The post-Labor Day return-to-office push promised a shift back to familiar routines. Yet, as we delve into the data and dynamics, it becomes clear: the modern workforce’s aspirations and the office’s ...

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In the past two years, lawmakers in at least 11 states have sought to loosen child labor laws to help employers fill empty jobs, even as federal officials and news investigations suggest that many ...

Lawmakers in several states have promoted, and in some cases enacted, rules to roll back child labor laws in hopes of creating more opportunities for minors to take on jobs that employers have ...

The Federal Reserve chair spent the early pandemic bemoaning the loss of a strong job market. It roared back — and now its fate is in his hands. By Jeanna Smialek Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the ...

Child labor, often thought of as a problem only in other countries, is making headlines in the United States following a wave of Republican-led efforts to roll back protections in several states, most ...

Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division has recovered over $1 billion in back wages and damages since 2021. The Department of Labor announced the news as part of a wider release centered on the ...

Early last year, the U.S. Postal Service awarded a contract to Oshkosh Defense, a manufacturer of military and other specialty vehicles, to build a new fleet of postal trucks. The contract, which ...

The Iowa Senate voted just before 5 a.m. to pass a bill that would roll back child labor laws. The bill, if passed by the House, would allow teens to work longer hours and serve alcohol. A state labor ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the pro-union Republican tapped by President Donald Trump for Labor secretary, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Wednesday, ...

Before the sun had even risen on Tuesday, the Iowa Senate passed a bill to loosen child labor laws, allowing the employment of kids in previously restricted fields like roofing, demolition, and ...