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

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.

As the chances of getting audited by the IRS or Department of Labor become greater, more fiduciaries are realizing that carefully thought-out plan politics are the best defense.

Trump’s latest nominee for Secretary of Labor plans to tout his "paycheck to paycheck" upbringing at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning, and he’ll promise to fairly enforce the law.

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

With the Labor Department’s deadline for public comment coming to an end, columnists Amy Hwang and Stuart Harris say there are four moves that could follow.

Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 241,000 in the week ended March 11, a report from the Labor Department showed Thursday.

The 235,000 increase followed a 238,000 rise in January that was more than previously estimated, the best back-to-back rise since July, a Labor Department report showed Friday in Washington.

Jobless claims rose by 20,000 to 243,000 in the week ended March 4, a report from the Labor Department showed Thursday.

Hope is dimming, but top Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and investor advocates are unlikely to relent in their efforts to preserve the regulation.

The fewest Americans in almost 44 years filed applications to collect unemployment benefits last week, indicating the job market continues to power forward.

Jobless claims rose by 5,000 to 239,000 in the week ended Feb. 11, a report from the Labor Department shows.

R. Alexander Acosta will replace Trump’s first nominee for the position, Andy Puzder, who withdrew his name Wednesday amid controversy over his personal life and business background.

Experts expect President Trump’s new DOL Secretary pick to agree that the fiduciary rule should be withdrawn.

The fast-food executive ran into trouble on Capitol Hill over his admission that he employed an undocumented housekeeper. Also shadowing his nomination were divorce-court proceedings that included a domestic-abuse allegation.

Let’s enact a uniform fiduciary standard so all clients are protected and any appearance of compensation bias is removed, urges John Ludwig.

Jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 234,000 in the week ended Feb. 4, a report from the Labor Department showed Thursday.

The decision landed just hours after the Department of Labor asked for the decision to be postponed while it complies with a Trump order to review the regulation.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Labor Department said he employed an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper until learning of the worker’s immigration status.

While America's workers keep getting hired at a solid pace, they're having difficulty finding sustained growth in their paychecks.