WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week as the spring break-related boost from the prior week faded, suggesting ...

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More employees may be “job hugging,” but it could increase feelings of resentment toward their workplaces. More employees are planning to stay at their current jobs as a stagnant labor market shakes ...

The Michigan Labor Caucus introduced a bill package aimed at reforming workers’ compensation standards. State Representatives ...

For months, investors have been bracing for signs that aggressive new trade policies will slow economic growth by putting upward pressure on inflation and denting demand. Friday’s data was an early ...

On "Forbes Newsroom," Allison Shrivastava, Associate Economist with the Indeed Hiring Lab, discussed the impact of DOGE cuts on the workforce, where the U.S. job market currently stands, and where ...

Lagging economic conditions have made employers more hesitant to hire. Job openings in Massachusetts have decreased since the start of the year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and immigration crackdown. Open jobs in ...

Federal workers who have lost their jobs as part of recent mass layoffs recommended by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are being thrown into a "brutally competitive" job market, ...

As the U.S. labor market falters, Black people are shouldering the burden more than any other American demographic. The Black unemployment rate is rising nationwide, and in Minnesota it has more than ...