Employment & Unemployment

The unemployment rate has greatly increased since the onset of the recession in December 2007, when it measured 5.0%. The rate peaked at 10.1% in O...

The distribution of income in the United States features heavily in congressional discussions about the middle class, program funding and effective...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal legislation that establishes the general minimum wage that must be paid to all...

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For the majority of employees in the US and elsewhere, their job is by far their most important property; with jobs providing not only a principal ...

This book explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labour that could result from subst...

The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high u...

There is little doubt that significant income inequality persists across as well as within countries, and that wage differential exists between mal...

This book examines the importance of social media and other information technologies in connecting people to job opportunities. Not surprisingly, d...

The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor''s (DOL) Work...

U.S. employers in various industries argue that they need to hire foreign workers to perform lower-skilled jobs, while others maintain that many of...

In response to continuing high rates of unemployment and a weak economy, President Obama announced his American Jobs Act on September 8, 2011. As s...