Tag: Jobs

Before the Fed raises interest rates, Chairwoman Janet Yellen will be looking for job growth and rising inflation in the coming months. (AP Photo)

Just enough good economic news for Obama, Fed

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2015 9:00 am

The Labor Department releases employment data for April on Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

223,000 new payroll jobs in April, unemployment ticks down to 5.4 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 8, 2015 12:35 pm

Erika Padilla, center, and Michael McKeown, right, meet with job applicants during a National Career Fairs job fair, in Chicago. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Jobless claims scrape lowest levels in 15 years

Joseph Lawler · May 7, 2015 12:45 pm

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said the new proposed rule was made after "extensive research, study and careful analysis." (AP Photo)Â

White House readies new rules on overtime

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2015 8:01 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. answers a question during a House GOP leadership news conference, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House Republicans want to be champions of the middle class

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2015 3:53 pm

Zogby Presidential Report Card: Pressure on first black president over race

Paul Bedard · May 2, 2015 11:00 am

Got Those Cold-Weather Economic Blues

Got Those Cold-Weather Economic Blues

Geoffrey Norman · April 30, 2015 8:09 pm

Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 15 years

Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 15 years

Joseph Lawler · April 30, 2015 12:50 pm

White House downplays concerns about slow economic growth

White House downplays concerns about slow economic growth

Brian Hughes · April 29, 2015 6:34 pm

Businesses are saying that they are having more trouble finding qualified workers. (iStock Photo)

Wanted: Qualified workers

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

Yellen and company will have to decide if moderation could turn into an outright slowdown. (AP Photo)Â

Fed to weigh whether recovery is still in place

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2015 9:00 am

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Federal labor panel tells Kentucky court to scrap local right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · April 25, 2015 4:35 pm