U.S. Department of Labor

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), has announced a $14,587,500 investment to 12 programs designed to provide employment and training services to workers and job seekers. Administered…

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new guidance to state unemployment issuance agencies, expanding the eligibility factors for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Under this guidance, agencies are allowed to expand unemployment insurance eligibility to three categories of workers. These include…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the U.S. unemployment numbers remain at significant highs. In the latest U.S. Department of Labor report, 778,000 individuals filed for unemployment insurance benefits (on a seasonally adjusted basis) for the first time for the week…

Two Arkansas organizations will be receiving more than $2 million as part of a new investment from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). The DRA partnered with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration…

The Arkansas Human Development Corporation (AHDC) is offering a new grant to provide training and support for low-income seasonal and migrant farm workers. In total, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration has awarded the AHDC $1,144,067 in…

The U.S. Department of Labor reported today that an additional 3.2 million people had filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week. The Great Recession resulted in 8.8 million job losses and while 22.7 million jobs were created afterwards, COVID-19 has…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. economy has come to a virtual standstill. Unemployment claims, in the meantime, have skyrocketed as companies have furloughed or laid off employees to remain solvent. According to the U.S.…

A new U.S. Secretary of Labor has been confirmed after the resignation of former Secretary Alexander Acosta in July. Eugene Scalia, a noted corporate lawyer, was confirmed to the labor secretary position earlier today (Sept. 26) by the U.S. Senate…

Arkansas had one of the most productive, if not most productive, legislative sessions in the country with regard to addressing occupational regulations. Occupational regulations are licensures, certifications, or registrations required for workers in certain occupations. A few examples of licensed…

mployers are slowly recovering from the sticker shock of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) revisions to the overtime exemption rules for “white collar” workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which raised the minimum salary threshold from $23,660…