While Wall Street soars, jobs market still scarred
9 days ago
These "missing workers" are in addition to the 4.4 million long-term unemployed in April, as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yahoo ban turns spotlight on telecommuting
70 days ago
Some use small samples, others rely on a wild array of statistics from the U.S. Census, the Small Business Administration or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. adds 236,000 jobs as unemployment hits 4-year low
71 days ago
The surveys that the Bureau of Labor Statistics used to gauge employment and unemployment were conducted in the weeks before Washington failed to stave off the sequester -- $85 billion in federal...
DC region faces unique challenges from budget cuts
74 days ago
Thousands of federal government workers for agencies as varied as the CIA and the Patent and Trademark Office make their home in the area - about 15 percent of the total federal workforce,...
Telecommuting: Was Yahoo doing it right?
74 days ago
Some use small samples, others rely on a wild array of statistics from the U.S. Census, the Small Business Administration or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Job growth still sluggish; jobless rate inches up
106 days ago
The overall jobs number was dragged down by 9,000 lost government jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Union membership plunges in U.S.
115 days ago
Overall membership fell by about 400,000 workers to 14.4 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unions suffer steep decline in membership
116 days ago
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the unionization rate fell from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent of all workers, the lowest level since the 1930s.
December hiring meets expectations
135 days ago
For all of 2012, employers addded 1.835 million new jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Texas jobless rate lowest in nearly four years
148 days ago
In Fort Worth-Arlington, job growth looked particularly strong as the area added 7,100 jobs from October and 27,600 from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
