Tag: Labor

Approximately 70 percent of beginning teachers stay in the profession for at least five years. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers staying in the field at higher rates

Jason Russell · January 23, 2015 10:00 am

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes overtime for salary workers. AP Photo

Obama readies massive overtime expansion

Paul Bedard · January 22, 2015 5:47 pm

A hiring sign sits outside the Steak Escape restaurant in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Obama’s plans may raise cost of hiring by more than $5 per hour

Sean Higgins · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

"I don't know that we've even scratched the surface on the degree of difficulty we face when it comes to tax reform," Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Republican rift threatens high-tech immigration bill

Sean Lengell · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Labor Department accused of helping German union skirt U.S. law

Sean Higgins · January 19, 2015 7:31 pm

Report: College Graduates Lack Skills for White-Collar Jobs

Geoffrey Norman · January 19, 2015 4:07 pm

Judge strikes down Labor Department overtime regulation

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2015 8:31 pm

Job seekers attend a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla.Â First-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to 316,000 for the week ending Jan. 10, the Department of Labor reported Thursday.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims rise to 316,000

Joseph Lawler · January 15, 2015 2:13 pm

Washington Secrets

Poll: Only 1 in 4 buy Team Obama’s claim unemployment improving

Paul Bedard · January 15, 2015 1:09 pm

White House to push for paid leave

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2015 11:47 pm

Flashback: Corretta Scott King warned illegals would take black jobs

Paul Bedard · January 14, 2015 6:03 pm

Former Hooters waitresses file class action over pay

LocalLabs News Service · January 13, 2015 4:17 pm