Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.

Troubling and unusual unemployment numbers for Black Americans are signaling that the U.S. is on its way to a potential recession, economists tell TPM. The latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor ...

The partial U.S. government shutdown has left thousands of federal employees in limbo, uncertain about their next paycheck.

With U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employees furloughed due to the federal government shutdown, the agency's website shows ...

Around 350,000 workers are now required to pay back the state of Michigan after administrative errors resulted in overpayments of COVID assistance money.

The unemployment rate can’t tell us everything happening in the job market. But the Labor Department is robust and transparent in its calculations. I hear a lot of people talking about the ...

Q: I was let go from work, and expected to have unemployment pay at least until I find another job. Except I just got a letter from the Employment Development Department saying the benefits are denied ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The latest figures from the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics have been released. The July unemployment rate remains unchanged from June at 3.8%.

The federal workforce has been declining all year in Colorado. State labor data shows that before the shutdown, nearly 1,200 federal workers had filed for unemployment in the state since Jan. 19. That ...

Employers can also expect a cut in the unemployment insurance taxes they pay per employee into the state's unemployment fund. The wage base, or the wages businesses pay the tax on each year, will ...