The current Georgia Commissioner for the Department of Labor (GDOL), Bárbara Rivera Holmes, officially filed her qualifying paperwork Tuesday to seek a full term in office. Accompanied by her family ...

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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 — Georgia’s latest jobs report showed the rate held steady at 3.6% unemployment. According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the state added 6,900 jobs in March while the rate “held steady.” ...

MACON, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Labor announced that the state has set a record: 5 million jobs within the state, according to the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL). GDOL said that the state ...

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 — 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 ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Augusta had a recorded unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in December 2024. According to the department, Augusta ended ...

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced a new state labor commissioner on Tuesday, almost four months after the passing of previous labor commissioner Bruce Thompson. Bárbara Rivera Holmes, formerly the ...

ATLANTA — Nearly 7,000 new jobs were added in March, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. The labor commissioner says with 6,900 new jobs added to the state, there are plenty of opportunities ...