Representative Carolyn Maloney spearheads legislation. On Friday, the House passed a bill that expands workplace protections for nursing mothers. The bill was passed 276-149, with 59 members of…
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Budget Results Released for Fiscal Year 2021
Treasury secretary and acting OMB director issue joint statement. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Shalanda Young released a…
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Unemployment Claims Drop to 290,000 Last Week
2 million jobs likely will not return to the economy. The Department of Labor released the latest figures measuring the U.S. job market on Thursday. The report found…
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VA Offering Disabled Vets Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Veterans Affairs partnering with federal agencies and the private sector. The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the offering of programs in observance of National Disability…
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Unemployment Claims Drop by 36,000
New unemployment applications at the lowest level since the start of the pandemic. The Department of Labor released its report on Americans applying for unemployment insurance on Thursday.…
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President Expresses Confidence in Slow Employment Gains
Growth stunted by delta variant and vaccine mandates. Economists projected that in September the U.S. employment rate would grow by 500,000 jobs. However, due to the Delta COVID-19…
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Labor Department Releases Jobs Report
Economy still sluggish despite a record number of job openings. The Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report on Friday, which highlighted the slow recovery from the…
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Consumer Confidence Hits Seven Month Low
Commerce Department issues report on inflation-adjusted spending. The Department of Commerce released a report that reflects U.S. consumer confidence dropping for the third straight month in a row,…
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Labor Department Issues Rule on Workers’ Tips
Employers who take employees’ tips subject to penalties regardless of repetition or wilfullness. Last week, the Department of Labor announced a final rule that allows the department to…
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President Meets With Business Leaders
Companies with over 100 employees are subject to mandatory vaccination or weekly testing. On Wednesday, President Biden met with executives of several large corporations regarding COVID-19 vaccine requirements…
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