The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported employers made 1,570 mass layoff actions that resulted in 155,718 workers losing their jobs in February. The number of…
This morning President Barack Obama is expected to sign the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) bill that passed through Congress just yesterday. The bill…
The U.S. Senate passed a $17.6 billion jobs bill Wednesday that will provide tax breaks to private companies and funding for highway and transit projects. The bill…
The U.S. Labor Department reports initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 last week to a seasonally-adjusted 462,000. However, the four-week average, which is considered a…
The U.S. Department of Labor reports the number of job openings in the public and private-sectors increased by 193,000 in January to a seasonally adjusted…
While the U.S. shed 36,000 non-farm payroll jobs in February, the national unemployment rate managed to hold steady at 9.7 percent, according to a report…