Tag: Jobs

Protestors for and against President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law rally in front of the Supreme Court last year. (Sipa via AP Images)

Report: Obamacare forces most Charlottesville, Va., firms to go part-time

Paul Bedard · August 21, 2013 4:00 am

Conservative talk radio may not have killed amnesty this time around, but it definitely helped liberals realize theyâve already lost. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Morning Examiner: The day amnesty died

Conn Carroll · August 21, 2013 4:00 am

Unemployment in California rose to 8.7 percent in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as growth slowed in the stateâs tech sector. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Unemployment up, revenues miss expectations, as tech stalls out in California

Conn Carroll · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Of the 12.2 million Americans who were unemployed as of December 2012, 39 percent (4.7 million) had been out of work for 27 weeks or more, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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39 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work longer than 27 weeks

Ashe Schow · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Federal welfare benefits pay more than minimum wage jobs in 35 states, according to a new report from the Cato Institute. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Who needs work when there’s welfare?

Ashe Schow · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

This week will shed some light on the state of the housing market and the strength of the recovery in that sector following the recent rise in mortgage rates. (AP/Chuck Burton)

The week ahead in economics: Obama’s poor approval ratings, Jackson Hole and housing

Joseph Lawler · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Businesses responded to the recession by âmaking do with lessâ by getting more effort from fewer workers, a new study released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Study: Businesses responded to the recession by working employees harder

Joseph Lawler · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Navigators and Salespeople

Geoffrey Norman · August 16, 2013 12:44 pm

Jobs and the economy continue to dominate as Americans' most important issues in the country, according to a new poll from Gallup.

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Note to Obama: Jobs, economy top issue, NOT immigration, global warming

Ashe Schow · August 16, 2013 4:00 am

A new report from NBC News adds to the number of anecdotes of employers cutting workersâ hours in response to Obamacare. (AP/Matt Rourke)

More anecdotes that Obamacare may be inducing part-time work

Joseph Lawler · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has seen the future of organized labor -- and it is a movement that doesn't necessarily include union members. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Desperate for new life, Big Labor to admit non-members into unions

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

The question of how low-wage native workers are affected by immigration is hotly contested among academics.

Study: Immigrants push native workers into more complex jobs

Joseph Lawler · August 12, 2013 4:00 am