Labor Department

The unemployment rate slipped to 4.4%, its first decline since June, from 4.5% in November, a figure also revised lower. read more >

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. read more >

America's employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, but last month's gain was the smallest in two years. read more >

Jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 8 rose by 9,000 to 228,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. read more >

The number of job openings per unemployed worker fell below 2.0 for the first time this year. read more >

The deal that's retroactive to 2020 will give rail workers the biggest raises they've seen in more than four decades. But the concessions related to working conditions may prove to be more important to them. read more >

While the U.S. economy added an eye-popping half-million jobs in July, the leisure and hospitality sector is still playing catch-up. read more >

In a 2021 survey, 53% of human resource professionals said they would be willing to hire people with criminal records — up from just 37% in 2018. read more >