States are moving to strengthen protections against human trafficking, but some advocates warn that federal funding cuts could undermine efforts to support survivors. This year, lawmakers in several ...

The legal action by the Department of Homeland Security centers around California's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants.

Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as ...

The Trump administration canceled around $660 million in funding for the programs that was to be paid out over the next few ...

Last week the government reported that U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 177,000 jobs in April. The unemployment rate held at a historically healthy 4.2%, however, many economists anticipate ...

The picture of a steady job market, even if backward looking, reassured investors worried about a trade-induced economic ...

U.S. applications for jobless benefits jumped to their highest level in two months, but layoffs remain in a historically ...

U.S. manufacturing contracted for a second straight month in April as tariffs on imported goods strained supply chains, ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer wrote to governors on ... and be legally authorized to accept employment in the United States. Unemployment benefits are not a handout for those in our country ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

States that allow illegal immigrants to collect unemployment benefits could lose federal funding, Labor ... United States illegally to receive these benefits is outrageous." Last month, Department ...