Employment / Labor Law News

They are photos you would expect to find on a porn site or in hate mail, not in corporate headquarters.

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured nearly $62,000 in back overtime wages for 21 current and former health care workers of Davis Life Care Center Inc.

The Idaho Human Rights Commission unanimously backed a new partnership between the state's discrimination watchdog and the Department of Labor.

It took 15-year-old Charles Owens weeks before he finally opened up to his mom about a security guard at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center soliciting him for oral sex.

The latest unemployment rate of 9.7 percent is an unexpected jolt of good news. That's down from 10 percent in December and even lower than the 9.8 percent the Obama administration projects for the end of this year.

A first-time report on green-sector jobs in Pennsylvania could turn the spotlight again on state legislation to foster greater use of clean energy.

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development will award two winners of its Safety Poster and Video Contest a one-semester scholarship for up to 15 credits at any University of Alaska campus.

We've had numerous stories concerning some rather concerning trends in law enforcement, including the use of things like redlight cameras to increase revenue, not make things safer, as well as the fact that more data can often make it harder for law enforcement to keep people safe.

Job losses during the Great Recession have been huge and they're about to get bigger.

Governor David A. Paterson today announced the nomination of Colleen Crawford Gardner as Commissioner of Labor.

The majority of public and private employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that requires employers to pay employees the federal minimum wage and overtime compensation.

February 04, 2010, 6:56 AM / As an advocate for the unemployed, I am compelled to respond to two recent letters in Everybody's Column, written by small business executives who condemned the New York State Department of Labor for its approach to employee issues.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered nearly $40,000 in overtime pay for workers at an eastern Nebraska company.

Here's a list of "Terminations, Reductions and Savings" in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget issued today by the White House.

A Newberg, Ore., funeral chapel will pay $62,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.

The Department of Labor and Industry is warning Montana businesses of an ongoing poster scam.

Testifying at a workers' compensation hearing on Tuesday, former Deputy Warden Sam Hyder recalled his last day at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

Mario Tama/Getty Images The Obama administration is predicting little improvement in the nation's unemployment rate by the end of the year.

The Department of Labor and the Treasury Department have put out a request for information on the use of annuities in defined-contribution plans.

Chris Kolb of York has been looking for work for more than a year, ever since he got laid off from a factory job.