FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Critical Steps to Protect Workers from Risks of Artificial Intelligence

whitehouse.gov Since taking office, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have moved with urgency to harness the potential of artificial…

Labor Dept Reports Initial Jobless Claims Drop by 10K

pymnts.com The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 10,000 during the week ended Saturday (May 11), reversing about half of the increase that was seen a week…

Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers

dol.gov Department of Labor's Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles for Developers and Employers Since taking office, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and…

The 5 changes to the 401(k) that could make a big difference to your retirement

finance.yahoo.com has become king of the retirement industry, knocking down its competition in pensions and overshadowing the contribution limits of the IRA — but it could use some…

What is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)?

thestreet.com Key takeaways A business may be eligible for the WOTC if it hires workers from certain targeted groups of people who often face employment barriers. The goal is to encourage…

This $2.2 Billion Startup’s GPT-4 Powered AI Bot Demystifies Health Insurance

forbes.com Livongo cofounder Glen Tullman has promised his latest startup Transcarent will use AI to help people navigate and pay for healthcare services, but it may be just another…

Don't give Biden a pass on inflation. Don't give Trump a pass on COVID

reason.com President Donald Trump oversaw the implementation of COVID-19 lockdowns. President Joe Biden presided over the worst period of inflation in more than four decades. Those are…

How Often Should You Be Checking Your 401(k) Balance?

finance.yahoo.com and then forgot about it, you may be wondering how you can check back in on the account and see how it’s doing. In this article, we’ll cover how to check your 401(k), how…

5 biggest megaprojects coming to the US

newsweek.com The U.S. is home to some truly ambitious infrastructure megaprojects, defined by the Department of Labor as projects that are "valued at $35 million or more in funding, some…

The juice isn’t worth the squeeze for many college majors, new report reveals: Lifetime earnings simply can’t keep up with the cost of degrees

aol.com For many aspiring students, the decision to attend college comes with scary caveats, like years of unaffordable debt. Now there’s another thing to fear: Even if having a…

8 dead, at least 40 injured after pickup collides with a farmworker bus in central Florida

pbs.org The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the…

The juice isn’t worth the squeeze for many college majors: Lifetime earnings simply can’t keep up with the cost of getting a degree

fortune.com For many aspiring students, the decision to attend college comes with scary caveats, like years of unaffordable debt. Now there’s another thing to fear: Even if having a…

Florida’s migrant farming community jolted by bus crash that kills 8, injures dozens more

fortune.com A bus carrying farmworkers collided with a pickup truck and overturned in central Florida on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 other passengers,…

‘Some of the AI techniques are so good, frankly, I think we should be doing them now’: Some doctors welcome their new tech overlords

fortune.com How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold…

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

apnews.com How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold…

Confronting Surge In Costly New Federal Rules Under Biden

forbes.com As of Monday, May 13, there have been 1,148 rules and regulations finalized among the 41,830 pages published to date in the 2024 Federal Register. Page tallies of over 800…

McDonald's may consider $5 value meal as food prices continue to soar

abc7.com McDonald's may consider $5 value meal as food prices continue to soar The Golden Arches currently offer some individual items on its $1, $2, $3 menu, but it may be rolling…

Mother's Day surprise: More women with children are working than ever before

axios.com Data: BLS; Chart: Axios Visuals It wasn't that long ago that experts were worrying that women, especially moms, would never recover from the shock of 2020. But when it comes…

High School Seniors Sign for Careers at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding

benzinga.com NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII's HII Newport News Shipbuilding division is welcoming more than three dozen graduating high school seniors to careers…

Missouri Republican moves to loosen child labor laws, calls children "lazy"

newsweek.com A Missouri Republican advocated loosening child labor laws, saying children were "lazy" and should get jobs like she did at the age of 9. In 2023, the Department of Labor…

Is the Federal Property & Administrative Services Act Unconstitutional?

reason.com In Bradford v. U.S. Department of Labor, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rejected a challenge to a Labor Department rule requiring federal…

Labor Department Reports Year’s Biggest Increase in Initial Jobless Claims

pymnts.com The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance leapt by 22,000 during the week ended Saturday (May 4). The total of 231,000 initial claims filed during the week was…

Senator makes Labor Secretary Julie Su squirm over sex harassment at FDIC: ‘No country for creepy old men’

nypost.com Sen. John Kennedy pushed acting Labor Secretary Julie Su on Thursday to crack down on the “creepy old men” at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) after the…

Biden’s labor chief calls FDIC revelations ‘clearly horrific’

thehill.com Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su described revelations stemming from a probe into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at a top bank regulator as “clearly…

GM to end production of the Chevy Malibu after 60 years

thestreet.com TheStreet's Conway Gittens brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets open for trading Thursday, May 9. Related: General…

Stock market today: US stocks mixed as investors look for inspiration

finance.yahoo.com US stocks opened largely steady on Thursday as a fresh earnings batch provided mixed results and a reading on unemployment claims showed evidence the labor market continues…

Why women in the U.S. are less satisfied with their jobs than men

axios.com Data: The Conference Board; Chart: Axios Visuals For the seventh consecutive year, women reported being less satisfied with their jobs than men, according to a survey from…

Alvin Bragg’s Theories (Plural) of the Case in People v. Trump May Be Gradually Emerging (There Are Three)

nakedcapitalism.com One of my flaws as a debater on the negative side was that I found it difficult to prepare for cases that I thought were really, really stupid. As a result, my rebuttals…

Biden looks to boost worker, consumer power as election looms

thehill.com The Biden administration has issued a flurry of new rules over the past week aimed at increasing worker and consumer power as the president seeks to combat gloom about the…

House panel again subpoenas Biden’s Labor chief over return-to-work plan

thehill.com The House Education and Workforce Committee on Monday subpoenaed acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su over what it called a "failure" to hand over materials related to the…

NY Times’ Dreier, Reuters coverage of Musk win Pulitzers

talkingbiznews.com Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for “Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs…

Jill On Money: Progress on fiduciary

siliconvalley.com For years I have bemoaned the fact that many financial professionals were not always required to act in the best interest of their clients, i.e., they were not required to…