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ONE OUT OF 10 American workers will not have a job for which to express gratitude this Thanksgiving. If you add what the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls "marginally attached workers" and those who want to work full time but (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As Obama's Department of Education touts its charter-school-propelling "Race to the Top," whose regulations were issued last week, let's heed the moral of the fable that we all learned in grade school: In the end, the Tortois (Read More)
Huffington Post:
DENVER — Colorado unemployment continues to decline with the latest figures showing the seasonally adjusted rate for October at 6.9 percent.That's a slight decline from September, when the rate was at 7 percent. It was 7.3 pe (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Unemployment rose in 29 states in the U.S. during October, hinting the threat posed by weak labor markets might be growing. (Read More)
ABA Journal Top Stories:
Disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart had a few words for her followers on Thursday before she surrendered to begin serving her 28-month prison sentence for helping an imprisoned terrorist communicate with his followers (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some are (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
See the full interactive graphic.The labor market pain continued to be spread throughout the nation in October, as 29 U.S. states recorded increases in their unemployment rates, while just 13 registered decreases.Earlier this (Read More)
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories:
Unemployment rates rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia in October from September, the Department of Labor said Friday.
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With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself launched their closing arguments to ensure passage. On Friday, five different (Read More)
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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September.State labor department officials say that's the highest level since April 1983. The latest figures released Thursday show (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
A Homicide Case Playing Out In An Auto-Parts Factory Is Raising Concerns About Whether The Indian Industrial Miracle Is Hitting A Wall Of In
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In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon (Read More)
New York Times:
A look at recent employment data indicates that boomers have persevered in these hard times, and are less likely to grow discouraged and quit the job hunt than younger workers are.
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Wall Street Journal:
The smallest businesses were more likely to add workers during the first quarter than the largest firms, the Labor Department said today.Private companies with one to four employees accounted for 18.2% of gross job gains in t (Read More)
Huffington Post:
A study released last week put the spotlight on a workplace demographic shift that is occurring: women are expected to become a majority of labor union workers within the next decade. This is an important fact that is also a (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of unemployed U.S. workers seeking emergency relief under federal programs rose at the end of October, the government said on Thursday, clouding the picture of the weak jobs market.
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Workplace Prof Blog:
Henry Drummonds (Lewis & Clark) has provided me with a draft of his recent article in the Louisiana Law Review: Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrine to Allow the States to Make More Labor Relations P (Read More)
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As facts continue to emerge about alleged Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan, reasonable people should be able to agree that serious questions need to be asked regarding how he advanced in his career and why he was apathetically sh (Read More)
ABA Journal Top Stories:
A federal public defender, thwarted in an earlier effort to enroll his same-sex spouse in his employer’s health coverage plan, has won a ruling requiring his employer to pay him for the costs of obtaining outside insurance. T (Read More)