The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement with JBS USA in which the meatpacker will provide $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but remained at levels consistent with a healthy labor market.

The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again.

A Washington state employment agency and its leader are immune from a farmworker union’s lawsuit that challenges the US Department of Labor’s wage regulations for agricultural guestworkers on H-2A visas in the state.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Washington rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 8,

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Washington dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 5,852 in the week ending December 14, down from 8,297 the week before, the Labor Department said.

These affordable, widespread EVs are expected to outsell gas cars in China for the first time this year. As combustion engine cars and trucks dwindle, China’s state-backed oil company Sinopec predicts the country’s oil demand will peak within two years and then start to fall, dragging planet-warming greenhouse emissions down with it.

Some doula services are now covered for Washington residents on Apple Health, a significant change in the way the state pays for pregnancy and labor care for almost half its annual births.

Eggs are nearly 40% more expensive now than they were a year ago, the Labor Department said this week. It’s about to get even worse, one expert says.

Agribusiness giants Purdue Farms and JBS Foods, along with a slaughterhouse cleaning company, paid about $8.4 millions in fines for having underaged workers in dangerous jobs.

The decision to move Monday's swearing-in means thousands of people with plans to visit Washington won't be able to see President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration in person.

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