Tag: Jobs

The White House soon will announce new rules on applying a minimum wage of $10.10 to federal contracting. A posting on the Office of Management and Budget's website has indicated that the rulemaking is in its final stage, meaning the announcement could come within days.Â (iStock image)

White House readies minimum wage rule for contractors

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Benefits for workers unemployed for longer than 26 weeks expired in December, despite Democrats' efforts to extend the program for another year. (iStock)

Improving job market complicates push to renew unemployment benefits

Joseph Lawler · September 21, 2014 9:00 am

A quick look at manufacturing jobs in Ohio

A quick look at manufacturing jobs in Ohio

The Associated Press · September 20, 2014 4:43 pm

Fed’s Gloomy Forecast

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 20, 2014 1:10 pm

A Recovery in Name Only

A Recovery in Name Only

Geoffrey Norman · September 19, 2014 6:26 pm

Ohio unemployment rate unchanged for August

Ohio unemployment rate unchanged for August

Washington Examiner · September 19, 2014 1:21 pm

Illinois jobless rate declines in August

Illinois jobless rate declines in August

Jim Suhr · September 18, 2014 7:50 pm

FILE - In this combination of 2014 file photos are Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, left, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Burke, at campaign events in Wisconsin. (AP Photo/AP, Scott Bauer and The Journal Times, Scott Anderson)

Wisconsin job growth ranks 33rd in nation

Scott Bauer · September 18, 2014 4:16 pm

Supermarket feud tied to monthly job figures

Supermarket feud tied to monthly job figures

Bob Salsberg · September 18, 2014 3:42 pm

Study: 1.9 Million Americans Falling Into Obamacare ‘Family Glitch’

Study: 1.9 Million Americans Falling Into Obamacare ‘Family Glitch’

Daniel Halper · September 18, 2014 3:15 pm

Economic News: Defying Expectations

Economic News: Defying Expectations

Geoffrey Norman · September 18, 2014 2:29 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, job seeker Migdalia Feliz, of Miramar, Fla., third from right, listens to detective William DeJeus, left, of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, at a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Applications for US jobless benefits fall sharply

Josh Boak · September 18, 2014 1:14 pm