A sign posted outside a restaurant looking to hire workers in Miami on May 5, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Unemployment among Black women fell in February as the number … Read more
More than 75 employers were taking resumes and talking to prospective new hires at a career fair in Lake Forest, CA on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Paul Bersebach | Medianews Group | Orange County Register … Read more
Nonfarm payrolls rose solidly in August amid an otherwise slowing economy, while the unemployment rate ticked higher as more workers rejoined the labor force, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The economy added 315,000 … Read more
I recently dug into our government’s convoluted unemployment insurance system. As is typically true with most government policies, any stone one decides to unturn is ripe with waste and mismanagement. In 1935, FDR (of course) … Read more
Jobless claims are near the lowest level since the late 1960s The numbers: New U.S. jobless claims fell slightly to 184,000 in mid-April and stayed near a 54-year low, reflecting a tight labor market in which … Read more