Initial claims for unemployment stabilize week over week
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2024
Week-over-week initial claims for unemployment for the week ended March 2 remained flat at 217,000, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Anticompetitive, unfair, deceptive practices in workplace targeted under new FTC, DOL agreement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 25, 2023
Operators may find themselves under increased scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Labor team up to target anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive practices in the workplace.
Nursing and residential care facilities add 8,000 jobs in October: BLS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 06, 2023
Nursing and residential care facilities collectively added 8,000 jobs in October, according to Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Initial filings for unemployment insurance dip again week over week
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Applications for unemployment benefits dipped slightly for the week ending March 16, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Proposed federal regulation aims to help workers keep track of retirement savings when they switch jobs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 22, 2024
A new regulation proposed last week by the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration aims to help workers keep track of their retirement savings accounts better and improve their...