A look at typical unemployment rates and earnings for new graduates, sorted by what they studied in college.
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Obama Proposes Changes to FLSA for Home Care Workers
The Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal law that governs minimum wage and overtime, has long exempted home health care workers for its requirements. Thus, the people who take care of the elderly and the sick are often not compensated at minimum wage or given overtime. On Friday, President Obama took the first steps in […]
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Small Businesses Plan to Increase Hiring
The country’s smaller employers are finally starting to enjoy the feeble recovery, a report indicates.
More on Labor Force Dropouts
A closer look at why women have accounted for a majority of workers dropping out of the labor force during the recovery.
Employed Women, Dropping Out of the Labor Force
Last month the American labor force contracted by hundreds of thousands – a decline accounted for entirely (and then some) by the departure of women.
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Older Workers and Joblessness
Some indicators are looking more positive, but for those 55 or over, the typical length of unemployment is a growing shadow.