Labor Department, jobs report
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More than 1.9 million Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits in mid-October, the highest mark since early August, according to data from the Department of Labor. For the week ending Oct.
Bipartisan AI jobs bill from Sens. Hawley and Warner would require companies to report AI-related layoffs and hiring to Department of Labor quarterly.
A New Hampshire man has been indicted in a fraud scheme that prosecutors say stole more than $700,000 from California's unemployment department during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A one-off data point has popped into view on the Labor Department’s website: a figure showing that 232,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims in the week through Oct. 18.