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The Federal Reserve is expected to begin raising interest rates this week for the first time in three years as policymakers look to cool red-hot inflation, a move that comes at a precarious time for the U.S. economy as it confronts a continuing pandemic and a war in Europe.

Google is launching an initiative that they say will help more than 20,000 Americans with job training and placement through its $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund.

Peloton instructors are being spared from the fitness company’s job cutback and “restructuring program,” which is expected to result in around $130 million in severance payouts and other exit activities to approximately 2,800 employees around the world.

President Biden touted U.S. job growth on Friday as it soared past expectations, adding 467,000 new jobs, even amid the surge in cases of the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19.

An Illinois pizzeria owner said that he is begging for help as the future of the workforce hangs in the balance while business owners deal with labor shortages and government funding comes to an end.

McGee's Scot Irish Pub, in South Carolina, is called a pub, it’s really more of a restaurant. And now it includes a closed-off room with a licensed child care provider.

Generac Power Systems in Wisconsin is dealing with more than 200 open positions and rising input costs as demand for its products continues to soar, its CEO Aaron Jagdfeld noted.

An Arizona CEO is offering a $5,000 bonus for new hires to quit after just two weeks into their new jobs as part of a unique approach to staff retention as a "great resignation" sweeps the American workforce.

A San Francisco Burger King franchisee who owes $1.9 million in wages to more than 200 former employees has failed to make any payments and had closed down or sold all its locations in the city, according to lawyers for a group representing some former workers.

The nation’s largest nursing home association is sounding the alarm on President Biden’s social spending package, saying it could have a "devastating impact" and force thousands of long-term care facilities to limit admissions or close their doors.

One Missouri school district has found a unique way to deal with the nationwide labor shortage: hire their own students for some positions.

President Biden on Friday acknowledged the White House needs to tackle rising inflation as higher prices for everyday goods squeeze American families, urging Congress to pass his sweeping economic agenda that he suggested could help quell the recent spike.

Starbucks is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes as the company deals with a challenging labor market and as a union effort looms.

School across the nation report suffering from teacher shortages