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Who is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Donald Trump's labour secretary?
Lori Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed as the United States's secretary of labor with a 67-32 Senate vote on Monday.
Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:34 AM IST
US added 256k jobs in December, unemployment rate fell to 4.1%
For all of 2024, the economy added 2.2 million jobs, a solid number but down from 3 million in 2023, 4.5 million in 2022 and a record 6.4 million in 2021
Published on Jan 10, 2025 08:04 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Arya Vaishnavi
US Job openings decline to lowest level since 2021, consumer confidence rebounds
U.S. job openings dropped to more than a 3-1/2-year low in September, but nearly all the decline in vacancies was in the South.
Updated on Oct 29, 2024 11:02 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti
US Jobs data: Payroll gains miss expectations at a disappointing 142,000
Although the number of jobs added by US employers is "not a disaster,” it's still below expectations.
Published on Sep 06, 2024 07:26 PM IST
US unemployment claims fall 7,000 to 227,000 in sign of resiliency in job market
In the week that ended Aug. 3, 1.86 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits, down by 7,000 from the week before.
Published on Aug 16, 2024 09:41 AM IST
AP |
Goa bus crash: Injured labourers demand arrest of employer for unsafe housing
The labourers, who were working on a road project within Goa’s Verna Industrial Estate, were housed in huts made of corrugated metal set up right beside a road when a speeding bus crashed into three huts killing four
Published on May 29, 2024 05:30 PM IST
US jobless claims climb over 850,000 as coronavirus situation worsens
The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of applications increased from 716,000 the previous week. Before the coronavirus paralyzed the economy in March, weekly jobless claims typically numbered only about 225,000.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 09:35 PM IST
Washington | Associated Press | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows
Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, down from 1.7 million in July. The US economy has recovered about half the 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
Updated on Sep 04, 2020 09:57 PM IST
Washington | Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh
US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high
For months, the unemployed had also been receiving the $600 a week in federal jobless aid on top of their state benefit. But the federal payment has expired, and negotiations in Congress to extend that benefit, likely at a lower level of payment, have collapsed in rancor.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 07:48 PM IST
Washington | Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
US adds 1.8 million jobs in July, unemployment rate falls to 10.2%: Govt
The unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent from 11.1 percent in June, still slightly worse than the depth of the global financial crisis in October 2009.
Published on Aug 07, 2020 06:18 PM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse
US jobless claims dip in latest week to 1.19 million: Govt
However, the four-week average for initial unemployment claims was barely changed at 1.33 million in the week ended August 1, the report said.
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 06:51 PM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
36 million have sought US unemployment aid since coronavirus hit
Roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus first forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Published on May 14, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Washington | Associated Press
US employers stepped up hiring by adding 312,000 jobs in December
The health care, food services, construction and manufacturing sectors were the primary contributors to last month’s hiring.
Updated on Jan 05, 2019 12:01 AM IST
Washington | Associated Press