ATLANTA — A bipartisan group of Georgia state lawmakers filed legislation to authorize the labor department to create a “guest worker” program to bring qualified immigrants in to work in areas that ...

Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has died, the department announced on Sunday. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce ...

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 ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state's unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia's ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has died at 59, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia’s Department of Labor administers unemployment ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The clock is ticking in Washington as lawmakers race to end a government shutdown that could leave thousands of Georgia workers without paychecks. White House Press ...

MACON, Ga. — Central Georgia's Department of Labor Career Centers are still closed to the public, and people want answers about why their claims aren't getting finished. We reached out to a couple of ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor has reported the unemployment rate remains steady, and down from a year ago. The current unemployment rate in Georgia is 3.5 percent, down from 3.9 percent in ...