Tag: Jobs

Forecasters had expected to jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations, to tick down to 255,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Jobless claims stuck at second-lowest in 44 years

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2017 12:31 pm

Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, center, and Pat Roberts of Kansas called on the White House Wednesday to halt the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission's plan to significantly increase the amount of data businesses are required to report to the agency regarding their workforce. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans call on White House to scrap EEOC’s change on worker data

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 10:37 pm

Trump said he would make an announcement about wages paid by contractors, but nobody knows what it could be.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Business, labor leaders puzzle over Trump contracting remark

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 5:47 pm

However, Office and Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday told reporters many jobs will remain unfilled because the Trump administration wants to continue reducing the executive branch workforce. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to lift hiring freeze on Wednesday

Anna Giaritelli · April 12, 2017 3:44 am

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said the Trump administration will seek input from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on how best to restructure and shrink the government workforce. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mulvaney: Trump looking for input on how to cut the federal workforce

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 3:00 am

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to fall to 262,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Job creation at seven-month high in February

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2017 2:20 pm

Fed chief says dropouts played a role in the decline in the unemployment rate in past years. (Melanie Maxwell /The Ann Arbor News via AP)

Unemployment rate can be ‘misleading’ because of labor force dropouts, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2017 10:20 pm

Jobless claims have been running very low in recent months, raising expectations for job growth. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

March jobs disappoint at 98,000, but unemployment drops to 4.5 percent

Joseph Lawler · April 7, 2017 12:31 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims drop to 234,000, second-lowest in decades

Joseph Lawler · April 6, 2017 12:31 pm

Overwhelmingly, the American public says that working parents should have access to paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Paid parental leave in the US could look like this affordable, conservative proposal

Angela Rachidi · April 4, 2017 12:00 am

Success of movement has brought more attention to the laws' exception for tipped employees. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Minimum wage activists call tipping racist

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2017 4:10 am

President Trump set to sign two executive orders intended to improve the United States' position on trade. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lays groundwork for trade battles

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2017 4:38 pm