Punching In: Labor Department Tries to Shake Off Shutdown Rust

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer greeted returning employees via email but didn’t welcome staff in person or through a ...

Labor Department Fills in Some Missing Jobless-Claims Data

A one-off data point has popped into view on the Labor Department’s website: a figure showing that 232,000 Americans filed ...

U.S. Labor Department’s social media messaging accused of not realistically portraying diversity

The U.S. Labor Department is accused of using AI-generated images to portray an "unrealistic" depiction of the current ...
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Trump Shifted CTE to the Labor Dept. What Has That Meant for Schools?

What educators think of shifting CTE to another federal agency could preview how they'll view a bigger shuffle.

Labor Department Won’t Publish October Unemployment Rate

Federal Reserve officials are heading into their next meeting with an incomplete picture of the labor market. The September ...

Labor Department Takes on K-12, Higher Education Program Duties

The US Labor Department will absorb some of the work administering federal education programs, as the Trump administration seeks to drastically shrink the Department of Education.
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Department of Labor division recovers $1 billion in back wages

Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division has recovered over $1 billion in back wages and damages since 2021. The Department of Labor announced the news as part of a wider release ...
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Labor Department’s AI roadmap geared toward ‘worker empowerment’

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ...