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S.C. jobless rate falls to 5-year low

...The drop tied with Cali fornia and New York for the largest month-to-month decrease, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.From March to April, the number of employed in South Carolina increased by 2,935 to nearly 2 million. Around...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-17/sc-jobless-rate-falls-5-ye
Some college grads finding it easier to land jobs than others

...unemployment figures, is 18.3 percent. In 2007, those rates were 5.7 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively. Department of Labor statistics show the unemployment rate is 7.5 percent nationally and 8.2 percent in Georgia."The good news is these graduates...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-05-17/some-colleg
Regents audit finds GRU officials violated policy

...three other officers to volunteer, one of the officers was an hourly employee and thus "could not volunteer under federal labor regulations."As for the other officers, the report said, "it is questionable whether the remaining officers would truly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-17/regents-audit-finds-gru-o
Savannah River Site | The Augusta Chronicle

...the site's aging reactors slowed and eventually stopped as they were mothballed. The business of bombs at SRS turned to the labor of cleanup during the 1990s, and the work force went from about 25,000 to about 13,000. Today's SRS advocates say...

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Fort Gordon | The Augusta Chronicle

...military spouse, tending to a home with two young children, with a husband summoned for repeated deployments by ... The Georgia Labor Department brought scores of business recruiters to Fort Gordon on Tuesday for the post's largest hiring fair of the year...

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Augusta area added 3,700 jobs in April

...employment bump, with a net gain of 3,700 jobs in April, according to data released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.Most of the gain was in the hospitality and leisure sector, which added 3,100 jobs, with 400 more in retail.There were...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-16/augusta-area-added-3700-jo
Layoff numbers flat for Augusta area

...1,877 initial claims in April for the six-county area, according to data released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor. That is slightly higher than the 1,842 filed in April 2012. Initial claims in 2011 and 2010 were higher.April's claims...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-16/layoff-numbers-flat-august
US jobless claims jump to highest level in 6 weeks

...after applications had reached a five-year low.The less volatile four-week average rose just 1,250 to 339,250, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's a level consistent with modest job gains."The underlying story in jobless claims continues...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-16/us-jobless-claims-jump-hig
Rants & Raves

...DEAN still in jail? The daughter recanted months ago and he is still in prison? I PLACE A CALL TO the Georgia Department of Labor at 9 a.m. just to ask a question, and the woman who answered the phone had the snottiest disposition ever! I greeted her...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-16/rants-raves
Fannie Mae payment could delay debt limit until Labor Day

...on which the U.S. would hit its debt limit until at least Labor Day, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said Friday.But lawmakers...we're not going to hit the effective deadline until at least Labor Day," Lew said.It was the first estimated date from Treasury...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-10/fannie-mae-payment-could-d