Investopedia

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): What It Is and How It Works

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
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What is the Role of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics? Check Data and New Leadership

In the world of U.S. economics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) holds a position of immense importance, established in 1844. This independent federal agency, part of the Department of Labor, is ...
The Heritage Foundation

Heritage Employment Report: This Labor Day, No New Jobs, High Unemployment

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that in August, United States employers added no net new jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed the same at 9.1 percent. Overall, the private sector added ...
OPB

Oregon labor bureau audit cites poor management for backlog of wage, civil rights claims

A pattern of ill-advised management decisions reflecting “strategic neglect” and an ongoing lack of resources have fueled the backlog of thousands of worker complaints made to Oregon’s top labor ...
Statesman Journal

Hundreds of Oregon workers' claims — from wage theft to paid leave — may be dismissed

A new report from Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industriesspotlights the hurdles barring the agency from enforcing critical protections for workers, from wage theft to civil rights and paid leave. The ...
Oregonian

Oregon labor commissioner faces former civil rights investigator in May primary election

Oregon’s sitting labor commissioner, Christina Stephenson, will square off against Chris Lynch, a former Bureau of Labor and Industries civil rights investigator and manager, in the nonpartisan May ...