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Women workers could bear economic brunt as federal child care funding ends
Policy advocates say the economic impact will be profound, with the ripple effect hurting labor force participation and consumer spending.
Student debt relief scams on the rise. Here’s what borrowers need to know.
With 44 million people owing more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, the appetite for relief is great and makes many easy prey for scammers.
Consumers face higher car prices, lower inventory with auto workers on strike
The United Auto Workers union, representing about 150,000 auto workers, walked off the job at midnight Thursday after failing to reach a contract deal with the “Big Three” auto manufacturers.
Millions more workers would receive overtime pay under proposed Biden administration rule
The amount a salaried worker would need to be paid before an employer could avoid paying overtime would rise to $55,068 annually under a proposed rule from the Department of Labor.
Federal call center workers join March on Washington call attention to workplace inequities
Saturday's march will begin at the Lincoln Memorial and end at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and 75,000 people are expected to attend.
Pregnant workers have new protections. Here’s what to expect from your boss.
For roughly a decade, advocates, legislators and workers pushed to pass legislation offering better workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Consumers seeing relief in some food prices as inflation continues to slow
The Department of Labor’s report on Thursday showed the consumer price index rose 0.2% in July, in line with expectations.
VP Kamala Harris unveils new wage rule for federal projects
Vice President Kamala Harris said the new rule would be the first update in more than 40 years to the law that requires paying prevailing wages on public works projects.
Teamsters-UPS reach ‘game-changing’ labor deal to avert strike
A work stoppage could have cost the U.S. economy billions by upending distribution to businesses, hospitals and homes.
Democrats call for raising FDIC insurance limits at Senate hearing
Deposit reform should aim to prevent people from fleeing from community banks to larger banks that they consider safer, one senator said.
Harm of anti-LGBTQ laws includes economic pain for communities, families
As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, many LGBTQ people and their families are assessing whether they should move to a state with a more LGBTQ-friendly political climate.
Economy adds more jobs in June even as hiring slows
Although hiring inched down in June, the U.S. labor market is still showing signs of strength, with unemployment falling and earnings continuing to rise, the latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor showed. The economy added 209,000 jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in June from 3.7% in May. “In excess of […]