Mississippi Business Journal » U.S. Department of Labor http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 No full Mississippi jobs rebound until end of decade http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-full-mississippi-jobs-rebound-until-end-of-decade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-full-mississippi-jobs-rebound-until-end-of-decade http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-full-mississippi-jobs-rebound-until-end-of-decade/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:01 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=65126 Mississippi will be nearing the end of this decade before job numbers in manufacturing, leisure & hospitality and several other sectors returns to the pre-recession levels of 2007, state economists say in a new report. The news is not entirely bad, however. The November issue of the Mississippi Economic Outlook reports that the leading indicators [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-full-mississippi-jobs-rebound-until-end-of-decade/feed/ 0 Labor proposes new ag worker rule http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/11/labor-proposes-new-ag-worker-rule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labor-proposes-new-ag-worker-rule http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/11/labor-proposes-new-ag-worker-rule/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:33:36 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=19061 WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis yesterday announced a new rule regarding the H-2A program. The Labor Department will publish in the Feb. 12 edition of the Federal Register, a final rule governing the labor certification process and enforcement mechanisms for the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. The final rule is being [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/11/labor-proposes-new-ag-worker-rule/feed/ 0 Judge rules against Bank of America http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/03/judge-rules-against-bank-of-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-rules-against-bank-of-america http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/03/judge-rules-against-bank-of-america/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:13:11 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=18522 WASHINGTON — A protracted case that started with a U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) investigation has resulted in an administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) recommended ruling that Bank of America discriminated against African-American job applicants for entry level positions in Charlotte, N.C., in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005. “The [...]

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