Education and Labor Departments collaborate on Career Technical and Adult Education. This month, a group of leaders from business, workforce, and education met for a “Rethink Work-Based Learning”…
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Labor Department Reports Surprising Increase in Jobs
Employment jumps 638,000 as unemployment drops. The Labor Department’s monthly report, released Friday, surprised many economists with an unpredicted reduction to the unemployment rate, dropping a full once…
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Labor Department Releases New Respiratory Regulations
Standardized equipment for healthcare workers laid out by the department. In a press release last week, the Department of Labor announced that it had set new guidelines to…
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Good Economic News Ends Third Quarter
Jobless claims down, GDP grew. In what President Trump describes as a “V-shaped” recovery, the end of the third quarter brought evidence of a bounce back from pandemic…
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Labor Department Releases Jobs Numbers
Unemployed Americans drop by 55,000 last week. The Labor Department released its updated diagnostic of the American jobs market on Thursday. The finding from their report was that…
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Labor Department Releases Job Numbers
Layoffs continue to be high. The Department of Labor released its job market report on Thursday, showing the addition of 661,000 nonfarm jobs in September. The unemployment rate…
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President’s Administration Announces New Rule on Skilled Foreign Labor
Curbing visas for workers in the tech industry aims to protect American jobs. President Trump’s Administration announced a rule from the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of…
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U.S. Unemployment drops below 9%
1.4 million jobs were added in August. In August the unemployment rate in the United States dropped below 9% for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic knocked…
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Weekly Jobless Claims Stay Below 1 Million
Drop was more than expected. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell below 1 million last week for the second time since the COVID-19…
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Weekly Unemployment Claims Drop Below One Million
The labor market continues to regain some footing. Unemployment claims across America fell below one million last week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck in…
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