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Labor figures will put President Trump’s job creation goals to the test
We’ll get the Labor Department’s jobs report for April today. The report for March was dismal — just 98,000 jobs added — though economists think that was a winter-weather-induced aberration. But even if job creation rises this spring and summer, it’ll still be well short of what’s needed to create the kind of supercharged employment […]
Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder employed an undocumented housekeeper
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The Hardee's and Carl's Jr. CEO reportedly paid back taxes after his nomination.
Yes, wages are rising faster than in several years. No, that isn’t great.
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The monthly jobs report from the Labor Department said wages are growing at the fastest rate since the economic recovery started seven years. That’s good, certainly. But labor market experts looking at the bigger picture might revise that assessment downward for working Americans to kind of OK.
What’s a sustainable level of job growth?
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Job creation has slowed and economists are divided as to whether it will revive significantly later in 2016.
Why have 1.4 million prime-age men dropped out of work?
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1.4 million men age 25-54 have left the workforce since before the Great Recession began.
Labor Department may extend overtime to more workers
The change would mean workers with higher salaries are eligible for overtime.
Why the CPI doesn’t figure in the Fed’s calculations
Consumer prices ticked up just a 10th of a percent last month, the Labor Department reports.
As oil jobs falter, North Dakota feels the squeeze
Falling oil prices slashed thousands of jobs in oil and gas extraction, including some on the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota.
The JOLTS report, or how secure you feel about your job
What this report tells us outside the numbers.
Government targets millions for job training programs
Opportunities lie ahead for people suffering the effects of the Great Recession.