Tag: Jobs

Emails between the Seattle mayor's office and an economist at the University of California, Berkeley show that the mayor's staff tried to deliberately undermine a University of Washington study showing that the city's $15 minimum wage ordinance was harming the city's low-income workers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Emails show Seattle mayor worked to undermine $15 minimum wage study

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2017 7:16 pm

If you're a lousy employee, you now know where to apply for your next job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Despite warnings, the IRS continues to hire back its bad apples

David Freddoso · July 27, 2017 5:13 pm

"Federal labor policies should be focused on benefiting workers and helping small businesses grow instead of creating barriers that limit opportunity," said Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers push to rein in worker-protection lawsuits against companies

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2017 3:31 pm

Investors had expected jobless claims to inch up to around 240,000 after dropping to a rock-bottom 233,000 the week before. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Jobless claims edge up to 244,000, but beneficiary rolls have thinned

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2017 12:31 pm

President Trump on Wednesday unveiled a $10 billion investment in Wisconsin by Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump unveils Foxconn investment creating 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin

Sarah Bedford · July 26, 2017 9:47 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has said the previous administration went too far in expanding the rule and exceeded its authority under the law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Department moves to formally roll back Obama overtime rule

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2017 9:45 pm

If buyout recipients are not intended to be replaced, targeting the agency's youngest -- who cost less -- is a better idea than going after the gray-haired. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Federal agencies can scale down by buying out their youngest employees

Ross Marchand · July 25, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump visits Carrier in 2016 before becoming president. (File photo)

Former Carrier employee slams Trump: He ‘blew smoke up our asses’

Naomi Lim · July 24, 2017 12:41 am

Investors had expected that jobless claims would remain about steady from the previous week, around 246,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Jobless claims plunge to 233,000 lowest level in two months

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2017 12:32 pm

Indiana company makes first series of expected 600 layoffs. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Carrier lays off 300 months after Trump deal

Jack O'brien · July 19, 2017 7:04 pm

The H-2B visas are provided to workers in non-farm labor, which holds down wages for U.S.-born workers, senators say. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Grassley, Durbin slam White House over expansion of temporary worker visas

Sean Higgins · July 18, 2017 8:07 pm

If you are comfortable with stasis, enjoy having underachieving colleagues, and are largely lacking in ambition, fighting for the expansion of unions might be a good idea for you. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Before millennials unionize, they should consider labor’s downsides

zachary-yost · July 17, 2017 11:00 pm