New guidelines could help many pregnant workers
Rules spell out how Americans With Disabilities Act applies to mothers-to-be
DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family
Tom Raum
Unions stronger in government
WASHINGTON – Unions representing government workers are expanding while organized labor has been shedding private-sector members over the past half-century.
A majority of union me...
DATE: Jul 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
VA hospitals facing lawmakers’ scrutiny
Department of Justice may be involved
DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Study: Young workers change jobs frequently
WASHINGTON – Young adults born in the early 1980s held an average of just over six jobs each from ages 18 through 26, a Labor Department survey showed Wednesday.
Since 1997, the...
DATE: Mar 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Former defense secretary James Schlesinger dies
WASHINGTON – Onetime economics professor and longtime nuclear strategist James R. Schlesinger was a political man for all seasons, holding a long string of Cabinet and other high-level posts...
DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. seeks more disclosures about 401(k) plan fees
WASHINGTON – The Labor Department on Tuesday proposed a new rule that would make it easier for those with 401(k) retirement plans and their employers to locate just what fees and expenses a...
DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism.” ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Why the fuzzy economic predictions?
Political indecision makes it tough on the forecasters
DATE: Jul 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
No signs that Washington will rescue broke Detroit
WASHINGTON – During the bleakest days of the Great Recession, Congress agreed in bipartisan votes to bail out two of Detroit’s biggest businesses, General Motors and Chrysler.
Tod...
DATE: Jul 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
