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Labor to Consider Disclosure Rules
Singapore :: Singapore | 1 day ago
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The Labor Department unveiled Monday its 2010 legislative agenda, which includes regulations that would require employers to disclose agreements and arrangements made with labor consultants. "When workers or union members have more information about what...
Tags: Labor Department, Ms. Solis, Singapore, Hilda Solis, Labour relations, Overtime, Unemployment, Employment compensation, Employment law, Labor economics, Business law, Labor
Labor Dept: Available Labor Rate Increases To 10.2%
Madison :: WI :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility In what is being touted by the Labor Department as extremely positive news, the nation's available labor rate has reached double digits for the first time in 26 years, bringing the total number of potentially employable Americans to an impressive 15.7...
Tags: Hilda Solis, available labor, labor rate, labor secretary, America, Department of Labor, Labor Department, Madison, Labor, Industrial Workers of the World
Black unemployment 'a serious problem'
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many lawmakers up in arms. The black community has suffered the hardest...
Tags: unemployment rate, Magic Johnson, black communities, percentage points, urban communities, Obama, Hilda Solis, Labor Department, Atlanta, Unemployment, Social Issues, Presidency of Barack Obama, Race and inequality in the United States, Labor economics, Labor, Types of unemployment
Productivity jumps 8.1% in quarter
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility While that indicates inflation is remaining under control, it also signals that workersÂ’ wages are getting squeezed, raising doubts about the durability of the economic recovery. The Labor Department said Thursday productivity was rising at an annual...
Tags: U.S, commercial use, jobless claims, initial estimate, services sector, Labor Department, Washington, Business Finance, Labor, Unemployment, Labor economics, Auburn Hills Michigan, Chrysler, Productivity, Stock market crashes, Volkswagen, Politics, Manufacturing, Volkswagen Group, Wal-Mart, Coupes, Muscle cars, Street and Racing Technology, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Criticism of Wal-Mart, Sports cars, Dow Jones & Company, Car manufacturers, Employment law, Automotive industry, Macroeconomics
High unemployment may mean higher taxes
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The Wichita Eagle Massive job losses are threatening the state's ability to pay unemployment benefits, which is expected to lead to higher taxes on employers, benefit cuts for workers and possibly borrowing money from the federal government. And the problem...
Tags: federal government, Jim Garner, trust funded, Steve Brunk, unemployment benefit, employment tax, extended benefit, Labor Department, pay unemployment, higher tax, Wichita, Public finance, Federal Unemployment Tax Act, Employee benefit, Unemployment, Employment compensation, Employment law, Tax, Labor economics, Labor
El Centro, Calif., maintains 30% jobless rate
El Centro :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility El Centro, Calif., held its position of having the highest unemployment rate among the nation's metropolitan areas, with the jobless rate at 30%, according to government figures released Wednesday. While the figure fell from a revised 32.2% in September,...
Tags: unemployment rate, California, El Centro, Labor Department, Duggins Construction, jobless rate, metro area, Jim Duggins, Detroit, Larry Bratton, Unemployment, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, El Centro California, Labor economics, Employment, Labor
Unemployment rises in almost half of metro areas
Lawrence :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Unemployment worsened or stayed the same in most metro areas in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday, as jobs remained scarce nationwide. The report comes a day before the Obama administration is to hold a "jobs summit" at the White House that...
Tags: Labor Department, jobless rate, California, metro areas, Lawrence, Unemployment, Business Finance, Labor economics, Labor
Shielding the Whistleblower
Singapore :: Singapore | 8 days ago
Credibility Congress wants to close a legislative loophole that has led to the dismissal of many corporate whistleblower complaints, undermining the government's goal of protecting employees who report fraud at publicly traded companies. Democratic lawmakers are...
Tags: Labor Department, corporations subsidiaries, whistleblower provision, Singapore, Corporate crime, Politics, Anti-corporate activism, Business Finance, Employment law, Discrimination, Whistleblower, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Labor, Law Crime, Business ethics
Stimulus grant for Calif jobless system questioned
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility California has received $60 million from the federal stimulus package to upgrade its 23-year-old unemployment benefits system even though previous federal funding to improve the same system has not been fully spent. The state handles about 13 percent...
Tags: California Employment Development Department, Labor Department, reed act, unemployment claims, stimulus grant, Sacramento, Unemployment, Employment Development Department, Employment, Labor economics, Kansas state budget, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Labor, Types of unemployment
Business events scheduled for the coming week
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Nov. 29 Several airlines will begin adding 10-dollar surcharges on most of their tickets...National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for October, 10 a.m; Commerce Department releases construction spending for October, 10 a.m.;...
Tags: Labor Department, department releases, WASHINGTON, committee hearing, NEW YORK, Business Finance, Federal Reserve System, Ben Bernanke, Labor
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