, Video, Recovery, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Labor Department, Economic Recovery, Latino Employment Gains, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News

While Latinos were particularly hard hit by the recent recession, new evidence indicates that they are benefiting from modest improvements in the nati...

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The Obama Labor Department Suppresses the Facts

Howard Foster | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Unions, President Obama, Scott Walker, Right to Work, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Obama Administration, Labor Unions, Workers Rights, Politics News

Union membership by public employees was banned until the 1960's. Now it is commonplace and causes the taxpayers billions of dollars for those pensions.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes At Highest Level Since Before Crisis

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Treasury Department, Video, Unemployment Rate, Wall Street, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Labor Department, Nasdaq, Bank of America, S&P 500, Business News

NEW YORK — A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest c...

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