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• Jobless claims near 4-year low

  aid neared a four-year low last week, an encouraging sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 358,000. That's the   Read more »

• McMahon: National recovery leaves NY behind

  stronger-than-expected employment numbers, released by the U.S. Labor Department last week, are fueling hopes that the economic recovery may finally be picking up steam. But even if the national jobs data keep improving, New York State has a rougher road ahead.While   Read more »

• LI job market continues to shrink

  had 9,900 fewer jobs in December than it did the year before, according to data released this afternoon by the State Labor Department .It was the eighth consecutive month that the department's year-over-year gauge of employment here showed a declining labor   Read more »

• Employers add 200,000 jobs, unemployment at 8.5%

  the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, the lowest since   Read more »

• Jobless claims lowest since June 2008

  up to 387,000 from the previously reported 381,000.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims falling to 375,000. A Labor Department official said there was nothing unusual in the data, although the figures for three states, including California and   Read more »

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• Readers Write 2/16

  We must do right for folks with disabilities Regarding “Labor Department may face makeover” (News, Feb. 2/15/12 from Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more »

• Labor Department to close, consolidate field offices

  The Labor Department plans to close a variety of field offices in an effort to become more efficient, according to budget documents the department released Monday. The Office of Public Affairs will close its Denver and Seattle offices, while the Occupati 2/15/12 from Federal Times Read more »

• THE REVOLVING DOOR SPINS: “Stephen Barr, who authored The Federal Diary column for several years, t…

  THE REVOLVING DOOR SPINS: “Stephen Barr, who authored The Federal Diary column for several years, this week joins the Labor Department as a top public affairs official. . . . The move makes Barr a member of the Senior Executive Service, a corps of senior   from Instapundit Read more »

• BBC: 5,000 unemployed Americans living in tent-city Obamavilles

  A homeless woman plays card in her tent beside a street in Las Vegas on November 13, 2011. The Labor Department said the economy managed to break away from three months of 9.1 percent unemployment in October, but that jobs are being generated at a pace t   from Kaus Files Read more »

• NM flight center ordered to pay workers back wages

  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) -- The U.S. Labor Department has ordered the German Air Force Tactical Training Center based at Holloman Air Force Base to pay eight workers nearly $34,000 in back wages after investigators found violations of the overtime provision   from Albuquerque Journal Read more »