Tag: Jobs

The Labor Department says that the four-week average of applications, a less volatile measure, fell 4,750 to 316,250. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Applications for U.S. jobless aid dip 32k to lowest level since 2007

Associated Press · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions about his legislative agenda during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 26. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Long-term unemployment benefit package sits in House limbo

Sean Lengell · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

A recruiter waits to meet with job seekers at a career fair in King of Prussia, Pa., on June 24. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Unemployment claims lowest since 2007, but employment boom not guaranteed

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day, and to announce new executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama blasts GOP for blocking paycheck fairness bill

Brian Hughes · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Joe Weisenthal at The Business Insider argues that people quitting jobs voluntarily is a sign that wages are about to climb. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Why K Street is working overtime to get more immigrants — in one chart

Timothy P. Carney · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Connecticut again tries to ban unemployment bias

Connecticut again tries to ban unemployment bias

Stephen Singer · April 8, 2014 4:40 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, recruiter Valera Kulow, left, speaks with job seeker Leonardo Vitiello during a career fair in Dallas. The Labor Department's job openings and labor turnover survey for February is released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

US employers advertised more open jobs in February

Josh Boak · April 8, 2014 2:40 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., leave the chamber during the vote on restoring jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, legislation that expired late last year, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2014. With their 17-day spring break beckoning at the end of the week, House and Senate lawmakers will have to scramble to reach agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Unemployment benefits bill headed to House

David Espo · April 8, 2014 12:03 pm

Womenâs rights activist Lilly Ledbetter, left, acknowledges President Obama as she speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama rips GOP ‘excuses’ on equal pay for women

Brian Hughes · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Labor market churn picked up slightly in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday morning, but the pace of hiring and firing remains far below the levels that prevailed before the financial crisis that began six years ago.ÃÂ

More grinding improvement in U.S. job creation in February

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Senate OKs jobless bill; House prospects slimmer

David Espo · April 7, 2014 11:20 pm

Obamacare Era: 50 Worst Months of Employment in Past 25 Years

Jeffrey H. Anderson · April 7, 2014 5:14 pm