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 7,200 in the week ending January 11, down from 10,729 the week before, the Labor Department said.

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.

Senate Bill 5023 seeks to resolve longstanding discriminatory labor policies. Advocates note that nannies, housekeepers, gardeners and caregivers offer crucial support to families and help keep homes running.

More than 100 farmworkers and their supporters traveled to Olympia from the state’s rural counties Tuesday to lobby lawmakers for more protections against unfair labor practices.

JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.

U.S. President Donald Trump has installed new acting heads at three key federal labor agencies, the first step in what is expected to be a major overhaul of Biden-era policies.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

The General used Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine the counties with the most car repair shops in Washington.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has banned imports from another tranche of companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs in China, targeting more than 30 textile, mining and solar entities, a federal government notice published on Tuesday said.

JBS was not accused of wrongdoing, but the Labor Department said the company contracted with third-party service providers who employed children in dangerous jobs at facilities in four states.

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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld previous court decisions finding The GEO Group, operator of the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, guilty