The US Department of Labor has reopened its FLAG system, resuming H‑1B Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) and Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) labour certification submissions after a temporary shutdown caused by a funding lapse.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer greeted returning employees via email but didn’t welcome staff in person or through a virtual meeting, as previous DOL leaders have done following government shutdowns, the worker said. In her email to DOL staff Thursday morning, the secretary said she was “eager” for them to get back to work.

The Labor Department is finally releasing the jobs report for September, which was delayed for weeks due to the government shutdown. It is expected to show the economy added around 50,000 jobs that month.

The U. S. economy added 119,000nonfarm payroll jobs in September, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Thursday morning.

U.S. employment growth accelerated in September, but the labor market remained sluggish and failed to keep pace with new job-seekers as employers dealt with fallout from import tariffs and integrated artificial intelligence into some positions.

Tribal leaders and education advocates say the Education Department failed to meet a legal requirement by not consulting with tribes before announcing the transfer of dozens of Native American educati

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.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits stood at a two-month high in mid-October at the time when the Labor Department would have been conducting its survey of U.S. households for the monthly employment report that has been held up by the recently ended government shutdown.