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Patrons at sit-down restaurants pay for their meals and typically leave something extra for their server, known as a gratuity or a tip. One restaurant decided to keep the tips from staff and faces a big fine. What Happened: North Carolina-based “Jay’s Kitchen” was ordered to pay $...

Unemployment insurance filings fell for a fourth straight week to the lowest levels since May showing continued strength in U.S. labor demand. What Happened: Jobless claims fell 6,000 for the week ending Sept. 3 to 222,000 from a downwardly revised level of 228,000 in the prior...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has posted a "Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers" summary on its website, which can be accessed here. This is an attempt by the DOL to answer some preliminary questions related to the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA...

President Donald Trump's administration has asked state labor officials to temporarily withhold releasing the number of unemployment claims they are receiving, the New York Times reported Thursday. What Happened The United States Department of Labor sent an email to state officials asking them...

Economists expect that Friday’s jobs report could show a buoyant outlook for the U.S. economy, according to The Wall Street Journal. What’s The Deal The U.S. Department of Labor is all set to release its November jobs report on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. The November report could show a...

The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly continuous jobless claims and initial jobless claims figures on Thursday. Both numbers numbers beat estimates. Only 255,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending July 18 -- the fewest since 1973. Experts were...

After a soft U.S. Employment Report last Friday, Thursday's Jobless Claims release will be watched closely by both investors and the Federal Reserve. What the Report Tells Us The Initial Jobless Claims figure shows the number of first-time claims for jobless benefits in the United States,...

Investors are always looking for the “next big thing.” Business Insider, in a recent report, suggested the mobile health apps industry might be worth considering. Statistics support that notion with BI pointing out skyrocketing health care costs and the fact that health-related spending in the...

The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday morning that, in the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 323,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 327,000. This is the lowest level of new claims since January 2008. The...

In some good news for the economy, weekly jobless claims took a big drop. In the week ending April 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 324,000, a decrease of 18,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 342,000. These are the lowest number of claims since...

Jobless claims dropped to a six week low, defying analysts expectations for an increase in claims. In the week ending March 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 340,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 347,000. This drop was unexpected,...

In the first jobs report since QE3 was announced, the most recent jobs report was released Friday morning and showed that the unemployment rate had dropped from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September. Since January there has been an average of 146,000 jobs created by the economy each...

In its weekly report, the U.S. Department of Labor said for the week ending July 21 that the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 353,000. This reading was better than the consensus estimate of 380,000 and decreased 35,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 388,000....