http://www.mail.com/organizations/76812-us-department-labor.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/76812-us-department-labor.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090252-senate-panel-backs-perez-to-head-labor-dept.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite opposition from Republicans. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12 -10 to confirm Perez, currently the nation's top civil rights enforcer. All Republicans on the committee voted no. The... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090252-senate-panel-backs-perez-to-head-labor-dept.html 2013-05-16T13:54:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069276-labor-official-blamed-job-corps-problems-quits.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Labor Department official who took the blame for budgeting mistakes and cost overruns at the federal Job Corps program has resigned. Jane Oates said in an email to employees on Monday that she is leaving her position as assistant secretary of the agency's Employment and Training Administration at the end of the month. The email, ob... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:23:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069276-labor-official-blamed-job-corps-problems-quits.html 2013-05-07T20:23:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058014-asia-stocks-rise-us-jobs-data.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday, finding renewed strength from a fall in U.S. jobless benefit claims and an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank intended to boost the region's ebbing economy. Investors jittery over the state of the U.S. economy took heart from a U.S. Labor Department report that said applications for unemployment ... Fri, 03 May 2013 05:07:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058014-asia-stocks-rise-us-jobs-data.html 2013-05-03T05:07:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053394-us-employment-compensation-up-03-percent-q1.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' wages increased at a faster rate from January through March than the previous quarter, a trend that helped boost consumer spending at the start of the year. But their benefits barely grew. The Labor Department said Tuesday that an index that measures wages and benefits rose 0.3 percent during the first quarter. That's down fro... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:50:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053394-us-employment-compensation-up-03-percent-q1.html 2013-04-30T14:50:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037920-labor-dept-ends-job-corps-enrollment-freeze.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department said Monday it has ended its freeze on new enrollments in the nation's federal Job Corps program, but budget constraints mean fewer youths will be admitted in the future. The temporary freeze, which began on Jan. 28, prevented more than 10,000 disadvantaged and at-risk youth from getting job training at 125 job cente... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:23:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037920-labor-dept-ends-job-corps-enrollment-freeze.html 2013-04-23T00:23:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027468-labor-nominee-perez-pledges-open-mind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez sought to assure senators Thursday that he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work with business and labor groups alike to create new jobs. "You will always have a person who has an open and balanced approach," Perez told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Comm... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:40:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027468-labor-nominee-perez-pledges-open-mind.html 2013-04-18T17:40:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1997786-us-futures-shave-gains-jobless-claims-data.html NEW YORK (AP) — Early gains for U.S. stock market futures were shaved Thursday after the Labor Department reported an unexpected increase in weekly unemployment applications. The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose to the highest level since late November last week, although the increase partly reflects seasonal distortions around the spring... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:24:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1997786-us-futures-shave-gains-jobless-claims-data.html 2013-04-04T13:24:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1962508-obama-nominates-justice-official-to-top-labor-slot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama gave a glowing rollout Monday to Thomas Perez, his choice to lead the Labor Department after an aggressive stint as the nation's chief civil rights enforcer. But the nomination quickly ran into trouble as a Republican senator declared he would block the nomination until GOP concerns about Perez's Justice Department tenure are addresse... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:54:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1962508-obama-nominates-justice-official-to-top-labor-slot.html 2013-03-18T20:54:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961658-obama-expected-to-nominate-perez-labor-post.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A person familiar with White House deliberations says President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made. Perez has headed the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division since 2009 a... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:35:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961658-obama-expected-to-nominate-perez-labor-post.html 2013-03-18T00:35:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1956620-pentagon-spends-1b-year-unemployment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily. Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers, a Labor Department program, is a spinoff of the federal-state unemployment insuran... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:06:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1956620-pentagon-spends-1b-year-unemployment.html 2013-03-15T08:06:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943968-ap-source-obama-poised-to-pick-perez-labor.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is close to naming Thomas Perez, a civil rights official in the Justice Department, as his choice to head the Department of Labor, two people familiar with the process say. His nomination could come as early as Monday, the people familiar with the process said Saturday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:09:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943968-ap-source-obama-poised-to-pick-perez-labor.html 2013-03-10T14:09:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895506-lawmakers-probe-shortfall-job-corps-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers are investigating a nearly $100 million shortfall at the federal Job Corps program that has prompted the Labor Department to freeze enrollment at all 125 job centers around the country. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., has called on the agency's inspector general to investigate "serious questions about the management by ... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:11:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895506-lawmakers-probe-shortfall-job-corps-program.html 2013-02-16T09:11:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881258-obama-wielding-executive-power-2nd-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are shaping the cost and quality of health plans, the contents of the school cafeteria, the front lines of future... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881258-obama-wielding-executive-power-2nd-term.html 2013-02-11T08:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1839562-ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over. And the situation is even worse than it appears. Most of the jobs will never return, and millions more are likely to vanish as well, say experts who study the labor market. What's more, these jobs aren't just being... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1839562-ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs.html 2013-01-23T20:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about diversity in Obama's inner circle. Solis, a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html 2013-01-10T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1808072-ap-fashion-editor-anderson-dies-91.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Associated Press fashion editor and foreign correspondent Nadeane Walker Anderson, who interviewed legendary designers including Coco Chanel and Christian Dior while working in Paris, has died in Texas. She was 91. Anderson, who used her maiden name Nadeane Walker as her byline, died of natural causes Monday in Austin, her daug... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1808072-ap-fashion-editor-anderson-dies-91.html 2013-01-09T04:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780114-labor-dept-urges-talks-bahrain-labor-unrest.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government of Bahrain has fallen short of commitments to recognize labor rights and prevent employment discrimination under a free trade agreement with the United States, the Labor Department said Thursday. But the agency declined to suspend the trade pact, despite a request from the AFL-CIO. Instead, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis urge... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780114-labor-dept-urges-talks-bahrain-labor-unrest.html 2012-12-20T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750904-apple-holds-sp-nasdaq-dow-ends-higher.html NEW YORK (AP) — Apple spoiled the stock market's party on Friday. Stocks shot higher in the early morning, after the government reported that the U.S. added jobs in November. But Apple, which has been flailing in recent weeks as investors wonder how long its momentum can continue, dragged down the indexes that it's part of. The Dow Jon... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750904-apple-holds-sp-nasdaq-dow-ends-higher.html 2012-12-07T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750856-stocks-open-higher-jobs-growth-beats-forecasts.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are opening modestly higher on Wall Street after the government reported jobs growth that was better than economists were expecting. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 60 points to 13,133 shortly after the opening bell Friday. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points to 1,418 and the Nasdaq composite rose n... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750856-stocks-open-higher-jobs-growth-beats-forecasts.html 2012-12-07T13:41:00Z