The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.76 million job vacancies in February, up modestly from 8.75 million in January and about what economists had forecast. But the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, showed that layoffs ticked up to 1.7 millio...
When the Labor Department releases its jobs report for September on Friday, it is expected to show that employers added 143,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.2%, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet. The Fed, ...
On Wednesday, the Labor Department reported that employers posted 11 million job openings in December, an unexpected jump from 10.4 million in November and the largest number since July. There are now about two job vacancies, on average, for every unemployed American. And in response, many ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled an online tool giving users the ability to search its severe injury report database and view trends related to workplace injuries occurring in states covered by federal OSHA. The Severe Injury Report dashboard a...
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Jobless rolls continued to swell due to the coronavirus shutdown, with 6.6 million Americans filing first-time unemployment claims last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That brings the total claims over the past three weeks to more than 16 million. If you compare those claims to the...
Department of Labor (DOL) published a final amendment (the Amendment) to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the Exemption), which will become effective June 17, 2024. The Exemption is frequently relied on by professional managers of pooled funds or accounts that c...
(CN) — The U.S. economy gained 315,000 jobs in August while the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 3.7%, according to a Labor Departmentreportreleased Friday. Job market growth last month was not as strongas July– when the economy added a revised 526,000 positions – but it still ...
The latest jobs report out of the U.S. Labor Department showed that nonfarm payrolls increased by 156,000 in August versus 180,000 expected by Reuters. Investors were closely watching for the report as they looked for clues about the Federal Reserve's next policy move. The Fed has indicated...
Dim labor report shows US added just 88K jobsBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERPAUL WISEMAN