The Latest Breaking News from Labor Department

The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall

Recurring U.S. unemployment benefit claims jumped to the highest level since November 2021, indicating some softening in the labor market.

Conservative groups have derided ESG as "woke capitalism" and have set out to dismantle it.

President Joe Biden has issued the first veto of his presidency as he seeks to block Republican-led efforts in Congress to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions

President Joe Biden vetoed an attempt to block pension investment managers from weighing environmental and social justice factors.

The American job market has once again confounded expectations

The Dow Jones rose Thursday after jobless claims data. Bitcoin dropped, as crypto bank Silvergate Capital crashed 50% on liquidation.

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Democratic Sens. Jon Tester and Joe Manchin bucked their own party and joined Republicans to pass the bill.