All posts tagged "labor department"

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  Puerto Rico Labor Secretary ‘frustrated’ over job losses at Sam’s Club

  Saavedra: State will certainly provide unemployment assistance; gov't agencies activate response plan to help displaced workers

  • Posted January 12, 2018
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  US hiring fell 33,000 in September, depressed by hurricanes

  It marked the first monthly hiring decline in nearly seven years.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Puerto Rico Labor secretary urges employers to ensure worker safety

  Reminds that complaints may be filed with OSHA

  • Posted September 18, 2017
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  US consumer prices up slight 0.1 percent in July

  Both overall inflation and core inflation have risen an identical 1.7 percent

  • Posted August 11, 2017
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  Hiring up in 9 US states, jobless rates at record low in 4

  Still, job gains nationwide have slowed

  • Posted June 16, 2017
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  Trump orders more cash, industry input, for apprenticeships

  "We're training people to have great jobs and high paying jobs," the president says

  • Posted June 15, 2017
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  Acosta defends Trump plan to cut number of Labor watchdogs

  Cabinet member of Cuban descent could back spending plan that would cut civil rights enforcers

  • Posted June 7, 2017
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  Confirmation hearing for Trump’s Labor pick delayed to March 22

  Conflicted with appearance to promote Obamacare overhaul with President Trump

  • Posted March 12, 2017
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  Claims for US jobless benefits tick up, level still healthy

  • Posted February 23, 2017
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  Productivity Slows to 1.2 Percent Rate in Q4

  Analysts are hopeful that companies will put more emphasis on increasing productivity as the labor market hits full employment and the pool of available qualified workers diminishes

  • Posted February 2, 2017