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The 10-year Treasury yield fell to a 3-month low after Labor Department data showed that job openings dived in October. The Nasdaq composite rallied.

Michael Schuls died after getting trapped in dangerous machinery at a mill in Wisconsin. But across the US conservative groups are pushing to loosen laws that protect children in the workplace

The Dow Jones fell after the Labor Department's initial jobless claims. Cisco Systems and Walmart dived on earnings reports.

The Dow Jones rallied Friday on the Labor Department's weaker-than-expected October jobs report. Apple stock slid on earnings.

Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling on Sept. 21 refusing to block the Biden Labor Department’s investment rule allowing ESG considerations in retirement plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Texas and…

‘We are long past the day when brands can say that they don’t know that they have child labor in their supply chain,’ the chief legal officer for the Labor Department said

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The Labor Department is proposing to make it more costly for employers to avoid paying overtime by making workers salaried employees.

Labor Department officials cited issues at the stores including blocked exits, unsafe storage of materials and improper access to fire extinguishers and electrical panels.

A cut to reported job gains and a signs of economic slowing helped lift the S&P 500 ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's big Friday speech.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in two months, suggesting resilient demand for workers amid a moderation in job gains.