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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the black unemployment rate was nearly 50% above the national average in August. Why is that so?
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After seeing the tally of weekly jobless claims and a stronger than expected private sector payrolls gain for August from ADP, the stage was set for a stronger than expected gain in nonfarm payrolls...
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The first week of every month brings a new round of employment and payrolls data regarding the U.S. economy.
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It may be that the slowing economy and the trade war with China, two interdependent factors, have started to catch up with corporate confidence. Layoffs surged in August.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics probably has at least some good insight into the jobs market. That said, it has to be a hard guess in making a forecast for the next decade.
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One small state had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The largest gulf between any two major groups in the July jobless report was that between black and white Americans.
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The U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs in July, and the headline unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to take the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. There is evidence that more than 3 million people could lose jobs because companies may be unable...
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Kohl’s has announced that it plans to take on more employees during the back-to-school, fall and holiday seasons.
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The recent strikes are based on complaints that Amazon pays workers too little and works them too hard. New research shows that more than a third of Amazon workers want a union to represent them as...
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Some Amazon workers, who believe they are either treated poorly or underpaid, plan to make Prime Day something less than ideal for America's largest e-commerce company.
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Call it part of the implosion of the American newspaper industry. A 126-year-old, Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper will lay off its entire staff as it changes ownership.
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It's theoretically not possible to have a negative unemployment rate in society. After all, there are always some people who are in transition between jobs or waiting to start a job.
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Facebook is leading the way for social media companies, and it wants to be a leader in diversity as well. The social media giant announced that it will be making an effort over the next five years...
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