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The downtown Houston Health and Human Services Department says a permit is required to serve food for public consumption whether for the homeless or for sale

Republicans in the House Thursday blocked a bill that would have extended jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed beyond the holiday season

The move comes because retired Americans have not received a cost-of-living adjustment in two years

There’s a growing gap between rich and poor. So what?

Some community activists allege that the opposition to street distributions has more to do with gentrification than with protecting homeless people

About 81 million out of the roughly 620 million economically active youth between the ages of 15-24 worldwide were out of a job, a statistic that has analysts warning of a ‘lost generation’

A GAO report issued shows that at least 1,500 government workers wrongly were given benefits

The unemployment rate across 39 states and the District fell in June, but this is far from good news

The Washington metropolitan area is home to the highest paid residents in the nation, according to a new report from the Ontario-based Martin Prosperity Institute

The limitations imposed by the role of the states in the U.S. unemployment insurance system are the reason why a majority of workers are not protected and why even insured workers receive inadequate protection.

Growing number of homeless men setting camp in Hawaii for its generous welfare program has lawmakers pooling money to buy them each one-way ticket back to mainland

Young people are being squeezed out of summer jobs, and seasonal employers will have to do more with less

The online comments section of the New York Post became a forum for Census officials to refute a columnist’s claims that the Census gamed its employment numbers

A new landslide has swept away some 40 homes in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro area, burying up to 200 people, following the heaviest rains in decades

Seattle committee approves ordinance to curb aggressive panhandling

Over 200,000 Americans will lose their jobless benefits for two weeks, because Congress went on recess

Newest job numbers just released finally show some “green shoots” of economic recovery appearing in the labor market. There were 162,000 jobs added in March, and the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent as more Americans re-entered the labor force

Donors have pledged nearly $10bn (£6.6bn) in aid to Haiti, more than double the amount requested by the country’s president after the January earthquake that devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince