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With unemployment at multiyear lows, it is unfortunate to see that a recent study shows fewer than half of people are satisfied with their jobs.
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Americans have heard for years now that the jobs market is getting better, that higher pay is available elsewhere and that the unemployment and payrolls were improving. Politicians running for office...
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Despite all the news of caution and concern, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) managed to show an upside blowout over expectations.
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When the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its weekly jobless claims for the week ending July 1, claims had dropped by a much larger amount than expected.
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The upcoming Employment Situation Report for June could show the economy has stalled, at least in terms of the addition of new jobs.
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Employers in all 100 of the largest MSAs expect net payroll increases in the third quarter. The expected increases among employers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are the smallest.
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U.S. workers report that they took just 16.2 days of vacation in 2015, nearly a full week less than they had earned.
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Meager job growth of only 38,000 jobs for May has the doomsayers and perma-bears all up in arms again. Here are some points to consider when analyzing what initially looks like a jobs report in the...
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After the May jobs report, Jonathan Wright of Johns Hopkins University wrote for the Brookings Institute that the United States may have lost jobs last month.
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The state that added the most jobs between April 2011 and April 2016 was Utah, according to a recent 24/7 Wall St. special report.
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Weekly jobless claims posted a serious jump in the week ending May 7, bringing the figure closer to that old 300,000 weekly norm.
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Between 2009 and 2013, the federal government and the states spent more than $10 billion annually on public safety net programs for 34% of frontline manufacturing production workers and their...
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Each month brings a new unemployment and payrolls report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Each one of those is followed by the so-called JOLTS report — this is the Job Openings and Labor...
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Friday's key payrolls report is one of the biggest reports watched by traders, investors and economic watchers. The news on the jobs front has remained solid so far.
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It wasn’t that long ago that the younger workers were being punished by prospective employers for a lack of experience. According to the ADP Workforce Vitality Report for the first quarter of 2016,...
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