ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor is hiring new staff to deal with its appeals backlog but Georgians stuck in that backlog say it is not happening fast enough to help them. “Now that money ...

Maybe your boss worked you 60 hours a week and didn’t pay you overtime. Maybe the company paid you less than minimum wage. Maybe you worked in a hospitality job and the boss swiped the tips that were ...

The owner of a North Georgia factory has agreed to pay more than $154,000 in back wages to hundreds of employees to settle a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into allegations the company failed ...

More than $2.2 million in back wages is owed to more than 7,000 workers in Georgia. According to U.S. Department of Labor data, businesses owe more than $100 million in back wages to U.S. workers. In ...

ATLANTA — Businesses owe the Georgia Department of Labor more than $100 million in back unemployment taxes and Georgia’s Labor Commissioner says he has a plan for how to recoup the money. “I’m not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer stands behind President Donald Trump after he signs executive orders in the Oval Office on ...

ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Bárbara Rivera Holmes as Georgia’s new labor commissioner, filling the vacancy left by former Commissioner Bruce Thompson, who passed away last fall after a ...

Georgia reached a record-breaking 5 million jobs in June. The state's unemployment rate remained at 3.5%, lower than the national average. Job growth occurred in ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s 10th Commissioner of Labor, Bruce Thompson, has died after battling pancreatic cancer, the Department of Labor announced on Sunday. "It is with profound sadness that we announce ...

The Georgia Department of Labor has received the “Model Agency Award” for excellence in human resources from the Georgia Department of Administrative Services as part of its FY24 HR Assessment. "The ...

Georgia leaders are mourning the loss of Georgia's tenth Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson who reportedly died after a brief battle with cancer, according to Gov. Brian Kemp. Thompson passed away ...