By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits paid to U.S. workers posted a modest gain in the fourth quarter, ending a year in which recession-battered workers saw their compensation rise by the smallest amount on ...

Tagged with: consumer spending Labor Department wages

By Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance budget has slipped into the red and is projected to be more than $2 billion in debt in each of the next four years. To avoid that crisis, state lawmakers are working on ...

Tagged with: Assembly Committee on Labor budget debt insurance Mark Honadel unemployment unemployment insurance Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council wages Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Jeannine Aversa AP Economics Writer Washington (AP) — Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They’re making less money. Employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, and the jobless ...

Tagged with: economy jobless recession wages