Gretchen Livingston - Jun 24, 2022
Family-friendly flexible work policies can have great benefits, but not all workers have equal access.
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For women, access to family-friendly work policies varied dramatically before COVID
Employment Trends of Asians and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Jun 23, 2022
Editor's Note: This post was originally published on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner's Corner Blog on May 25,2022
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, so let’s take a closer look at national employment statistics for Asians and for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders. We’ll focus on how labor market conditions for these groups continue to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BLS has been collecting data in the Current Population Survey on the labor market characteristics of people who identify their race as Asian or Native Hawaiian or Othe
Collaboration, Coordination and Hard Work: An Update on the Next Phase of our Good Jobs Initiative
Secretary Marty Walsh - Jun 22, 2022
Yesterday, along with the Families and Workers Fund, the U.S. Department of Labor convened leaders from federal, state and local government, labor unions and private sector organizations for our Good Jobs Summit.
50 Years of Title IX
Wendy Chun-Hoon - Jun 21, 2022
June 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the day Title IX of the Education Amendments was signed into law. What began as a series of hearings to explore the discrimination women faced at educational institutions grew into a movement for equal opportunity in classrooms, playing fields and boardrooms.
A Regulatory Agenda that Empowers Workers Morning, Noon and Night
Raj Nayak - Jun 21, 2022
Twice a year, every federal agency, including the Department of Labor, releases a list of the regulations they have under development, aka a regulatory agenda. On one level, it’s a snapshot of our current progress on the regulations that we’re working on, and a roadmap for the year ahead. But beneath the surface of every regulation is a story about workers — and our values.
Minding the Gap: How Better Care Policies Can Help Families Balance Work and Home
Mark DeWolf - Jun 17, 2022
The work of the Women’s Bureau focuses on the ways current gendered caregiving patterns limit opportunities for mothers, especially in relation to their earnings and economic security.
Promoting Pride, in Our Work and in Ourselves
Steve Nissen - Jun 17, 2022
At the Office of Disability Employment Policy, we believe all people should feel comfortable bringing their full selves to work.
She Was Fired After Getting COVID. Then She Called the Department of Labor.
Robert Vaden - Jun 15, 2022
Anna Friar had worked over seven years as a kitchen assistant manager and cook at Willowbrook Assisted Living in Lake City, Florida, when she became seriously ill from COVID-19. We launched an investigation into the company’s failure to offer job-protected leave and found that Anna should have been offered unpaid leave and job protection for the time she was dealing with COVID.
Tracking the New Wave of Worker Organizing with Data: 3 Facts We Learned from a New Collaboration
Lynn Rhinehart, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez - Jun 13, 2022
Across the country, workers are organizing with their co-workers and engaging in collective action to gain improvements in their jobs and workplaces. What can we learn from these recent organizing efforts? How do they fit in the broader history of worker organizing in the United States? And how can the Department of Labor support worker organizing to advance our mission of improving working conditions for all workers?