The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department charged with ensuring occupational safety, wage and hour standards and federal unemployment insurance benefits. The department also keeps some labor statistics.
Veterans Employment Data - Fedblog
November 13, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
Yesterday at an event at the Labor Department, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry said he wasn't going to set a quota on how many veterans federal agencies should hire, but that his goal would be to increase their numbers year on year....
Some Details on Hiring Reform - Fedblog
November 12, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
At an event at the Labor Department to discuss the Obama administration's new initiatives on veterans' hiring, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry fielded a question about what those efforts mean for the larger goal of hiring reform. Berry was vague, but he...
Regulatory Retreat - Fedblog
October 14, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
So, I wrote yesterday about the uptick in conversation about regulation and how it should work in the Obama administration. Which of course means I wake up this morning to find that one of the more aggressive regulators Obama nominated, Lorelei Boylan, the New...
Top 50 In- Demand Jobs - Wired Workplace
October 13, 2009
| Brittany Ballenstedt
The Labor Department has released a list of the top 50 in-demand occupations, and it's no surprise that several IT-specific fields made the list. The list includes the projected need for employees in each of the 50 categories from 2006 to 2016.
Disability. gov 2. 0 - Wired Workplace
August 18, 2009
Marking the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Labor Department has revamped Disability.gov to include social media tools and encourage interaction and...
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