Why We Celebrate Labor Day And Other Facts About The Holiday You Might Not Know
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Marty Walsh, Boston Mayor With Union Roots, Confirmed As Labor Secretary At Key Time
The former union leader will head the Labor Department at a time when the pandemic has left millions unemployed and raised concerns about workplace safety.
Princeton University Agrees To Nearly $1 Million In Back Pay To Female Professors
The university has agreed to give back pay to 106 female full professors, but did not admit liability in the U.S. Labor Department's investigation.
Friday's Jobs Numbers Will Be Brutal But Won't Tell The Whole Story
The Labor Department is expected to report the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month due to the coronavirus. Unemployment likely jumped to its highest level since the Great Depression.
U.S. Job Growth Cools In December As Employers Add 145,000 Jobs
December's job growth is down slightly from the three previous months, when employers added an average of 200,000 jobs. But the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, matching a 50-year low.
Restaurants Would Get More Flexibility With Workers' Tips Under Proposed Rule
The rule would allow employers to require waitstaff and others to share their tips with kitchen staff. But labor advocates say it could allow bosses to take advantage of their workers.
1.3 Million More Workers Eligible For Overtime Pay, But Some Say Rules Fall Short
A long-awaited update to federal overtime rules means about 1.3 million workers will be entitled to extra pay when they work more than 40 hours a week. But critics say it doesn't go far enough.
Workers Mourned As North Carolina's On-The-Job Deaths Rise
Signs that more people are dying on the job has workers' advocates demanding that North Carolina's labor department do more to inspect and punish companies that imperil their workers.
August Jobs Report: Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs; 3.9 Percent Unemployment
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.
U.S. Adds 261,000 Jobs In October, And A Revision Restores Job Creation Streak
One month after large and destructive storms disrupted the U.S. economy, job creation rebounded somewhat and the unemployment rate fell again.