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US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week
The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite ...
Labor Department’s Long-Time HR Head Leaving, DOGE Staffer Hired
The US Department of Labor’s long-time human resources leader is leaving the agency and a Department of Government Efficiency ...
US Senator Investigates Claims of Child Labor at Tyson Foods Plant
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Josh Hawley said on Tuesday he launched an investigation into Tyson Foods after a former employee of the meat company alleged that children worked at one of its ...
US Department of Labor closes investigation into Scale AI
The FLSA is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and other labor norms. The investigation ...
US labor market resilient ahead of tariff turbulence
U.S. job growth slowed marginally in April and employers continued to hoard workers, but the outlook for the labor market is ...
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Hendersonville Chick-fil-A fined for federal child labor violations, for 2nd time
This story has been updated to show this Chick-Fil-A had been fined before. HENDERSONVILLE - The United States Department of Labor has found a Hendersonville Chick-fil-A violated federal child ...
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Why we celebrate Labor Day and the meaning behind it
Labor Day was first celebrated unofficially by labor activists and individual states in the late 1800s, according to the US Department of Labor. New York was the first state to introduce a ...
US Supreme Court lets Trump keep labor board members sidelined for now
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump on Thursday to keep two Democratic members of federal labor boards away from ...