1.8 million jobs added in July. The Department of Labor announced their findings of hiring in the month of July. Roughly 1.8 million jobs were added back into…
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PPP Loans Saved as Many as 3.2 Million Jobs
New study was conducted by MIT and Federal Reserve. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a centerpiece of the Trump Administration’s economic response to the coronavirus pandemic, through hundreds…
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Labor Department Releases Updated Guidelines
Additional protections and requirements for reopening workplaces during pandemic. The Department of Labor published additional guidance on Monday regarding how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family…
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Millions of Americans Miss Housing Payments
Already thousands of eviction cases are pending. Roughly 20 percent of renters, or about 13 million people, told a Census Bureau survey last month that they had missed…
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Employment Rate Continues Climb in June
4.8 million jobs added to the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the national unemployment rate dropped to 11.1% last month as the reopening of the country…
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New Executive Order Promotes Skill-Based Hiring
Will not favor those with or without degrees. College degrees are necessary in many lines of work, such as in jobs within the medical field. But degrees are…
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46 States See Hiring Bump, Unemployment Remains High
State employment gaps increase, tourism industries hit hardest. With many states ushering in soft to full re-openings in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, an increase in national…
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Labor Department Updates Unemployment Numbers
Roughly 32.5 million out of work The Labor Department released updated statistics on the unemployment rate in the United States, giving additional insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic…
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U.S. Regains 2.5 Million Jobs in May
Unemployment drops to 13.3 percent. The Department of Labor announced May’s job report on Friday, showing that the fast rise in unemployment had slowed from April’s high of…
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House Members Call for Unions to Stop Collecting Dues
May create additional hardship for unemployed workers. Certain members of the House of Representatives sent letters to the four largest U.S. workers’ unions this week requesting confirmation that…
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