Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect additional comments from the state and plaintiff’s attorneys. A preliminary agreement became public Thursday afternoon between the Georgia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has died, the department announced on Sunday. “It is with profound sadness ...

Class-action lawsuit relates to pandemic delays in processing unemployment claims. The state Department of Labor has asked to cancel a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against the agency ...

ATLANTA - The number of people applying for jobless benefits in Georgia remained below the national average in September, mirroring a nationwide trend of low unemployment nationwide. The state report ...

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 ...

Two Georgia men have been sentenced for participating in a scheme to defraud the Georgia Department of Labor (GaDOL) of tens of millions of dollars in benefits intended to help unemployed individuals ...

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that in February Georgia’s labor force and employment rose to all-time highs of 5.45 million and 5.25 million, respectively. The February ...

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 Department of Labor remains committed to transparency and student safety and is available to provide additional ...