The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Labor

Strong initial claims data is evidence that a recession in 2023 is looking less likely, many economists say.

The Labor Department is officially undoing changes made to help combat inflation in the 1980s.

‘I’m so worried he kills himself and others in the quest to boost his ego,’ a former OceanGate employee wrote in a 2018 email obtained by The New Yorker

‘I’m so worried he kills himself and others in the quest to boost his ego,’ a former OceanGate employee wrote in a 2018 email obtained by The New Yorker

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was initially passed in 1938 but has been amended many times since, details minimum wage and overtime requirements for non-exempt workers in the United States. What Is a Non-Exempt Employee? A non-exempt employee is a worker who is entitled to a minimum ...

Cases of child labor violations have fallen since the early 2000s. But from 2015 to 2022, the number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws rose by 283%.

What Is Wage Theft & Why Is It Important?Wage theft occurs when an employer fails to provide the full compensation or benefits owed to an employee as guaranteed by either contract or law. In other words, it is when an employer doesn’t pay a worker some or all of what…

While Putin embraces private contractors, the US seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — In the past two years, lawmakers in at least 11 states have sought to loosen child labor laws to help employers fill empty jobs, even as federal officials and news investigations suggest that many minors working in manufacturing, meatpacking and construction jobs are being exploited or hurt.