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Department of Labor
New government rule restricts who can be considered an independent contractor
Jan 10, 2024
The likely outcome of the rule is to designate more people as employees. That has some employers through the gig economy worried.
Labor Department wants to get more gig workers on company payrolls
Jan 9, 2024
The previous administration made it easier to classify workers for companies like Uber and DoorDash as independent contractors.
House GOP threatens to defund office that studies, advocates for working women
Nov 14, 2023
House Republicans recommended eliminating the budget for the Labor Department's Women's Bureau. Here's what could be lost if that happens.
New online platform helps immigrant workers recover stolen wages
Aug 3, 2023
The process of getting back stolen wages is complicated, time-intensive and often unsuccessful. Now, a new online platform is empowering immigrant advocates by making it easier to file wage theft claims.
Three years after the pandemic recession, signing up for unemployment still isn't easy
Jun 26, 2023
States are upgrading IT and accessibility to unemployment insurance, but it's a long hard road.
As the job market cools, "job churn" is leveling off from historic pandemic highs
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Justin Ho
Feb 1, 2023
The more people switch jobs, the better the odds anybody can find a better one.
As federal unemployment benefits end, many states' UI systems remain janky
Sep 7, 2021
Some crash, others don’t work on mobile devices. In some states, workers have to wait to receive new passwords by mail to access their accounts.
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Your guide to understanding unemployment insurance terms
Jul 16, 2020
A helpful glossary for terms and acronyms as the July 31 deadline approaches for Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to end.
What's it like to return to the workforce in this economy?
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Erika Beras
Oct 4, 2019
It depends on how long you've been out, what you do and where you live.
New overtime rule covers fewer workers than Obama version
Sep 24, 2019
Had the 2016 rule been instituted, roughly three times more workers would have been covered.