The Latest Breaking News from the Labor Department

A new study conducted by LendingClub and PYMNTS.com found that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck—and some generations have it worse than others.

Child labor rules in agriculture are looser than those in other industries, even for tasks that are dangerous. For all tobacco laborers, but especially kids, the work can cause nicotine poisoning.

The SPDR S&P 500 is volatile after the Labor Department reported a 5% year-over-year increase in the consumer price index

The Biden administration is urging U.S. meat processors to make sure children aren’t being hired illegally to perform dangerous jobs at their plants

What you need to know… On Friday the Labor Department reported March nonfarm payrolls, which showed that the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs, which was near the 238,000 expectation. The unemployment rate ticked lower to 3.5% from 3.6%. The U.S. stock markets were closed on Friday in honor of the...

Washington (AFP) - US job gains eased in March for a second straight month, government data showed Friday, adding to signs that the world's largest economy is cooling as policymakers push on in their fight against inflation.

A softer-than-expected reading of annual wage growth, alongside slowing private sector job gains, contributed to a mixed March employment report Friday.

For more than a year, the Federal Reserve’s inflation fighters have been tightening their grip on the American economy with nine straight interest rate hikes

New seasonally adjusted data implies the job market isn't as extraordinarily tight as was originally implied.

Friday's jobs report is expected to show that hiring slowed to nearly a two-year low, but remains too strong for the Federal Reserve.

What at first appears to be deregulation is actually economic activism in disguise.