Labor Department

Unit labor costs are a way to measure productivity relative to workers' compensation.

Last week, 217,000 people filed new claims for unemployment insurance. Back in the summer and early fall, that number spiked as high as 260,000.

Welders are needed to build and upgrade roads and bridges, energy infrastructure and chip foundries. But the profession has an image problem.

A less robust job market has made corporate leaders' preference easier to implement.

Despite the inflation surge, persistent supply bottlenecks, the damaging effects of COVID-19 and now a war in Europe, employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months.

The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 4% to 3.8%.

There's a disconnect between rising GDP and consumer spending — and the number of people out of work.

The figures suggest employers have rehired roughly all the workers they can afford to after laying off more than 22 million.

Usually there are lots of benefits and protections that come with being an employee instead of a gig worker, like being paid the minimum wage.

Two new Trump administration rules would limit the types of jobs H-1B workers can fill and require U.S. companies to pay them higher salaries. Businesses aren't happy.