Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, is fuming about a "living wage" bill approved by the D.C. Council.

Some companies allow their workers to buy and sell vacation time, a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their time off.

Some union leaders say unexpected consequences of the law could jeopardize health benefits for millions of their members.

It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.

The commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay more than $35 million in back wages to nearly 4,500 workers in a settlement reached with the Labor Department.

As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing.

Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be the next secretary of labor, the White House says.

President Barack Obama is close to naming Thomas Perez, a civil rights official in the Justice Department, as his choice to head the Department of Labor, two people familiar with the process say.