Applications for Jobless Benefits Falls Slightly, Manufacturing Slows
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell slightly, and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region decreased, pointing to a weakening economy. In the week ending June 16, the Labor Department reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits fell 2,000, to a seasonally adjusted 387,00 from the previous week’s revised More...
US Labor Department Announces Guidance to State Unemployment Insurance Agencies on Implementing Short-time Compensation or ‘Work Sharing’
By The U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced guidance to state agencies responsible for Unemployment Insurance regarding short-time compensation, commonly referred More...
Home Care Workers Deserve Protections
By Catherine Ruckelshaus, Special to CNN updated 8:08 AM EDT, Mon June 11, 2012 (CNN) — Five years ago Monday, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to a hardworking woman from Queens, New York. Evelyn More...
Unemployment Claims Fall
The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits filed by American workers fell for the first time in over a month; however, the overall level is still higher than past months. In the week ending June More...
U.S. Defense Contractors Prepare to Disclose Mass Job Cut
U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. may be cutting thousands of jobs at the end of the year, should defense cuts of more than $50 billion take effect – More...
Facebook Lifts the Lid on Salaries
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg remains a billionaire, along with the Company’s many new millionaires, despite losing billions since the Company’s recent public offering. Now, the Company exposed salaries of its More...
President Obama to Congress: “Get to Work”
In his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama urged Congress to act on a package of long-stalled proposals he said would stimulate hiring, citing the sluggish economic growth that let to Friday’s poor unemployment More...
Dismal Growth in May Adds Only 69,000 New Jobs
By: the National Employment Law Project Phase-Out of Federal Unemployment Insurance Will Leave More Workers without Aid in June Washington, DC – The economy added only 69,000 jobs in May, according to the Bureau More...
Jobless Benefits Rise Suggesting Slow Job Growth
U.S. job growth increased only slightly last month and claims for jobless benefits rose last week, suggesting the labor market is slowing down, after strong growth early in the year. In the week ending May 26, initial More...
Job Cuts Hit 8-Month High Of 61,887
By Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Planned Layoffs Surge 53% in May CHICAGO, May 31, 2012 –In May, the nation’s employers announced plans to cut 61,887 workers from their payrolls, the most since last More...
