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• Employment; The gospel according to the book of jobs.(2007 City Facts)(Brief article)

  - 2007-07-02

  People are happier when they have jobs. So goes the New York economy. The unemployment rate is lower than it has been in years, and it even compares well with those for other big cities and the nation as a whole. No borough has been left behind...

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• Ready for the gold watch.(MILESTONE)

  - 2007-01-01

  If it weren't for a knee injury, Tom Barrett might have never worked for Earnest Machine Products Co. But now, 50 years after he joined the Parma-based seller and distributor of bolts, nuts, screws and 35,000 other fasteners, his entire adult life has...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, job, SALES, U.S. Department of Labor

• The January review

  - 2007-01-01

  Our first issue of the year has long comprised features compiling changes in labor law and other legal issues. It is not just a gesture of good fellowship with our colleagues in the U.S. Department of Labor that enforce many aspects of such laws and provide us with these compendia;...

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• References.(Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market)

  - 2006-10-01

  Altonji, J. G. and R. M. Blank (1999), 'Race and gender in the labor market'. In: O. C. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.): Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V. Anderson, D. J., M. Binder, and K. Krause (2003), 'The motherhood...

  Tags: Benefits, Bureau of Labor Statistics, gender, job, salary, U.S. Department of Labor, women

• Fayetteville MSA posts lowest jobless rate

  - 2006-09-04

  The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area once again logged the state's lowest unemployment rate, with 3.7 percent in July, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The MSA's unemployment rate increased four-tenths of a percentage point from the same month last year,...

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• Northwest Arkansas' Washington and Benton counties were among the top 100 counties in the nation for fourth-quarter wage growth in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics

  - 2006-08-21

  Northwest Arkansas' Washington and Benton counties were among the top 100 counties in the nation for fourth-quarter wage growth in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington Country ranked 80th with an average weekly wage of $685, a 2.4 percent increase from the fourth...

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• Producer price indexes--1982=100.

  - 2006-08-05

  Producer Price Indexes--1982=100 Year Apr ...

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• HOMEPAGE: A LOOK AHEAD...TEN YEARS AGO...QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

  - 2006-01-02

  A LOOK AHEAD Retailers will release December same-store sales on Jan. 5. Helen of Troy will report its third-quarter earnings on Jan. 9. Advance monthly retail sales for December will be released by the U.S. Commerce Department's...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Retail, SALES, U.S., U.S. Department of Labor

• 1915: the July review

  - 2005-07-01

  "With this issue the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor begins the publication of its MONTHLY REVIEW." Thus the editors began Volume I--Number 1 of this periodical 90 years ago. The first feature was a very short note, "'Conciliation work of the Department of Labor,"...

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• York, Pa., area's unemployment rate holds steady, follows trends.

  - 2004-09-06

  By Michelle Starr, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6--York County's small shift in unemployment numbers is in line with state, regional and national trends. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in July dropped one-tenth of a percentage...

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