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A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday limited the amount of political contributions OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can make to candidates running for state attorney general or governor, particularly as these same offices are working to settle massive lawsuits against the company for their part in the national opioid addiction crisis. 

Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic think the job loss will be permanent.

The mean amount of preretirement income that workers think they'll need to replace is 67 percent, according to a study.

Sycamore sees JCPenney helping to revive the North Carolina-based Belk, a struggling department store chain with 300 stores located mostly in the South, a source said.

The American Federation of Teachers wants schools to open only in communities with below 1 percent transmission rates, with accommodations for at-risk teachers.

Workers at risk of being furloughed include pilots and flight attendants

L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works said it expects its second-quarter revenue will have fallen by 20 percent from a year ago.

New York City faces a mass exodus of Wall Street firms — and jobs — as some financial and professional-services industries consider trimming their presence in the city by at least 20 percent

Outdated state unemployment insurance systems across the U.S. could take months to adopt a Republican proposal that would cap benefits at a certain percentage of worker's former salary. 

Republicans and the White House proposed reducing the $600 payment to $200 until states can adopt a new approach that would cap the aid at 70 percent of the income workers received before they lost their jobs.

The industry's fortunes tend to rise and fall based on the country's political climate.

We should not have to sell our own employees on the logic behind the job they once depended on.

Lawmakers want to give some essential workers a break from certain federal tax obligations.