Tag: Jobs

High court stays out of Conn. layoff case

High court stays out of Conn. layoff case

Washington Examiner · January 21, 2014 3:03 pm

Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

Paul Bedard · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Even though the unemployment rate has come down significantly, from 10 percent at its highest to the current 6.7 percent, workers also have been fleeing the labor force. (AP Photo)

The week ahead in economics: Jobs recovery, Davos and the Fed

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

May We Have the Decision. Please!

May We Have the Decision. Please!

Geoffrey Norman · January 17, 2014 8:11 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duane Stubbs, right, of Morrow, Ga., shakes hands with retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Leland Smith, CEO of SolidHires, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681, in Marietta, Ga. The government reports on job openings and labor turnover for November on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

US employers advertise most jobs since March 2008

Christopher Rugaber · January 17, 2014 4:00 pm

Job openings for December. JOLTS report.

No increase in hiring in November

Joseph Lawler · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before meeting his Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 14, 2014 5:38 pm

An open letter organized by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recommends legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, indexed to increase with inflation.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership speak at a new conference on Tuesday in Washington.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP revives 2010 jobs message after poll shows voters blame Obama, not Bush, for economy

David M. Drucker · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

VIDEO: John Boehner says 2014 elections are about jobs

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border fence near Naco, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Examiner Editorial: A chronic job shortage is no time for immigration amnesty

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am