Tag: Jobs

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Geoffrey Norman · July 9, 2015 1:14 pm

New York State Trooper Maxine Mendez, left, speaks to Xiaojiao Zuo, of Queens, about employment opportunities during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes jobs expo at Citi Field in New York. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims data on Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Jobless claims rise to 297,000

Joseph Lawler · July 9, 2015 12:36 pm

A New York Times reporter believed that it was self-evident that the Export-Import Bank boosts jobs, and that ending it would cost jobs. (Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Three reasons ending the Export-Import Bank won’t cost jobs

Timothy P. Carney · July 8, 2015 5:47 pm

An employee views trading screens at the offices of Panmure Gordon and Co on October 20, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Unintended consequences also work overtime

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2015 4:01 am

Confidence? Not So Much

Confidence? Not So Much

Geoffrey Norman · July 7, 2015 7:39 pm

Chipotle restaurant workers fill orders for customers on the day that the company announced it will only use non-GMO ingredients in its food on April 27, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study: Minimum wage hike boosted price of Chipotle burritos

Emilie Padgett · July 7, 2015 7:22 pm

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta greets Senator James Lankford, R-OK, at a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015. Archuleta testifiee on the data security breach at the OPM. The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Federal workers want in on new overtime rules

Nicole Duran · July 7, 2015 4:17 pm

The Labor Department issues its May report on job openings and labor turnover on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job openings at 5.4 million in May; record high

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2015 2:34 pm

In this file photo taken April 27, 2009, Latino workers till an asparagus field near Toppenish, Wash., on the Yakama Indian Reservation. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Beltway Confidential

Study: E-Verify doesn’t work, could put Americans out of jobs

Jason Russell · July 7, 2015 1:00 pm

Reasons for Cheer and Fear on the Fourth

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 4, 2015 3:01 am

Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue said the Chamber sues the federal government almost 200 times a year. (Getty)

Here’s how business groups plan to fight Obama’s overtime rules

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2015 1:34 am

June Jobs: Good, not Great

June Jobs: Good, not Great

Geoffrey Norman · July 2, 2015 2:18 pm