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Executive Chair and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana | Reuters Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its consulting business in the U.S., according to an internal memo, as the company continues seeking ways to […]
Job openings rose more than economists expected in November, but other signs of cooling in the labor market emerged as fewer Americans left their jobs and hiring continued to slow. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday showed there were 8.1 million jobs open at the end of November, an increase from […]

MOLINE, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Deere & Co. to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination affecting Black and Hispanic applicants at three of the global agricultural, construction and forestry equipment manufacturer’s production facilities in Illinois and Iowa. The agreement follows routine compliance […]
The University of Michigan will no longer ask for diversity statements from faculty when considering hiring, promotion or tenure, the latest cut to its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The statements, which require a declaration from potential hires on how they will maintain DEI, are solicited from university employers on a case-by-case basis. (Michigan […]
We may all bleed red but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still diversity across communities—from genes to environments to culture—many factors impact our healthcare experiences. With hiring committees overlooking residents from under-repped communities, Black and Hispanic doctors are still being shut out of top jobs. In 2020, medical illustrator, Chidiebere Ibe, brought a spotlight to […]

ROME, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced Ball Container LLC, a subsidiary of Ball Corp., has entered into a conciliation agreement in which the employer will pay $309,000 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged race-based hiring discrimination at the company’s beverage manufacturing facility in Rome. A routine compliance review by the department’s Office […]
For months, the economy has been like a jigsaw with one mismatched piece: Consumer spending has been holding up and overall growth has been solid, but the job market has looked treacherously wobbly. As of Friday, the last piece of that puzzle is finally clicking into place. Fresh employment data for September showed that hiring […]
The U.S. jobs market cooled in June but remains solid, raising the odds that the Federal Reserve will be able to curtail inflation without pushing the economy into a downward spiral. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 206,00 jobs last month, in line with analyst forecasts, and unemployment edged up to a still-low 4.1% from 3.4% in […]
April 5, 2024, 6:30 a.m. ET April 5, 2024, 6:30 a.m. ET Immigration has been robust over the past two years, creating a flood of potential workers that is both supercharging the job market and leading to surprises and quirks in closely watched economic data. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that net immigration will total […]