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Commentary On Minimum Wage For Home Care Workers

Rita Zeidner | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Minimum Wage, In-Home Aides, International Franchise Association, Home Care, Aging Population, Elderly Care, Health Reform, Fifty News

As the nation focuses on health reform, a debate over the pay of workers providing in-home care to the elderly and sick brews below the surface.

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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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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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One Walmart Store May Pay Big For Workplace Safety Violations

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Retailers, Safety Hazards, Labor, U.S. Labor Department, Video, Workers, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Safety Violations, Labor Unions, Osha, Wal-Mart, Business News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The U.S. Labor Department has recommended fining Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $365,500 after inspectors say they found 24 workplace safety ...

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Teenage Wasteland: Weak Labor Market Means Youth Struggling To Find Part-Time Jobs

AP | By STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Video, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Unemployment Rate, Job-Seekers, Part-Time Jobs, Hartford Culinary Arts Academy High School, Summer Jobs, Blue Hills Civic Association, Teenagers, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals Inc., Business News

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The economic turmoil that has left many Americans without work is having a disproportionate effect on teenage job-seekers, whose qu...

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Last Year's Jobs Gains Helped Those Hit Hardest By Recession

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Video, U.S. Labor Department, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Great Recession, Payrolls, Jobs, Jobless, Manufacturing, Immigration, Retail, Harvard, Technology, Business News

WASHINGTON -- For many people whose job prospects faded most during the recession, 2011 brought a small dose of relief. When unemployment was surging...

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U.S. Labor Secy. Hilda Solis Discusses Jobs Bill With Latinos

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: American Jobs Act, U.S. Labor Department, Denver Latinos, Hilda Solis, Hilda Solis Labor, U.S. Labor Secretary, Unemployed Latinos, President Obama, Video, Denver News

Yesterday, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was joined in Denver by Gov. John Hickenlooper, congresswoman Diana DeGette and others for a roundtable di...

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Food Importer To Pay Big To Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Food Importer, U.S. Labor Department, Department of Defense, Sales Jobs, Nishimoto Trading Co., Hiring Discrimination, Wages, Sex Discrimination, Federal Labor Laws, Video, Business News

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejec...

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Unemployment Dropped In Two-Thirds Of U.S. Cities In August

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Business News, Unemployment Rate u.s. Cities, U.S. Labor Department, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Joblessness, Unemployment Rate, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in roughly two-thirds of U.S. cities last month, despite zero job growth nationwide. The Labor Department ...

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Mikulski: New Rules Affecting Md. Crab-Picker Wages Will Be Delayed

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Wages, Crab Pickers, H-2B Visas, Barbara Mikulski, Crab, Maryland, Foreign Workers, Seafood, Video, DC News

WASHINGTON -- New federal foreign-worker wage regulations that some say would destroy Maryland's crab-picking industry have been delayed by 60 days. A...

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Debt Crisis Continues To Wreak Havoc On Global Stocks

AP | PAMELA SAMPSON | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, U.S. Labor Department, Imports, Japan Earthquake, U.S. Debt Crisis, Inflation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Stock Market, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Economic Recovery, Japan, IG Index, European Central Bank, Global Markets, Video, Business News

BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were sharply lower Friday amid signs of a possible U.S. recession and renewed worries over the health of Europe's ...

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Cities With The Most Job Postings

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Areas, indeed.com, U.S. Labor Department, Jobless Rate, San Jose, Unemployment Rate, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, El Centro, Washington D.C., Jobs, Economic Recovery, New York, Business News

Terrible as the job crisis might be, not all job markets are created equal. And certain cities have seen particularly notable improvement. The num...

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Unemployment Drops In Vast Majority Of U.S. Cities

AP | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Job Market, U.S. Labor Department, Unemployment, Metro Areas, Employment, Hiring, Jobs, March, Recession, Metro, February, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Unemployment rates are falling in most metro areas across the country, suggesting that hiring is widespread and not limited to a few hea...

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Snowstorms Take Big Toll On Unemployment Claims

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Business News, Unemployment Benefits, Snow Storms, Jobless Claims, US Labor Department, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for jobless benefits surged last week as snowstorms in some parts of the country kept workers at home, but the...

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Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

Brent Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Labor Department, Baby Boomers, Unemployment, The New York Times, Economy, Ageism, Age Discrimination, Business News

Let's pretend you're 55 with a pedigree resume -- in financial services, marketing, management, information technology -- whatever. You're laid off fr...

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Gov't Report Slams Labor Dept's Whistleblower Program

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whistleblowers, US Labor Department, Center for Public Integrity, Worker Safety, Osha, Politics News

The federal agency responsible for worker safety isn't adequately protecting whistleblowers from retaliation by their employers, according to a report (PDF) released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.

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Why Unemployment Aid Won't Be Enough To Turn Around The Economy

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, U.S. Labor Department, Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Labor Department, Unemployment Benefits, Economic Recovery, Unemployment Extension, Business News

WASHINGTON — For jobless Americans struggling to pay their bills and keep their homes, the restoration of unemployment benefits could keep their...

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Jobless Rate Falls In 39 States In June As Workers Give Up Searching

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Census, Unemployed, U.S. Labor Department, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Discouraged-Workers, Temporary Jobs, Employment, Labor Department, Jobs, Census Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell in most states in June, mainly because more people gave up searching for work and were no longer counted...

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New Jobless Claims Jump To Highest Level Since March

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Deficit, Congress, Senate, U.S. Labor Department, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Labor Department, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless Claims, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The economic rebound is stalling. A raft of weak new reports Thursday provided the strongest evidence yet that the recovery is slo...

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Tempel Grain Charged $1.6 Million For Youth's Death

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Labor Department, Cody Rigsby, Child Labor, Tempel Grain, Grain Elevator, Buried Alive, Kelly Spitzer, Osha, Denver News

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division has fined Tempel Grain Elevators more than $1.6 m...

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Former Voice Of America Official Tied To Abramoff Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, U.S. Labor Department, Dick Armey, Jack Abramoff, Voice of America, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former top official for Voice of America was indicted Friday on corruption charges, accused of taking thousands of dollars in con...

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July Job Losses Down Significantly. Republicans Accuse Nation's Employers of Conspiring to Make Obama Look Good

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, President Obama, July Job Losses, Bill Bennett, George W. Bush, Business News

Like other leading economic indicators that have shown consistent improvement this year, the jobs market is nearing a bottom. Do you think Republicans are giving the president any credit for this marked improvement?

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$500M In Grants Available For Green Job Training

greenbiz.com | Leslie Guevarra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Green Jobs, Climate Change, Labor Department, Environment, Green, Green News

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Grant competitions opened today for $500 million in Recovery Act funds for training programs that will help retool the U.S. workfor...

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A Mindless Meld of "Star Trek" and the New Unemployment Rate

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, DeForest Kelley, President Obama, William Shatner, Phasers, Jobs, Captain Sisko, Captain Janeway, Joblessness, Captain Archer, Star Trek, Loss of 539, Avery Brooks, Unemployment, Space-Time Continuum, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Mr. Spock, Trekkies, The Inner Light, Leonard Nimoy, Blogging, Captain Picard, Enterprise, Kate Mulgrew, Ricardo Montalban, Scott Bakula, The Wrath of Khan, Starfleet, Baby and Child Care, Barack Obama, Layoffs, Captain Crunch, Bones McCoy, Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart, Vulcan, Comedy News

The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...

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Tribune Co. Discloses Government Probe Into Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Los Angeles Times | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tribune, US Labor Department, Tribune Company, Sam Zell, Media News

Tribune Co. has disclosed that the U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation into the company's employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP. Th...

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