Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Law school dean Alexander Acosta has said little about hot-button Labor issues and faces big choices that will divide Trump supporters.

More than enough Senate Republicans oppose the House bill to kill it — with rival camps insisting on pulling the bill in opposite directions to meet their demands.

Alexander Acosta expresses support for increasing above the 2004 level the salary threshold at which overtime must be paid to employees, but declined to commit to defend the rate put in place by the Obama administration.

Jobless claims increased by 15,000 to 261,000 in the week ended March 18, a Labor Department report showed.

Republicans scrapped a vote on the embattled American Health Care Act bill Friday due to opposition from moderates and conservatives, just a day after President Trump demanded a do-or-die vote on it.

The White House prodded House Republican leaders to make last-minute tweaks to their ACA replacement bill Thursday aimed at protecting “high-risk” patients before lawmakers leave Washington for their two-week spring break.

Claims are hovering near the lowest level since the early 1970s, indicating employers remain reluctant to reduce staff amid steady demand and a shortage of workers with relevant skills and experience.

The 98,000 increase followed a 219,000 rise in February that was less than previously estimated, a Labor Department report showed Friday in Washington.

Union president Richard Trumka says that anything that dilutes the rule is bad and taking Obama’s overtime expansion away from even one worker could have devastating consequence.

State efforts to get more workers to save are the target of lawmakers who say the auto-IRA programs burden employers and skirt the rules.