U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Labor

The Department of Labor is the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States.

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INCAPACITY benefit will be scrapped within five years and the jobless will have to work full-time after two years out of work in exchange for the dole, under welfare reform pr  
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The federal government is set to boost the nation's minimum wage Thursday in the second of three increases mandated by Congress. ...  
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to defer wages for 200000 state employees—paying them minimum wage until lawmakers reach a budget deal. ...  
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However, despite instability in the mortgage-banking arena, America's credit unions remain strong and safe for homeowners seeking solutions to their woes. ...  
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VANCOUVER — A group of BC unions has followed through on its pledge to go to court to fight a provincial government law that will limit third party spending ...  
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Jim Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union, called for a stronger alliance between labor unions and environmentalists in a speech in Oakland on Wednesday. ...  
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The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled against two firefighter unions seeking to prevent layoffs in Pontiac and Detroit. The court ruled 4-3 Wednesday that an ...  
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In today's evolving financial services landscape, credit unions are faced with the ongoing challenge of managing and protecting ever-increasing amounts of ...  
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WHAT'S HAPPENING: The federal minimum wage will increase 70 cents, to $6.55 an hour, on Thursday, giving about 2 million workers a raise. ...  
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by Cheryl Corley Shirley Golliday makes minimum wage working part-time as an office clerk for Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp. ...  
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By Craig Gustafson Hoping to avoid a November ballot measure, San Diego's labor unions instead gave in to many of Mayor Jerry Sanders' demands in a ...  
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A government report and a Congressional hearing this week painted a disturbing picture of a Labor Department that simply is not standing up for workers.  
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The Government Accountability Office claims the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department mishandled many complaints and delayed investigating cases for a year or more.  
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July 10, 2008 -- We have always been careful to avoid doing anything that would place the ability of our customers to file PERM applications electronically in...  
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... announced calling off their strike, but the PTCL management later refuted Manzoor’s claim, which created an apparent rift within the workers’ unions. ...  
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