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Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.

Workers in Japan who want to leave their jobs — but don't want to face the stress of quitting in person — are turning to a company called Exit.

The government's June jobs report beat expectations with another 213,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent with more people entering the workforce.

Dozens of employees at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction have received layoff notices.

Black unemployment fell to a record low 5.9 percent, suggesting that African-Americans are benefiting from the booming economy. And the gap between white and black unemployment has never been smaller.

The country's economic crisis has an unexpected effect: Employees are either quitting or regularly skipping work.

Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders and others back "job guarantee" programs to assure jobs for all who want them. It's another sign of top Democrats embracing further left positions.

The last time the U.S. jobless percentage sat below 4 percent was in December of 2000. April brought net job gains, but fell short of economists' predictions.

Greensboro City Council has approved over $20 million in incentives to lure a Publix distribution center, which would bring about 1,000 jobs to the region.

Aircraft maintence company HAECO says it will hire up to 500 additional employees at its facility in Greensboro.