Michael Thurmond, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, speaks to the Gainesville Rotary Club on Monday. GAINESVILLE - While Georgians are facing tough times, the state's labor commissioner says the economy should be booming again within the n

Minimum wage workers are set to get a pay bump Thursday, as the federal rate will go from $5.85 to $6.55. Experts differ on what the coming wage increase means for workers and employers at a time when the economy is struggling.

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Rengo, Japan's biggest labor group, may call for a uniform wage increase of at least one percent for all of its member unions in salary negotiations next spring, the Asahi newspaper reported , citing Rengo's general secretary.

Immigration. The 2007 Economic Report of the President, produced by his Council of Economic Advisers, includes Chapter 9 on immigration.

Michigan has the highest outbound migration of any state in the country, and at 8.5 percent claims the nation's highest average annual unemployment. Commerce overall has posted dramatic losses, yet business within the state’s Hispanic community is flou