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Waynesville’s USA Farm Labor Inc. (USAFL), one of the top three agencies assisting agriculture employers with the H-2A visa program, is suing the Department of Labor demanding they pause a rule change that could cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While many view Labor Day simply as the unofficial end of summer or an opportunity for a three-day weekend, the holiday's significance should not be lost on the average citizen.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 @ 11:32 am
By: Ben Coulter, Ed.D.
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Alabama Department of Labor officials said Tuesday that two companies that manufacture car parts for Hyundai and Kia were issued more than $35,000 in fines for violating the state’s child labor laws.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As tech giant Oracle is targeted, there is an Epstein angle as well.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 5:24 am
By: LifeZette
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North Carolina is among 12 states selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to participate in an initiative to increase employment of people with disabilities.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Department of Labor needs to clean up its act.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 5:10 am
By: LifeZette
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President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 4:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced a new agreement signed today between the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) that focuses on protecting the rights of workers and lawful businesses
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 2:01 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), along with a group of 25 other Senators, sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL), expressing concern and frustration over the Department's H-2B labor certification process. The bipartisan letter explains the complications employers with H-2B workers face...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 8:07 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Cherie Berry is in all of our elevators, but apparently she's not in the hearts of the proletariat in The N&O newsroom.
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 9:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That unemployment rate the drive-bys regularly quote to you is actually a percentage of the "workforce." In economics, the "workforce" is defined as that portion of the population, of working age, who are employed in civilian or military jobs.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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As we sink deeper into the Obama Era, it is becoming more apparent that "Dear Leader" does not want people starting businesses, working hard, and making their own money to feed and clothe themselves and their families.
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This is the final week 70,000 jobless workers in North Carolina will receive a federal emergency unemployment compensation check. But Dale Folwell, the state official in charge of jobless benefits, says reports claiming that as many as 170,000 unemployed state residents might lose federal...
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Young adults largely supported Barack Obama's message of hope and change during his 2008 presidential campaign. Now, four years later, many young people are struggling with the impact of the nation's economic changes.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U. S. Department of Labor has asked an outside agency to review the security controls designed to prevent early access to monthly employment data safeguarded by the federal government.
Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two government-funded surveys of "green jobs" released in March show vastly different estimates for the number of green jobs in North Carolina, even though both studies were funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Published: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 @ 11:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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