Private Sector Employment Increased by…
Private sector employment increased by 208,000 jobs in September and annual pay was up 7.8% year-over-year, according to the September ADP® National Employment ReportTM produced b...
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Employer Costs per Employee Average…
Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $41.03 per hour worked in June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Wage and salary costs aver...
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FTC Increases Oversight of the…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Sept. 15 that it has adopted enforcement priorities to fight on behalf of gig workers against deception about pay and hours, unfair ...
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Unemployment Increased Slightly Week of…
In the week ending Sept. 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 213,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous ...
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Unemployment Claims Continue to Decline
States reported that 213,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Sept. 10, marking a fifth straight week of declines. The number of workers continuin...
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Transportation, Material Moving Occupations Projected…
Overall employment in transportation and material moving occupations is projected to grow 6% from 2021 to 2031, about as fast as the average for all occupations. The increase is e...
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Nearly Six Percent of People…
In August 2022, 99.4 million people in the U.S. were counted as not in the labor force, meaning they were neither employed nor unemployed. Of this number, 5.5 million, or 5.6%, wan...
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Payroll Employment up by 315,000…
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 315,000 in August 2022 and by 5.8 million over the past 12 months, as the labor market continued to recover from the job losses of the...
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Labor Productivity Decreased 4.1 Percent…
Business sector labor productivity decreased 4.1% in the second quarter of 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, as output decreased 1.4% and hours worked incre...
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