When Brandon Bondehagen filed a wage claim with Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries against Revolution Film Group in 2016, he was in a comparably better spot than some of his co-workers.

The Oregon Labor Bureau has asked Gov. Tina Kotek and lawmakers to increase its budget by roughly $22 million so it can tackle massive backlogs of complaints from workers who say they’ve been ...

Forecasters believe U.S. employment numbers expanded modestly in December, extending a streak of labor market weakness that has prompted the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates several times.

In the world of U.S. economics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) holds a position of immense importance, established in 1844. This independent federal agency, part of the Department of Labor, is ...

Unemployment has consistently fallen since December 2021 One factor behind declining unemployment could be a slow recovery in the labor force participation rate since the onset of COVID Labor force ...

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that a majority of American union members now work for the government. The pattern of unions adding members in government while losing members ...

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the “Great Recession” officially ended four years ago. Nonetheless, job growth remains anemic. Many economists have struggled to explain its ...

With hot-button topics like immigration, abortion, voters’ rights, and diversity and inclusion issues already inflaming political discourse ahead of November’s elections, nobody needed additional ...

On Nov. 27, Yu Nai-wen (游迺文), head of the Domestic Investment Division of the Ministry of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Funds, was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes in return for using his authority ...